Sub Sighted For the first time this season

For the first time this season, a Navy sub was sighted while docked at the Yorktown Naval Weapons Station. It was hard to notice because it was in the shadow of the much larger USS Paul Hamilton, which had arrived a few days earlier.

This one is a Los Angeles class sub, according to a retired USCG officer on board Let’s Go Sail. He determined that by the shape of the tower. A big factor in the stealth nature of Navy subs is their absorbent black hull, which mitigates sheen. But you couldn’t tell that from the photo, which captured the sunlight reflection quite well.

Thanks to Captain Bill O'Donovan for this addition! Bill O’Donovan holds a 50-ton captain’s license with the US Coast Guard. Need sailing lessons? He is a certified sailing instructor with the American Sailing Association. He has undergone sailing instruction by J School in Key West and by the American Sailing Association in South Carolina. He has sailed the York River nearly 20 years, where he teaches an adult class for the community-based Williamsburg Area Learning Tree

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