Tumblr Thread: The Forever On Patrol Submarines

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Eric Lund
Oct 20, 2021 3:00 PM EDT

There's a tradition in the U.S. navy that no submarine is lost at sea, and every Christmas a broadcast is sent out to all the crews of those subs still on duty. Tumblr found out about it, so naturally they had something to make of it. Give Tumblr an interesting bit of info about the Navy and they'll turn it into an excellently macabre but also sort of heartwarming pitch for "Ghost Boats 2: The Reghostening."

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    Font - pipistrellus STILL ON PATROL I learned something new and horrifying today which is. that.. no submarine is ever considered "lost" . there is apparently a tradition in the U.S. Navy that no submarine is ever lost. Those that go to sea and do not return are considered to be "still on patrol." ????? There is a monument about this along a canal near here its. the worst thing I have ever seen. it says "STILL ON PATROL" in huge letters and then goes on to specify exactly how many WII submarine
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    Font - "U.S. Navy Submarines paid heavily for their success in WWI. A total of 374 officers and 3131 men are still on board these 52 U.S. submarines still on patrol." THANKS A LOT, U.S. NAVY, FOR HAVING THIS TOTALLY NORMAL AND NOT AT ALL HORRIFYING TRADITION, AND TELLING ALL OF US ABOUT IT. THANKS. THANK YOU anyway now my mother and I cannot stop saying STILL ON PATROL to each other in ominous tones of voice tharook There's definitely something ominous about that-the implication that, one day, t
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    Font - A thehoneybeewitch Actually, it's rather sweet. I don't know if this is common across the board, but my dad's friend is a radio op for subs launched off the east coast, and he always is excited for Christmas, because they go through the list of SoP subs and hail them, wishing them a merry Christmas and telling them they're remembered. Imagine a country whose seamen never die, and whose submarines can't be destroyed...because no ones sure if they exist or not. willowwitchery No but imagine
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    Font - finds himself at the back of a crowd of his cadaverous crew- mates. They part to let him through. He feels the weight of their hollow gaze as he reaches the coms station. Even after all these years a sickly green light glistens in the dark. The captain's skeleton lays a sharp hand on his shoulder and nods at him encouragingly, the light sliding over the bones of his skull. The ghost of the seaman steadies himself and slips his fingers into the dials of the radio, possessing it. It wails a
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    Font - home, have a good one." A sepulchral tear wafts it's way down the seaman's face. The bony captain embraces him. The crew grin through rotten jaws, laughing silently in their joy. They haven't forgotten us. They haven't forgotten. beautifultoastdream I am completely on board with this. It's not horrifying, it's heartwarming. Personal story time: whenever I go to Field Museum's Egypt exhibit, I stop by the plaque at the entrance to the underground rooms. It has an English translation of a p
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    Font - I love the idea of lost subs still being on patrol. Though if you really want something ominous, let me say that the superstitious part of me wonders: why are they still on patrol? If they haven't been found, do they not consider their mission completed? What is it out there that they are protecting us from? amusewithaview @boromir-queries-sean
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    Font - e emilysidhe There's been something in the water since we first learned to float on it. Not marine life, although there's more of that than we'll ever know. Not rocks and currents and sand bars and icebergs either, although they've all taken more than their share of human life. But something deeper. Something Other. Something not natural. Sailors have always been superstitious. Not one of them described it right. You don't hear about it so much now that we don't lose ships anymore, really
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    Font - But we have protection now that we didn't before. They don't interfere with war and battle, even on behalf of what used to be their country, or with rocks and weather and human stupidity. Those are concerns for the living. But the Other Things, the Things that shouldn't be there - They can't get to us now without a fight. It's a fight They haven't won in a very long time. As long as we remember them, as long as we call out to them - not very often, just once a year will do - they will kee
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