User:Elde

About Me:

 * : Or; obligatory semi-personal stuff.


 * I was born and raised in the American South. Graduating from high school at the end of the Carter years, and lacking much in the way of oppurtunites, I joined the Navy and served for ten years in the Submarine Service.  When the wall came down, I got out as the Service was shrunk as part of the peace dividend.


 * Once a civilian I worked a year in a local electronics retailer, then managed and ultimately owned a small used and rare bookstore. Losing the store in the wake of 9/11, I am now a househusband.

My interests:

 * Many and varied, many and varied...

To Do:

 * -United States Naval reactor- Check and correct descriptions of submarine classes. (The SSBN descriptions are particularly hideous)
 * -Chevaline- Check and correct in light of the new information located by Allen Thompson
 * -Polaris missile- is badly in need of cleanup, the Trident page is too, have not looked at the Poseidon page.
 * Hull classification symbol- review.
 * Triad disambiguate, add strategic meaning.
 * Two stage to orbit replace.

Contributions:

 * (Key: M/m = Major/minor contribution N= new R= rewrite r=refactoring w=wikification)

Submarine Topics

 * Barracuda class submarine (Mr)- Benjamin Franklin class submarine (MR)- Greater Underwater Propulsion Power Program (m)- List of United States submarine classes (M)- Ohio class submarine (Mr)- Seawolf class submarine (m,r)- SSGN (N)- Trident missile (MR)- United States submarines lost (m)- USS George Washington (m)

Other topics

 * Bowler hat (m)- Genesis Rock (m)- International Rose Test Garden (m,w)- Krispy Kreme (MR)

Useful in-Wiki links:

 * My personal Sandbox