Posted on 03/20/2009 6:48:01 AM PDT by Scythian
You were a Gurnard retard? LOL, Just kidding.
Gurnard was one of the Squadron 3 boats I used to work on. I seem to remember they were mostly a bunch of good guys, but there were a couple of serious mishaps that i can remember...vaguely.
According to Wikipedia (FWIW), USS Gurnard was 292 feet long. I don’t remember her being any longer than Pogy, Drum, Puffer, or any other Sturgeon boat, excluding Parche.
What difference does it make?
Sorry for not constantly updating the thread expecting you to follow along. My browser stuck and posted and I had to re-post <300.
678-687, excluding 685 were about 8 feet longer than the rest of the class as originally constructed.
I’m wearing the same hat right about now FRiend.
I was on between 1976 and 1980 - we were the hottest boat in the fleet then. Had 3 skippers, Chiles the longest - He ended up an admiral he came on after the north pole run.
I was one of the few that received two commendation from him for actions above and beyond the duty.
We did end up in a place that I have another commendation from that will stay in history. I think we won every peace time award to a sub then. Guess why they made him admiral.
I always loved hearing sea stories from Cold Warriors under the waves. Y’all did some major shi’te, most of which will never be known by the general public. If I had any clue what the boats I worked on did back then, I would have had a much better attitude about it. All I knew was that a bunch of well-fed, better paid dorks would go out, break stuff, and come back and want me to fix it.
I salute your service.
Makes no difference at all.
Next some yahoo will ask about the ship captain’s race.
Chiles was one of my SUBLANTs. Favorite Chiles quote: “Do not waste more than one Mk 48 torpedo on a Sovermennyy-class destroyer.”
Congratulations. You're the 1st skipper to master predicting and "handling" everything the sea could throw at you - and your friends and family.
....weary of emergencies. I was merely suggesting that a good skipper would find that the experience would be far more enjoyable should he both educate his crew, and make sure they still need to be wary of unforseen events and dangers, I don't care who you are.
Why not cough up a few bucks to send your family to a Power Boat Squadron class - maybe one of them will save your or someone elses life.
I still use dead reckoning even with all the new gadgets out there and he keep a very accurate log people say im crazy but i have never gotten lost or had to call for help
“When did they start putting soldiers on submarines?”
Uh...good question.
“Wasn’t Carter a sub commander?”
Geez! No, he was not.
The amphibious ship should have taken the land route.
heh...but I think "ambphibious" is funny enough for it.
It says sailors at the link (and the actual military release), so I guess FoxNews has fixed it.
Or is the sub a hoagie? Depends from where you live, I guess.
My father in law was raised in Newfoundland and went to sea (cod fishing on the Banks) when he was 12 and literally could navigate by the stars and sun's position.
One day we were near a harbor, watching a fishing boat coming in. The boat had all sorts of antennae on it. All my Dad in law said was "that guy has not a clue where he is, should that all gear go down".
Recall too. Jimmuh used to say he was a nuclear engineer. Gag.
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