Do US Navy submarines have urinals?

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Ah, pig boat. I was thinking nuclear sub =)

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Growler (SSG 577).

“The USS Growler is an American Diesel Electric submarine commissioned in 1958. The Growler was the forth American submarine to be equipped with guided missiles with a nuclear warhead (Regulus I & II). After the Regulus program was terminated, the Growler was kept in service for amphibious warfare. Inside the missile hangars special forces teams could be transported. The ship is on display at the Sea Air and Space museum in New York city.”

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Hmm. Maybe USS Growler?

64

Sorry to bump this (know it’s old) but my son finally answered me. On his sub, they don’t. Have urinals. His is a Ohio class ballistic missile submarine.

Anyway, finally got an answer. For whatever that’s worth.

65

Thanks! A bit surprising. Are you allowed to say which sub in particular?

66

I read in Skunk Works that the US got most of the titanium to build its SR-71 spy planes from Russia.

add’l source:
The C.I.A. created several coverup companies which were used to purchase the required Titanium for the construction of Blackbirds from Soviet Union – quite ironic considering a lot of missions consisted of relaying intel about the country that the materials were purchased from.

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I think so - it’s the USS Wyoming.

68

Uh boy. Now the Russians know which submarine doesn’t have urinals. Loose lips sink ships!

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Thanks! Here’s some info:

http://www.public.navy.mil/subfor/csg10/Boat%20Pages/Wyoming.aspx
http://navysite.de/ssbn/ssbn742.htm

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I realize this is an old thread, but the question was asked “what is a submarine hull made of?”. It’s actually varied a little over the years but on the boats I served aboard (USS Snook - SSN592, USS Plunger - SSN595, USS Haddock - SSN621) it was HY80 & HY100, a very dense, high carbon content steel. I have a 6" piece of Plunger’s hull on my desk (6" diameter x 2.5" thick) that weighs almost 20 lbs. It was cut out to allow installation of the towed array when Plunger was fitted with the BQQ-5 SONAR Suite in the early '80s.

BTW: We did have a urinal in the forward head (Ops middle level) on Plunger and Haddock. It was made of CRES (stainless steel). However, it was usually secured due to clogging because of the buildup caused by the interaction between urine and seawater.