Questions for Dad about the Navy
## Submarine Life
1. What did a typical day look like when the submarine was underway?
2. How did the 18-hour day with 6-hour shifts affect everyone's sense of time?
3. How did you and the crew keep busy or entertained during long patrols?
4. Can you describe the living quarters? What was the hardest part about the limited space?
5. What meals do you remember best?
## The Job
6. What systems were you directly responsible for as a machinist?
7. How did your team monitor and maintain the reactor? Any emergency drills that stick out?
8. What's the most challenging mechanical problem you dealt with on the sub?
9. What kind of training did you receive before serving underwater? How did reality differ?
10. What did it take to "earn your dolphins"?
## Technology
11. What pieces of technology or engineering challenges stand out from working with the reactor?
12. How were water, air, and electricity produced and maintained?
13. Did you work with any systems that have since been declassi...