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Bells on Ships [some naval history]
Naval Historical Center--Department of the Navy ^ | 15. July 1999 | unattributed

Posted on 08/03/2006 5:00:03 PM PDT by 1rudeboy

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To: Coastie
Now that is über.
21 posted on 08/04/2006 8:05:44 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: bentfeather

It was 58 years ago and I still remember Navy bells. ;)


22 posted on 08/04/2006 8:06:00 AM PDT by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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To: blackie

I think this story is so cool!


WOW, 58 years!! Thank You, blackie.


23 posted on 08/04/2006 8:12:15 AM PDT by Soaring Feather
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bttt


24 posted on 08/04/2006 8:15:08 AM PDT by HonkyTonkMan
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To: 91B; HiJinx; Spiff; MJY1288; xzins; Calpernia; clintonh8r; TEXOKIE; windchime; Grampa Dave; ...

SandRat's ping list, which I will only use one more time.


25 posted on 08/04/2006 8:20:17 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: 1rudeboy

Thanks for the post and the ping.


26 posted on 08/04/2006 8:51:26 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (There's a dwindling market for Marxist Homosexual Lunatic wet dreams posing as journalism)
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To: StarCMC
Aloha Star!

Click the link on #18.
27 posted on 08/04/2006 8:52:47 AM PDT by BIGLOOK (Keelhauling is a sensible solution to mutiny.)
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To: 1rudeboy

Thanks for the Ping.

When I was stationed on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay, I occasionally had watch on a pier (When the US Navy ran the place) and at night, in the dense fog, it was somehow eeriely exciting to hear the bells come and go in the shroud over the water.


28 posted on 08/04/2006 8:59:53 AM PDT by Sundog (Beware America's ribald idiots: They want to be taken seriously.)
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To: bentfeather

Very cool!

I was discharged from the Navy 57 years ago this coming November. :)


29 posted on 08/04/2006 9:22:43 AM PDT by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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To: blackie

Great! I always did have an eye for a Sailor, my beloved uncle was a Sailor, brother, too. ;)


30 posted on 08/04/2006 9:24:52 AM PDT by Soaring Feather
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To: bentfeather

;););)


31 posted on 08/04/2006 11:07:52 AM PDT by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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To: tomkow6; Kathy in Alaska
Traditionally, the bell is maintained by the ship's cook,

No kidding?

32 posted on 08/04/2006 11:57:05 AM PDT by HiJinx (Have you hugged a soldier today? Try it, you'll like it!)
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To: 1rudeboy; bentfeather
DING DING !!

2 bells First Dog Watch in Alaska. LOL!

33 posted on 08/05/2006 6:04:14 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ God Bless and Protect Our Brave Protectors of Freedom~)
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To: Kathy in Alaska
Oh man, I miss that! It was a barrel of fun.
34 posted on 08/05/2006 6:20:10 PM PDT by Soaring Feather
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