[xrmusn]

I join in thanking you for your sentiments etc...

I rode an LST back in the 60’s, flat bottomed, speed of 12 knots - downhill with a heavy gale behind you - and had the pleasure of going through several typhoons while aboard.

IN rough seas she would plow ahead with the bow raising out of the water then slapping down on the sea, with the stern coming completely out of the water while the screws, going at full RPM would be squealing while trying to grab onto something other than air.

Interesting to say the least and one would get the impression she was going to break in half or even quarters.

I stood many a Radio Watch strapped in a chair while sitting a live circuit.....

Great fun, but then again, when people asked why you wasted your time in bars while ashore, you would just laugh at them — not that an excuse was really needed.

[Windflier]

I stood many a Radio Watch strapped in a chair while sitting a live circuit.

And I imagine that chair was bolted to the floor. Hard to believe the human body can even withstand such a ride.

[oh8eleven]

I rode an LST back in the 60’s ...
I was USMC, did a Carib Cruise on the 1162, Wahkiakum County, in late '68-'69.
Cruise was uneventful (except for the liberty port stories!) until we headed home in February when we hit a bad storm.
Even with the causeways lashed to its sides, the ship "rock & rolled" so bad I thought we were all going to Davy Jones' Locker.
To this day, I will not get on a cruise ship because of that experience.