submariners
Deep-sea naval personnel
Submariners are crew members who serve aboard submarines.
The work demands tolerance for confined spaces, extended periods underwater, and the particular stresses of operating a vessel designed to remain hidden: Submariners develop a unique camaraderie during months-long deployments.
Lowest or innermost regions
- pressureForce upon contact
- divingEntering water deliberately
- submersionBeing entirely underwater
- hullOuter covering or frame
ballast · periscope · torpedo · sonar · hydrophone · crush depth · decompression · surfacing
Vehicles under unified command
- navyMaritime military force
- admiraltyLaw of the seas
- uniformIdentical throughout
- ensignFlag or junior officer
midshipman · admiral · warship · destroyer · frigate · corvette · patrol · dockyard
Assigned living accommodations
- bunksNarrow built-in beds
- racksFrames for storing items
- messDisorderly, troublesome condition
- galleyOnboard food preparation area
watches · drills · cramped · claustrophobia · desalination · rationing · isolation · deployment
Producing no sound
- covertIntentionally concealed
- undetectedNot discovered yet
- concealmentAct of hiding something
- hiddenKept out of sight
surveillance · reconnaissance · patrol · evasion · sonar · pings · quieting · rigged
Fellow sailors together
- crewmatesFellow members aboard
- bunkmatesThose sharing sleeping quarters
- comradesClose allies in cause
- messmatesThose sharing rations together
torpedomen · sonarmen · radiomen · helmsmen · navigators · quartermasters · chiefs · officers
depths
Lowest or innermost regions
- pressureForce upon contact
- divingEntering water deliberately
- submersionBeing entirely underwater
hull · ballast · periscope · torpedo · sonar · hydrophone · crush depth · decompression · surfacing · snorkel
fleet
Vehicles under unified command
ensign · midshipman · admiral · warship · destroyer · frigate · corvette · patrol · dockyard · shipyard
quarters
Assigned living accommodations
galley · watches · drills · cramped · claustrophobia · desalination · rationing · isolation · deployment · homecoming
silent
Producing no sound
- covertIntentionally concealed
- undetectedNot discovered yet
- concealmentAct of hiding something
hidden · surveillance · reconnaissance · patrol · evasion · sonar · pings · quieting · rigged · detection
shipmates
Fellow sailors together
messmates · torpedomen · sonarmen · radiomen · helmsmen · navigators · quartermasters · chiefs · officers · enlisted
service
Aid or maintenance
heroism · bravery · discipline · honor · medals · reunion · memorial · retired · experienced · seasoned
- naval personnelsailors, seamen, captains, admirals, officers
- submarinessub, subs, torpedo, hull, U-boats
- Navy Personnelsailors, seamen, mariners, enlisted, officers
- submarine warfaretorpedo, U-boat, sonar, depth charges, hydrophones
- seafolkseafarers, seamen, sailors, mariners, boaters
- Navy Ratingspetty officer, chief petty officer, seaman, boatswain's mate, gunner's mate
submarinersaviators
Those who fly planes
naval aviators · pilots · airmen · ground troops · infantry
- submarine sandwichLengthy filled bread roll
- nuclear submarineReactor-driven underwater warship
- Yellow SubmarineSunny-hued diving vessel
- submarine warfareArmed conflict using underwater vessels
- submarine sandwichesLong filled bread rolls
- submarine baseFacility for underwater vessels