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Originally Posted by RetiredGypsy
From an article in Undersea (or whatever that magazine's called) the new Virginia class subs have electronic logs.
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To the everlasting humiliation and denigration of the geezer submariners. It's about time.
We've all been jealous aware of the phenomenon since the 1970s implementation on surface ships, but Admiral Rickover was not exactly a big fan of computers, simulators, or anything but the actual neutron-spewing equipment accompanied by eyeballs on gauges. When he retired the sub force enjoyed a tsunami of computerized training devices but still no "workplace enhancements".
A generation later we're finally catching up to the end of the 20th century.
The biggest drawback to electronic logs and LCD displays is that you can't argue about gauge parallax and the thickness of the mark on the dial. I don't know what the watchstanders will have left to talk about...
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