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To: rlmorel

I'm enjoying reading the Sea Stories.

Now this is no sh!t... We did a screw change on a tin can (USS Whitehurst) after she hit a whale off the California coast and bent one of the blades of the port prop back in '66 in San Diego. Very interesting project and no easy task.

Ahhh, memories. Just in time for Veteran's Day.


113 posted on 11/06/2006 4:02:44 PM PST by Diver Dave
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To: Diver Dave
Here's a couple pix of that screw change...




114 posted on 11/06/2006 4:17:33 PM PST by Diver Dave
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To: Diver Dave

Diver Dave, eh? You had an interesting rating, no doubt...I'll bet it was a damned tough job sometimes. How the heck did you do that screw change? Did you guys have a block and tackle or something to pull it into place once it was underwater?


116 posted on 11/06/2006 5:06:38 PM PST by rlmorel (The US Media...Where you get Million Dollar Words From people with a Ten Cent Fart for a brain.)
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