Anyone with a son stationed on a sub in Hawaii???

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Permalink Reply by jean on August 13, 2009 at 12:35pm

hi
It depends on the Caption of the sub
They have Triger sub trips
like when they are in Hawai'i and they take a short trip to SD in California.
but it all depends on the Capitan of the sub
also contact the Navy Sub office there in Hawi'ii .
On the Navy bases's there.

they might have some information

Enjoy your trip.


pnm of Austin
jean

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Permalink Reply by Joy on August 13, 2009 at 9:41pm

Thanks

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Permalink Reply by jean on November 9, 2009 at 8:22pm

hi
did you get to tour a sub in Hawai'i?
jean

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Permalink Reply by Joy on November 9, 2009 at 9:46pm

No sub tour on our trip to Hawaii! Maybe next time. Our trip was great. Hawaii is an awesome place!

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Permalink Reply by Pat on November 10, 2009 at 1:29am

You can tour the USS Bowfin which is a sub museum. It is adjacent to the USS Arizona memorial..

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Permalink Reply by Joy on November 10, 2009 at 7:15pm

We toured the Bowfin. It is a WWII sub, I think. Freaked me out for sure!!! We wanted to tour the new nuclear ones!!! :)

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Permalink Reply by Bea S. on November 10, 2009 at 9:08pm

If you can get your son to get you on a sub, then that's fine. If you go through official channels and get to tour a sub, so be it. If you can get on a sub Tiger cruise, perfect. I wouldn't dream of asking my son to vouch for you. There are sensitive equipment on a sub. It cost hundreds of thousands to fix things. I won't even get into the issue of security. There are countries ramming up on the number of sub built. How do we know that you are not going to secretly take photos and sell them? I may be paranoid (probably got up on the wrong side of the bed) but this smells fishy.

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Permalink Reply by Sonar Chief on November 10, 2009 at 11:30pm

I don't think it sounds fishy, just in a different situation than most. Son will deploy as part of an intel detachment on a sub. It will be difficult to obtain a tour of the sub being sponsored by a non crew member. It would be near impossible for you to tour your son's actual command if it is the one I think it is. Today's submarines have many off limits areas and you would likely experience the same thing on the Bowfin as you would get to actually see/do on one tied to the pier. Fascinating boats either way.

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Permalink Reply by Joy on November 10, 2009 at 11:33pm

In AUGUST, I ask if anyone could help me out. Our son is a CTT3 stationed in Pearl Harbor. Our son deploys on various submarines - none of which were in port at the time of our visit or this would not have been a problem. He is not the "crew" of any particular sub. My trip is over. Someone just ask if we got to tour a sub and I responded. I do not need anyone to vouch for me and nothing fishy is going on! :) Since Captains allow tours and there are tiger cruises, I am sure the Navy takes care of security and checks out everyone - including me. I thought maybe another sailor could talk to his captain and then work things out with our son. Whatever.... As I said the trip is over.

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Permalink Reply by Bea S. on November 11, 2009 at 2:39am

My apologies. My son is a nuke officer on a sub. He really does not like it when things are out of the ordinary. He just does not want his guys to be distracted when they are working. He wouldn't even take his father and me on a tour!

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