COMPREHENSIVE SUBMARINE QUALIFICATION
FOR COMMAND
QUESTIONAIRE
1.
Situation: SVERLOV class cruiser and two destroyer escorts at the
critical range, speed 20 knots. You have Mk 14 low speed cam
setting on the Angle Solver. There are Mk 16 mines in the forward
tubes and Mk 10 mines in the after tubes. In this case, attack
doctrine calls for:
a.
Start up the ice machine to produce negative thermocline.
b.
Situation is in doubt.
c.
Come to normal escape course and blow sanitaries.
d.
Make shrimp noises and relieve the watch.
2.
Target is a slow burning merchantman. You have come to full speed
on the normal escape course, but target is still closing.
Suddenly the captain jumps down the periscope well. This would
indicate:
a.
He didn't keep ahead of it.
b.
The helmsman pushed him.
c.
You were seeing things. It is impossible to drop in the well
since there is an interlock against this.
d.
Impossible, my captain can't fit down the well.
3.
Depth of water at Lat. 33-42-15N, Long. 56-34-19W is:
a.
1753 fathoms
b.
1754 fathoms
c.
1755 fathoms
d.
None of the above since this is a point in the
4.
Fill in the blanks: ___________ on the ___________ is normally
__________ kept ______________ in the __________ except during
_________________________________________.
5.
You have just dived to 100 feet when someone observes that the
Captain and Exec were left on the bridge when you submerged. At
this point the proper course of action is:
a.
Move your gear into the Captain's stateroom “it's
bigger".
b.
Submit a correction to last month's OCDR.
c.
Check lineal numbers; you may be SOPA.
d.
Turn in, you probably have the next watch.
6.
You have Exide Ironclad 53D batteries. You have been charging for
the last week and a half at 13000 amps and 2700 volts over the
TVG curve - temperature 212º F. Chlorine is being evolved and
you have a battery explosion in the after well. In this case the
proper procedure would be to:
a.
Check the last chemical analysis report on battery water and
re-water battery anyway.
b.
Notify BUSHIPS that the Exide Ironclad battery is a fraud and the
navy has been sold a bill of goods.
c.
Close all red switches on the IC board.
d.
Pump forward battery to after battery, reporting every 500 amps.
7.
You have just dived and reported 54', trim satisfactory, when the
Captain remarks that the ship is still going ahead flank and has
a 25º up angle. As Diving Officer you would:
a.
List the ship 90º and use the rudder as a stern plane since its
larger area makes it more effective.
b.
Decide that you are light forward, light aft, and heavy all over.
c.
Ask the engineer for a new bubble, since this one is obviously
erratic.
d.
Pass the word for student officers to take stations for dive #8.
8.
Periscope observation reveals a single DD at 3000 yards, AOB port
5, speed 25 knots. Attack doctrine in this case calls for:
a.
Shift to silent running and make croaker noises.
b.
Rapidly rotate the bow planes so that cavitation occurs and the
ASW ship will think you are going in the opposite direction.
c.
Pass the word for church services in the after battery.
d.
Shift the UQC to the topside transducer and ask for a range
check.
9.
As Communications Officer you enter your safe to get some comic
books and candy. While aimlessly shuffling through all the
publications which clutter up the thing, you notice that KAK -
23.5B is missing. You know that it is not in the
a.
Try to get relieved before the next inventory.
b.
Steal one from WAHOO which is alongside.
c.
Send a message to SUBPAC recommending that subject publication be
declassified.
d.
Buy a full shaker of martinis next trip to the club.
10.
You are the torpedo officer in the forward torpedo room. You have
just reported all tubes fully ready. Suddenly you hear a gurgling
noise and notice you are standing in water up to your waist. This
could be caused by:
a.
Holes in your shoes.
b.
Jack nut in improper position for hand operation.
c.
Leaky depth diaphragms in torpedoes - check hydrogen burner.
d.
Excessive wear in tubes, check all lands with ball point
micrometer.
11.
You have stealthily been making an approach on an oar-driven
ferry boat for the past three days, and are in the attack phase.
You prepare to fire the bow tubes, when suddenly the PK blows up
and you lose all power to the forward relay transmitter. In this
case the proper procedure would be to:
a.
Fire the forward nest rapidly using tracer control.
b.
Cavitate the gyro pot while motorizing the depth engine.
c.
Remove all igniters and replace the transportation pins.
d.
Remove the warheads before firing since there is no sense inn
losing everything.
12.
You are 980' below ordered depth and have a 40º down angle. You
have already blown main ballast, fuel ballast, auxiliaries,
safety, negative, sanitaries, battery water tanks, along with
main engine lube oil sumps and you are still dropping like a
rock. In this situation it might be advisable to:
a.
Bleed air.
b.
Cross connect the exhaust blower with the trim line and pump
bilges through the IC board.
c.
Pass the word for swim call.
d.
Check the chart - you may be within the 10 fathom curve.
13.
You are OOD on a fleet snorkel, underway in a dense fog,
visibility zero, and making flank on three engines. Suddenly you
sight the Matsonia broad on the bow, angle on the bow zero, speed
25 knots, range 20 yards. In this case, it might be advisable to
take corrective action as follows:
a.
Exercise the General Prudential Rule and slow to full.
b.
Check the charts - you may be in inland waters where collisions
are not authorized.
c.
Pass the word to standby to repel boarders.
d.
None of the above since this is your operating area and the
Matsonia has no business being there.
14.
You are running at flank speed on three engines on the surface
when suddenly [you] suspect trouble in the #3 main engine. Your
suspicions have been aroused by the fact that the crankshaft just
went out through the side of the boat and the engine room is
filled with flying crankshaft particles from the lower crank. In
this case the alert engineer would:
a.
Check the exhaust manifold with a torque wrench
b.
Submit the monthly summary.
c.
Go forward to the wardroom, its safer, quieter, and there is a
fresh pot of coffee on.
d.
Check on tonight's movie at the SUBASE theater.
15.
A submarine upon returning from patrol made a trim dive and
while futilely attempting to surface, recorded the following
conditions of loading:
a.
Torpedoes in tubes #1 and #2.
b.
Shrimp and croaker in tube #3.
c.
Torpedo officer in tube #4.
d.
Evening water noise in
e.
Crushed rock and coral in tube #7.
f.
Main engine spares in tube #8.
g.
#1 NFO - 400 gallons of battery water.
h.
#4 NFO a fresh water river for positive gradients.
i.
Bridge trunk has a blown gasket on the upper hatch and has been
kept flooded with ship compensated accordingly.
j.
While in the shipyard, forward trim was converted into a barber
shop. After trim was removed to allow installation of a smoke
generator.
Using the
information given above compute the correction to reserve
buoyancy in load condition "N" modified.
NOTE: 1 lb =
16 oz., specific gravity of coffee = 1.026.
16.
Briefly sketch and describe a negative thermocline,
cross-hatching all isothermal areas.
Date:
Name:
Rank:
a. Yes b.
Of course
c. Decommissioned
Was honor system observed?
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Many thanks to John M. PANKRATZ, LT, Sea Scan Crew - Mar 63 thru Jun 64, for this "COMPREHENSIVE SUBMARINE QUALIFICATION FOR COMMAND QUESTIONAIRE".