[Robert A Cook PE]

Procedure on the Tinosa was to send a watchstander out to get a sounding every couple of hours or so.

"Piss, Fetch (coffee), Sounding." was the order (I doubt you'll find it in the Bluejacket manual).

And that watch sent topside with the deep water sounding lead was really PO'ed every time he was chewed out for dripping water across the COB's clean decks!

[dread78645]

That was the mail-bouy watch.
;->

I should have said " ... was to send a watchstander out [of the sonar shack to the control room] to get a sounding ..."

[Doohickey]

Speaking of coffee runs (for those who don't know, the United States Navy is fueled by coffee)...

On a 688, Sonar is directly forward of Control. In fact, the sliding door is usually left open and a curtain hung up instead.

Anyway it always galled me when I was COW, the Sonar Sup would stick his head out of Sonar and ask if the messenger could make a coffee run (usually during wakeups). This, despite the fact that threre were one or two sonar girl nubs hiding out in SES.

We need a sea story thread.