[Vanders9]

RIP Ted Briggs. Once Navy, forever Navy.

[wbill]

Strangely enough, I was just reading about him this weekend.

He certainly used up all of his luck on that particular day.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

RIP.

In May of 1941 the war had just begun
The Germans had the biggest ship that had the biggest guns
The Bismarck was the fastest ship that ever sailed the sea
On her decks were guns as big as steers and shells as big as trees

Out of the cold and foggy night came the British ship the Hood
And every British seaman he knew and understood
They had to sink the Bismarck the terror of the sea
Stop those guns as big as steers and those shells as big as trees

We’ll find the German battleship that’s makin’ such a fuss
We gotta sink the Bismarck cause the world depends on us
Yeah hit the decks a runnin’ boys and spin those guns around
When we find the Bismarck we gotta cut her down

The Hood found the Bismarck and on that fatal day
The Bismarck started firing fifteen miles away
We gotta sink the Bismarck was the battle sound
But when the smoke had cleared away the mighty Hood went down

[WayneS]

God Bless You, sir.

[pabianice]

RIP, shipmate.

[sinanju]

Especially notable as he was the last of only (Three!) survivors of the crew of 1,418.

Unfortunately, HMS Hood was a bastardized camel-designed-by-committe that was riddled with conceptual flaws and outdated ideas and glaring vulnerabilities. There was a serious move in the Admiralty to scrap her even before she was completed.

[frithguild]

[Rinnwald]

The crew are together again, at last.

[prolifefirst]

What I take from this is everybody dies, whether you’re in your twenties or your eighties. Either way, it’s brief and you don’t know when time is up.

[SunkenCiv]

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[abb]

http://www.hmshood.com/crew/biography/tedbriggs_bio.htm

[backhoe]

A sentimental favorite of mine:

http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3b5d8b70471f.htm
We’ve done it. We’ve found her ... H.M.S. Hood found at last!

Culture/Society Extended News Announcement Keywords: HMS HOOD FOUND AT LAST
Source: CH 4 News (UK)
Author: Rob White reports
Posted on 07/24/2001 07:51:28 PDT by Bob Evans

[word_warrior_bob]

My father was on the USS Franklin in WWII, great story, it kept getting hit, the Japanese kept reporting it sunk, but she kept on going.

Let’s get this video out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8QcpdUtxNQ

How about Obama openly campaigning for his communist cousin Odinga who signed a pact with Muslims to enact Sharia Law if elected and started riots when he lost. Obama campaigned for an openly Anti-American candidate in a foreign country in 2006 at taxpayer expense.

[Question_Assumptions]

Always enjoyed listening to interviews with him. May he have a happy reunion with his shipmates who were not so lucky.