ANSWERS July 4th Submarine Questions of the Week

Related information and links for questions are found in the original posting here.
Note: Answers were due yesterday and are, regrettably, a day late.

Questions of the Week (Q.O.T.W.) with ANSWERS

1 - Identify the submarine officer who made the statements quoted above.  ANS:  CDR Timothy P. Reidy Jr - OSU’s submariner: Navy ROTC officer recalls life under the sea

2 - Deduce the US submarine (name and hull number) to which quote 2 (above) likely relates.
 ANS: Possibly on a 25-day trip got extended to 82 days. on board the USS Louisville (SSN-724), a Los Angeles-class submarine.  As to food containers stored on deck plates with boards placed on top of them, meaning everyone had to deal with the lowered  clearance, note thatCDR Reidy stands 6' 3" tall.

 
3 - Identify the bygone submarine era depicted below (photo shown in original posting linked at top was from the "Theatre review"ANS: Submarine Time Machine  - "Along the banks of the Forth & Clyde Canal, near the National Theatre of Scotland’s new home, something is stirring. There’s an old puffer costumed up like a home-made submarine; there are strange figures in period or science-fiction dress popping up and down on the towpath."

Submarines are always silent and strange.

Something is Unsettling

BACKGROUND

Le Terrible is a Triomphant-class strategic nuclear submarine of the French Navy. The SSBN was launched in 2008.

On 27 January 2010, the submerged Le Terrible launched an  M51 SLBM missile from  Audierne Bay. The missile reached its target 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) off North Carolina; the 4,500-kilometre (2,800 mi) flight took about 20 minutes.

Le Terrible's Armament includes 16 Nuclear M51 SLBM missiles.

WHERE IS the GREATER GRAVITAS ? 

WHAT SEEMS TOO SIMILAR ? ...
 

Submarines are always silent and strange.

Submarine Quotes of Month (June) & July 4th Questions of the Week

Submarine Quotes of the Month (June 2017)

(1)

“The hallmark of being a submariner is being able to get along." 

(2)

“[F]or those trips, food containers were stored on the deck with boards placed on top of them, meaning everyone had to deal with the low clearance." 

July 4th Questions of the Week

1 - Identify the submarine officer who made the statements quoted above.

2 - Deduce the US submarine (name and hull number) to which quote 2 (above) likely relates.

3 - Identify the bygone submarine era depicted below:

Answers: 11 JUL 2017.

Submarines are always silent and strange.