[submarine571]

I sailed out of Groton, on SSN578, and SSN571, two of the three submarines I served in. I was raised in Pawcatuck/Stonington CT just 12 mi East of Groton. The Russian trawlers were always there waiting for us when we left on patrol. They would follow us, "collecting intelligence," until we got to the 100 fathom curve where we would dive. Besides electronic info, they collected water samples and othere miscl. junk trailing behind us. Occasionally we would release the 1,000 pound contents of one of our shit tanks for them to collect. Wonder what kind of stuff they found out from analyzing our turds.

[Daffynition]

I love it!

They've been around, as I recall, most of my life. No biggie. Spent a fair amount of time out in LIS and never saw a Ruskie. But I did meet Alan Arkin several times. What a nice guy.