re: #570 Kosh’s Shadow

Yes, as were the computers in the ships. There were also computers used to guide the big guns of the surface Navy, everything from 5” to 16”. They were all mechanical, using cams, and were even capable of firing the guns while the ship was rolling, when the angle was right.

Heard that Rickover had a rule that all the controls in his subs had to be analog, he wanted his operators in control and not passive spectators, except for the nuke plant the ships looked old deliberately