Is this the greatest class of submarine of it's time? It seems pretty revolutionary to me

youre just saying that cuz
>TITANIUM

I'd say Skate-class. First class of SSNs.

How do barnacles attach themselves to ship hulls? Can they swim in the early stages of their life cycle?

>How do barnacles attach themselves to ship hulls? Can they swim in the early stages of their life cycle?

>Life cycle
>Barnacles have two distinct larval stages, the nauplius and the cyprid, before developing into a mature adult.

>Nauplius
>Nauplius larva of a barnacle with fronto-lateral horns[7]
>A fertilised egg hatches into a nauplius: a one-eyed larva comprising a head and a telson, without a thorax or abdomen. This undergoes six moults, passing through five instars, before transforming into the cyprid stage. Nauplii are typically initially brooded by the parent, and released after the first moult as larvae that swim freely using setae.[8][9]

>Cyprid
>The cyprid larva is the last larval stage before adulthood. It is not a feeding stage; its role is to find a suitable place to settle, since the adults are sessile.[8] The cyprid stage lasts from days to weeks. It explores potential surfaces with modified antennules; once it has found a potentially suitable spot, it attaches head-first using its antennules and a secreted glycoproteinous substance. Larvae assess surfaces based upon their surface texture, chemistry, relative wettability, color, and the presence or absence and composition of a surface biofilm; swarming species are also more likely to attach near other barnacles.[10] As the larva exhausts its finite energy reserves, it becomes less selective in the sites it selects. It cements itself permanently to the substrate with another proteinaceous compound, and then undergoes metamorphosis into a juvenile barnacle.[10]

The more you know. Thanks, user.

Yes we could hear it because it was loud, but Alfas could literally outrun our Mk 37s and early versions of Mk 48s while submerged, there was nothing we could do to sink one other than rush it with a dozen destroyers and pepper the area around it with depth charges.

Thing was invulnerable, of course it was a great sub for the time period.

Problem is their "time period" was only ten years, the second gen of Mk 48 which was introduced for the Alfa^, now all Alfas are basically cannon fodder. They're so easy to deal with we don't even bother to count active hulls.

^ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_48_torpedo#History
>With the entry into service of the new Soviet Alfa-class submarine in 1977, the decision was made to accelerate the ADCAP program, which would bring significant modifications to the torpedo.
It was the first US torp that could catch the Alfa.

We would have been fucked if Russia started a war during those ten years though...

>Alfas could literally outrun our Mk 37s
Most ships and submarines could outrun the Mark 37. It only went 17 to 26 knots depending on the setting.

>Thing was invulnerable, of course it was a great sub for the time period.
Literally all it could do was run away, if you hear it coming its attack is already ruined. Frankly, Soviet diesel boats and the Victor class were bigger threats.

>there was nothing we could do to sink one other than rush it with a dozen destroyers and pepper the area around it with depth charges.
You mean pop a few ASROCs around where it was detected and attack with aircraft? Thats already SOP for what to do when an enemy submarine is detected.

>no mention of hull fatigue on brittle titanium hulls

That was a thing as well, my nigs. You can only dive and surface so many times on a hull with that metallurgy. Expensive to the US, yes, but abundant for them soviet niggers.

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It was fast, good depth, and had amazing active sonar. But those were its only advantages compared to US subs at the time. Passive, including towed, was nothing short of a deaf bat in terms of target acquisition.

that's an impressive amount of rust and barnacles

It is a rust bucket! A shit box! This crew is the most incompetent bunch of retards and assholes in naval history!

>+40 knots submerged
>go to 105% on the reactor...who knows

>That was a thing as well, my nigs. You can only dive and surface so many times on a hull with that metallurgy. Expensive to the US, yes, but abundant for them soviet niggers.
How did they weld it all together? I was trying to find pictures or info but couldn't find anything. There's pictures of typhoons under construction but they don't appear to be inside a giant submarine sized gas chamber.

>titanium cant be welded in air
lol youre weird

What i am looking at? Alpha class??

They seal the areas around the pressure hull they're fitting together.

>now all Alfas are basically cannon fodder
>They're so easy to deal with we don't even bother to count active hulls.
there are no active hulls

based and cream-corn pilled

And we didn't notice because no one cares.