Talk:Baffles (submarine)

Jargon
Is "ownship" common submarine jargon? (I can't find it in 1. the dictionary 2. wikipedia or 3. google) I understand what it means from context, but it might be beneficial to explain the meaning of the word, or to re-write it using more conventional terminology. --203.6.205.22 22:43, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Merge proposal
I am proposing that Crazy Ivan be merged into Baffles (submarine). As the articles currently stand, both describe almost the same subject: Baffles describes what it is, then how to clear them; Crazy Ivan describes what baffles are, then the slightly more extreme baffle-clearing manoeuvre stereotypically attributed to one ethnic group, followed by a bunch of pop-culture trivia. I think that they could easily be merged together, with most of the Crazy Ivan-specific content moved into a "Clearing the baffles" section. -- saberwyn 08:18, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Merger would be perfect
I agree wholeheartedly. The 2 articles are made for each other. Besides, one could still be directed from a search to the sub paragraph of the Crazy Ivan section, as is already being done in many other articles.

Might i suggest keeping the article as "Baffles" and sub paragraphing the Crazy Ivan thing.

Outofthewoods (talk) 22:41, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Merger Done
It appears that the merger discussed above has been done. "Crazy Ivan" is now a re-direct to Baffles.
 * It would have been good practice for this to have been noted here! --220.101.28.25 (talk) 10:19, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

Inconsistency on the Tautog-collision
This article states that the Tautog-collision of 1970 was caused by the Tautog doing a "Angles and Dangles" moves, while the article on USS_Tautog_(SSN-639) itself says the collision was caused by the K-108 performing a Crazy Ivan. Since the only sources I've found on the collision seems to indicate that it was in fact a Crazy Ivan that caused the collision, I'm removing the relevant sentences from this article. KristianLyngstol (talk) 01:04, 29 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Could you use those sources to add the information back into the article as an example of why a Crazy Ivan was so dangerous? -- saberwyn 01:37, 29 December 2009 (UTC)

The final sentence isn't true
The final sentence states that the introduction of towed array sonar has made clearing the baffles unecessary. This isn't true. It has reduced the need, certainly, but there still exists a sizeable area (around 100m shortstay to 600m longstay) between the towed array and the submarine in which the combination of an endfire beam and submarine self noise makes detection of another submarine very improbable. --Munchingfoo (talk) 10:25, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Rephrased. -- saberwyn 08:14, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

Purpose of the Maneuvers
The article is written as if the Crazy Ivan and Angles and Dangles moves are both designed to detect if anyone is in the baffles, but then both times Angles and Dangles is mentioned, it says the purpose is to determine how much noise one's own sub is making, rather than to detect if another sub is making any previously undetectable noise. Statalyzer (talk) 10:33, 10 January 2012 (UTC)


 * I've renamed the relevant section and added subsection headings to hopefully help clear this up. The lack of referencing in the article is also an issue, and any improvements to that should lead to increased clarity of information. -- saberwyn 11:52, 10 January 2012 (UTC)


 * The problem I mentioned is still there. I'd just fix it myself but I'm not 100% sure what the correct answer is. Statalyzer (talk) 07:44, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

Is there an origin to the term "Crazy Ivan"? It's been used in a lot of places, including sci-fi shows such as Firefly and Andromeda, but their notes on the origins of the terms don't quite line-up; one suggestion is that it was a term coined by Tom Clancy's Hunt for the Red October, using the derogatory name "Ivan" for russians, which suggests the manoeuvre must have a more official name. Anyway, I think it could do with some elaboration if anyone knows any more details? Haravikk (talk) 11:19, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

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