NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Submarines are nuclear powerhouses due to the torpedoes onboard that can be shot deep into the ocean at enemies.
These vessels are extremely complicated, said Torpedoman’s Mate Chief (TMC), Chief Petty Officer of Torpedo Division on the USS Pasadena, Craig Dunlap. “Our job as torpedo men, we’re responsible for all of the weapon’s launchers, the countermeasure launchers, the heavy weapons, the heavy ordinance, the countermeasures, the small arms, everything on the boat that’s supposed to go boom.”
Even with complicated equipment, a lot of the fixing is done the same way any handyman fixes something broken.
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“I like to say part of my job is hitting things with wrenches to make them go, so we do a lot of wrench turning, operating and maintaining mechanical equipment with hydraulics, high-pressure air, sea water, low-pressure air, and so on.”…