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How do I get out of here?

1/20/2017

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You can bet your buttons that visitors to HMCS Ojibwa, as enthralled as they are, want to know how submariners could get out of the submarine in the event resurfacing was not an option - and neither were the doors that visitors use today! Such trepidation is not a matter of too many scary movies; it is a matter of too many lives sacrificed to the deep. Former submariner Paul Connolly, had a moment of fame in the midst of HMCS Ojibwa's role in the development of Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicles (DSRVs) to serve that purpose.
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That's Paul straddling the beast during Royal Navy trials in Scotland in 1975. This image appeared in the October 1975 issue of the NAVY NEWS.

HMCS Ojibwa, under the command of Lloyd Barnes (beside ladder),was chosen to participate in Royal Navy trials with a commercial submersible to determine whether it was a viable option to their own tried and trusted method of up you go and don't forget to exhale all the way up. The back up, where time permitted, involved a SEIE (Submarine Emergency Immersion Equipment) aka, the orange suit.

Over the two days (August 9-10) ten transfers were made taking submariners from the after hatch to the fore hatch and bringing another group from the fore hatch back to the after hatch.
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More about Ojibwa & DSRVs

Other Claims to Fame

In addition to Paul's 12 years of service aboard Ojibwa as well as a stint on Onondaga, he went on to serve  in the Naval Dockyard. Paul is a talented artist as well as a musician and according to his good friend Gilles Poirier with whom he served on HMCS Onondaga, he has 'more funny stories than Mr. Carter has liver pills'.
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Paul Connolly visiting Ojibwa in 2015.
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  • Home
    • About Us
    • Project Ojibwa >
      • Cutting Edge Technology
      • Sojourn in Hamilton
      • Site Preparation
      • The Landing
    • Contact
  • Plan Visit
  • COLD WAR
    • Cold War Sub Operations
    • The Opposition
    • CLOSE CALLS
  • HMCS OJIBWA
    • Ojibwa's Badge
    • Commanding Officers
    • Ojibwa's Crew at Commissioning
    • Ojibwa's NATO Service
    • Ojibwa Firsts
  • Submarines
    • Short History Cdn Subs
    • Bulkhead #34 Door
    • Charlie Saves the Boat
    • Cutting a Sub in Two
    • Dit About Dishes
    • Earning Your Dolphins
    • Pass or Perish
    • Red Light/Black Light
    • Riding the Roof
    • Snorting
    • Trimming a Submarine
  • Pirates
    • Then & Now
    • A Little Rebel in..
    • Buoys will be Buoys
    • Music Soothes
    • No Kitchens
    • One Potato
    • Ruminations on Rum
    • Sonarman's Day
    • Standby to M Bare Ass
  • Education
    • For Teachers
    • How to Book
    • Innovative Programs
    • Cadets
  • Flashback Friday & News