#swim call

[missathlete31]

The Daggers participating in Swim Call….. oh the story possibilities!

[thereyouarewhereveryougo]

[nicholassabalos]

Swim call!

PACIFIC OCEAN (July 31, 2018) -- Sailors assigned to United States Navy Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Olympia (SSN 717) participate in a swim call somewhere at sea in the deep waters of the ocean.

This is precious fresh-air, sunshine and perspective time for sailors who may have been beneath the sea for weeks, or longer....living inside a sophisticated nuclear-powered, submersible-computer (essentially!).

                    Fast-Attack submarine USS Olympia (SSN 717)

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The top four photos speak for themselves -- the sheer unique beauty and symbiosis of man, machine, and the deep blue sea....if only for a few brief, blessed hours!

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>>CLICK the top four photos to scroll or swipe through gripping larger versions....

>>Top four photos: Fire Control Technician Senior Chief Vien Nguyen, USN

>>Note: For an excellent look inside one of these amazing submarines that prowl the oceans on patrol for the United States and allies around the world....CLICK HERE....fittingly entitled “Submarine 101″ (It’s a web site with superb brief descriptions of, and photos from, the inside of a modern sub....with a lot of unique design and capability insights....and accounts of most every aspect of life inside these incredible machines.)

>>PS: Sometimes -- mission, operations, weather, seas and time-permitting -- swim calls will be accompanied by a “steel beach” picnic (an outdoor cookout aboard a warship or submarine -- some commercial ships....and even called such on some cruise ships)....here on the narrow decks of the gigantic, slightly-surfaced submarine.

[dream2bu]

While swim calls were rare and treasured treats, US Navy sailors have one of the coolest job perks in the world

[navyhistory]

#swimcall - It’s a hot day out there. Cool down with these great photos from the Naval History and Heritage Command’s collection.

USS Greenwich Bay (AVP-41) holding swim call while at anchor off Capri, Italy, in mid-1961. (NHHC Photo # NH 97758)

[navyhistory]

#swimcall - It’s a hot day out there. Cool down with these great photos from the Naval History and Heritage Command’s collection.

A dog ponders a high leap off USS Kansas during swim call (he jumped). (NHHC Photo/Captain Ralph C. McCoy Collection # S-059)

[navyhistory]

#swimcall - It’s a hot day out there. Cool down with these great photos from the Naval History and Heritage Command’s collection.

The first swimming call, USS Rhode Island (BB 17): Crewmen swim over the battleship's side after coaling, circa 1913 (NHHC Photo # NH 101120)

[oaky-after-birth]

"Swim call" - where fuckers jump off the side of there ship in the high sea. I love snorkeling around reefs, and do not consider myself green by any means but this would still be pretty scurry lol