The FReeper Foxhole Remembers The Yorktown Campaign (May-Oct 1781) - Sep. 18th, 2003

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[SAMWolf]

Good Morning E.G.C. Cool and clear here today.

[SAMWolf]

Morning Mayor. Nice of you to have the coffee ready when we get here in the morning.

[SAMWolf]

Hi Manna.

[SAMWolf]

I think it means "chicken". :-)

[SAMWolf]

Morning Prof Engineer.

I believe your right. It's a title of Count

[SAMWolf]

My oldest daughter read that last year, she said it was really good.

[SAMWolf]

In the US we call the Senators. It's the closet we have to the old European Class ranking.

[snippy_about_it]

I like the "chicken" reference best. ;)

[SAMWolf]

1965 "Get Smart" premiers

Agent 99. Sigh

[Darksheare]

Yes, it does mean 'count'.
But there was a woman in my old unit by the honest to God name of 'Comtessa Demonia' - 'Countess Demon'.
Yes, she looked the part as well.

[SAMWolf]

Repairs to Carrier Yorktown was One of Yard’s Fastest Jobs

Heavy Damage After Coral Sea Battle Offset by Quick Work of P.H. Workers

Pearl Harbor Banner, December 7, 1943

Up from the Coral Sea, where she had seen action in one of the nation's first and greatest victories in May of last year, came the carrier Yorktown.

The USS Yorktown (CV5) was severely damaged in the Battle of Coral Sea.

When she pulled into Pearl Harbor on June 1, 1942¹, she was badly damaged; from a direct bomb-hit which had struck the flight deck, pierced it, and finally exploded in the bowels of the ship, six decks down; from a second bomb which caromed off her flight gallery forward on the starboard side and exploded upon hitting the water, peppering the shell above the water-line with shrapnel holes; and from a third near miss which exploded in the water close enough to the side to open the seams, and corrugate the bottom on the port side, amidships.

Following the Battle of Coral Sea, the USS Yorktown (CV5) limped into Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard in May of 1942.

Inside the vessel, more than fourteen hundred men - shipfitters, machinists, welders, electricians, and shipwrights worked on the different levels to restore bulkheads, stanchions, and deck plates necessary to restore the ship's structural strength and, as this work proceeded, to renew or replace the instruments, electric wiring and fixtures which had been damaged in the blast.

The need for speed was so urgent that no planning was done and the job was brought to completion with the planners and estimators furnishing advice directly from the ship's plans.

It seemed like an impossible task to get the ship out on time. The men worked in shifts all that day, all night and through the next morning. The dock was scheduled for flooding at 11 o'clock that day. When the time came, the Yorktown with essential temporary repairs made, was in such shape that she could maneuver and fight effectively.

She took on fuel and planes and was out of the harbor by night. On the morning of the fourth of June¹, she had joined Admiral Nimitz's force and was within 200 miles of the enemy off Midway.

Through blood, sweat and determination, Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard restored the USS Yorktown (CV5) to fighting status in three short days. Yorktown went on to have major influence in the Battle of Midway, where it was eventually sunk.

What the Yorktown did after that is history. Her planes took part in the operation that sank two enemy carriers and so disabled a third that it was easy prey for an American submarine. In addition to the carriers, the Yorktown's planes scored hits on many another enemy vessel. These planes helped turn back the Japanese threat to Midway and the Hawaiian Islands. Though the Yorktown was later sunk as a result of enemy action, she contributed greatly to one of America's greatest sea victories. She could not have done so had it not been for those workmen at Pearl Harbor.

1Although these dates appeared in the original article published in December 1943, further research indicates USS Yorktown arrived at Pearl Harbor on 27 May and was temporarily docked at the repair basin, on 28 May she was placed in dry dock No. 1, and on 30 May she departed for the Battle of Midway.

[Darksheare]

I'm in, around, and sideways somewhere around here.
Now if I could just find myself...

[HiJinx]

You might be a bad cook if...
you make tuna noodle broccoli surprise...and the surprise is that it glows in the dark.

Well, first off, it tastes a lot better if you use chicken. Secondly, how're you supposed to find it if it doesn't glow in the dark? I mean, after the fridge light burns out, things really do look different!

[w_over_w]

Morning Glory Snip & Sam~

FR is loading slowly this AM.

General Washington now used his light infantry to feint toward Staten Island

I would be curious to find out the Colonial Armies version of a "head fake".

[Valin]

Just where was the last place you remember seeing yourself? As someone who seems to be always losing myself I.ve found this is a good place to start.

Good luck..we'er all in this together.

[Darksheare]

Where's the water fountain?
That's the last place I remember seeing me.
Do we even have a water fountain?

[Valin]

You're dating yourself!
The eternal question Agent 99 or Mrs. Peel?

[Valin]

And just who is Mr. Peel?

[Darksheare]

I just had an epiphany.
It's all a deciduous plot, but it'll fall.

[Valin]

We have a nice one in Loring park. Of course you wouldn't want to go there after the sun goes down. A hangout for people who are....sexually confused let's call it(wouldn't want to be accused of being judgemental)