40. “Dump all trash over the fantail,” and then standby as the ship circles the trash and your skipper uses floating objects for 50 Caliber Machine Gun practice from the bridge.
One nite after air ops, Just as 2 ETs completed their Radar antenna repair and let out a whoop n holler, some sailor threw a bag of trash overboard. Well the fantail watch reported man overboard. I don’t know how many hours we circled in that fog, searchlights blazing, until every man was accounted for.