[Diver Dave]

I see that you're a submariner. Ever get any flack re the hull number? A tin-canner I met who served on the USS BLACK (DD-666) wished he had drawn a better number.

But speaking of submariners, my father-in-law served aboard the USS TINOSA - the first one - during WWII.

In his day, future submariners were required to pass a specific swimming test. He never learned to swim, and got a buddy to take the test for him. Fooled the instructors and he got his dolphins. An FT 3rd class, he was on watch one night when an spotted a Japanese warship. A short while later, Tojo was minus one ship. His skipper gave him a bottle of whiskey for his efforts. He was a non-drinker so he stashed it away. Some time later, when he opened his footlocker, it was gone. He was more pleased with the broom on the mast when they arrived in Pearl than he was of the missing bottle.

[mylife]

666?
Yeah theres a lot of stories there

[El Gran Salseron]

The story among boat sailors is that you could leave your white hat on your rack with $100 in it. Come back later and the white hat would be gone but the $100 would be sitting on the rack.

Booze or beer is a different story.

The electrician's used to hide beer in an overhead vent in maneuvering room. A lieutenant on board heard a rumor about it. Did he write up the electrician's? Nah! He helped them drink it but said, "Don't do it again!"