Lt. Cmdr. Maura Thompson, SSBN supply officer.
Better looking than your average submariner.
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Better looking than your average submariner.
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West Virginia's Exponent Telegram, July 26, 2015 reports http://www.theet.com/news/local/salem-native-keeping-u-s-safe-aboard-ballistic-missile-submarine/article_1a242ade-2fad-5d27-ac43-888b844226e8.html:
SILVERDALE, [Washington State] — A 2000 Liberty High School graduate and Salem, West Virginia, native is serving aboard one of the U.S. Navy’s nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines, living and working at [the Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, Washington State]..
Lt. Cmdr. Maura Thompson is the supply officer on USS Louisiana (SSBN 743), which is based [at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor] about 15 miles west of Seattle across Puget Sound. She is responsible for managing the food service and the logistical warehouse on board the ship.
“What I enjoy most is the sailors,” Thompson said. “On our submarine, we have only a little more than 150 total people, so I can get personally involved...".USS Louisiana (SSBN 743) is one of the Navy’s 14 Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines, also referred to as “boomers,” which patrol the world’s oceans for months at a time, serving as undetectable launch platforms for submarine-launched ballistic missiles..."
An Ohio class SSBN. Click image to expand or access very large image here. (Cutaway diagram courtesy American History). Each Ohio SSBN (16,764 tonnes surfaced) can fire 24 Trident II/Trident D5 missiles. Each missile can carry up to 12 MIRVed W88 (475 kt) warheads or 12 W76 (100 kt) warheads.
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Just a small part of Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, Washington State, USA (Photo courtesy Bremerton-Olympic Peninsula Council of the U.S. Navy League)
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At times up to four Nimitz class supercarriers also tie-up at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor. Its a big base! (Photo courtesy kirotv .com).
BACKGROUND - COMMENT
There has been some resistance in the US Navy (and ex Navy men) to having women in US submarines - especially in "small" 8,000 ton SSNs. Such feelings are a disgrace to peoplehood.
Having a Lt. Cmdr just to run the supply section of a submarine shows how big the submarine is (with 2 x 155 person Gold/Blue crews per SSBN).
According to the Commander, Submarine Force U.S. Pacific Fleet website the submarines at Bangor, Washington (longer title Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, Bremerton, Washington State, USA) include:
Submarine Squadron 17 (SUBRON Seventeen)
USS Henry M. Jackson (SSBN 730)
USS Alabama (SSBN 731)
USS Nevada (SSBN 733)
USS Pennsylvania (SSBN 735)
USS Maine (SSBN 741)
USS Louisiana (SSBN 743)
Submarine Squadron 19 (SUBRON Nineteen)
USS Ohio (SSGN 726)
USS Michigan (SSGN 727)
USS Kentucky (SSBN 737)
USS Nebraska (SSBN 739)
Submarine Development Squadron 5 (SUBDEVRON Five)
USS Seawolf (SSN 21)
USS Connecticut (SSN 22)
USS Jimmy Carter (SSN 23)
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