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To: Snickering Hound
How much hot racking in the Guppy’s?

None. AFAIK, all the old fleet boat (Gato class) crew had their own bunks. Mine was in the forward room, atop a torpedo and next to the bowplane motor. Interesting times when the guy on the bowplanes put them down so much they hits the stops - big blue flash gets your attention every time.

Forgot about the hot-bunking. I understand the Brits did that even on their corvettes and maybe destroyers.

69 posted on 07/05/2018 2:53:30 PM PDT by Oatka
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To: Oatka
None. AFAIK, all the old fleet boat (Gato class) crew had their own bunks. Mine was in the forward room, atop a torpedo and next to the bowplane motor. Interesting times when the guy on the bowplanes put them down so much they hits the stops - big blue flash gets your attention every time.

Way back in my college days a friends father had served in a Guppy don't know which one.

From what he said it was miserable duty with more batteries and equipment crammed into what was already a cramped boat.

I presumed they had to go to hot racking for the extra manpower.

70 posted on 07/05/2018 3:02:17 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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