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Re: Submarine on Reef
Posted by: dogbox ()
Date: January 16, 2002 10:28AM

<HTML>In my experience mostly suface but some sub surface night vision at night is highly prized. the better your night vision the happier you are. This is best achieved by as dark a bridge/control room as possible. Low red light was tolerated for short periods to plot positions etc but that was about all. Red wasnt a problem if as was pointed out the manufacturer of the chart didnt use red and corrections were not in red. NZ for many years used red compass roses which was particularly anoying but this seemed to be a localised problem. Certainly when on ops at night on the sub I was on red light was used very little when periscope was being used. In my surface days I witnessed several people being ejected from the bridge for using red torches when we had a submariner as Captain.
As ever though CO's have an influence. 747 captains dont even look where they are going!!</HTML>

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what's the red light for? Kruger 01/14/2002 03:24AM
Re: what's the red light for? Keith Lloyd 01/14/2002 04:13AM
Re: what's the red light for? Yuri IL\'IN 01/14/2002 10:21PM
Re: what's the red light for? W. Frank 01/14/2002 04:20AM
Re: what's the red light for? Leif... 01/14/2002 07:33AM
Re: what's the red light for? Doxbox 01/14/2002 04:16PM
Re: what's the red light for? Parade 01/14/2002 08:25PM
Thanks a lot! Kruger 01/15/2002 12:14AM
Re: Thanks a lot! Peter Colson-Osborne 01/16/2002 04:25PM
Re: what's the red light for? Stuart Cockroft 01/19/2002 04:05PM
Dangers using red light: Don't navigate using red Jack 01/15/2002 12:24PM
Re: Red goggles are OK! Garth 01/15/2002 12:54PM
Re: Red goggles are OK! Parade 01/15/2002 10:14PM
Re: Dangers using red light: Don't navigate using J.T. McDaniel 01/15/2002 10:42PM
Submarine on Reef jim kippola 01/16/2002 03:15AM
Re: Submarine on Reef dogbox 01/16/2002 10:28AM
Re: what's the red light for? Rodney Martin 01/28/2002 09:39PM


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