Imagine being a watchstander, taking logs down, you look up from the numbers, and there's a 21 inch dia torpedo head looking at you saying "Wassup?"... before it works it's way back out and the flood begins.
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Imagine being a watchstander, taking logs down, you look up from the numbers, and there's a 21 inch dia torpedo head looking at you saying "Wassup?"... before it works it's way back out and the flood begins.
Oh, after that incident, when firing Exercise Shots, everyone was supposed to try to be as close to centerline as possible. Some watchstations that was impossible.
And even though we were the ones shooting the Torp, torpedoes can jam their rudder, causing the torpedo to go in a circle.
And the END of a circle, just happens to be the BEGINNING of a circle.
A problem that has happened throughout sub history.
And even though we were the ones shooting the Torp, torpedoes can jam their rudder, causing the torpedo to go in a circle.
And the END of a circle, just happens to be the BEGINNING of a circle.
A problem that has happened throughout sub history.
I was stationed at a University in Seattle waiting to be reassigned so they put me in the office. Typical military thinking, a SGT 0311 (grunt) working with papers at a desk.
They had one of the early word processors that was mostly analog and couldn't figure out how to make it work. It was about the size of a dishwasher. Told me to see what could be done because they had something to use it for. I cleaned and fiddled with it and got it going somewhat.
What they needed printed was a unit history for the university's ROTC program. Specifically someone had sent letters out to all the graduates since the beginning, before WW2, and asked about their experiences. Really neat look into Marines/Sailors from an earlier era.
The one that sticks in my mind was an Ensign that was commissioned in 1941. The form had a front page which was basic info. The back was blank for experiences that were noteworthy. He filled out the front. The back only had one short sentence on it. It said "First time as OOD USS-----, 0800-1200, 7 Decenber 1941, Pearl Harbor ". Can't remember the actual ships name but I think he said a lot in those few words.
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People that know me... know that I'm a "bit" of a talker.
But I do appreciate the ability to say so much, with so little.
Looks like I was mistaken. In my defense, I was in the back of the sub, not the front.
But an exercise shot goes under the target, and gets picked up at "end of run"
So, ours must have been running shallow when it hit target.
Mk48 torpedo passes under a Dealey class destroyer escort USS Bridget (DE-1024) during an exercise in 1972.
But an exercise shot goes under the target, and gets picked up at "end of run"
So, ours must have been running shallow when it hit target.
Mk48 torpedo passes under a Dealey class destroyer escort USS Bridget (DE-1024) during an exercise in 1972.
This reminds me, I should scan some pics I got of a pod racing us.
I think it was outside Gibraltar, but maybe I'm remembering wrong.
Photo should be labeled.
I just have to dig it up.
Anyway, saw this on FB today
Two Dolphins and the USS Minnesota (SSN 783)
I think it was outside Gibraltar, but maybe I'm remembering wrong.
Photo should be labeled.
I just have to dig it up.
Anyway, saw this on FB today
Two Dolphins and the USS Minnesota (SSN 783)
Anyone remember this guy?
Novelist Tom Clancy tours the Ticonderoga-class USS Yorktown CG-48, Norfolk, Virginia, June 1988
I was on my sub then, and purchased Hunt for Red October from the original publisher US Naval Institute, before the book went to a bigger publisher.
Too bad I can't find those copies.
Novelist Tom Clancy tours the Ticonderoga-class USS Yorktown CG-48, Norfolk, Virginia, June 1988
I was on my sub then, and purchased Hunt for Red October from the original publisher US Naval Institute, before the book went to a bigger publisher.
Too bad I can't find those copies.
The Spruance class destroyers (DD, not DDG or CG) were powered by 4 gas turbine engines that were derived from a common ancestor jet engine that powered some Boeing 747s. Moosbrugger was a ship in the Spruance (DD-963) class. The Spruance class were not hydrofoils. They had a traditional displacement hull form and were primarily an anti submarine warfare ship.
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Gulf of Tonkin. Scores of empty 5” 38 caliber powder casings cover the deck around a 5” gun mount on USS New Jersey (BB 62) after the ship fired over 1600 rounds the night before. Photographed by SN Robert G. Smith, February 23, 1969
Well, I'm pretty sure Tom is right.
Ship's crew is already busy enough on a warship, much less a ship during a war.
Hauling them back into the magazine would just add more work.
Before warships were fueled by diesel (or nuclear)
Coaling the battleship USS New York (BB-34) at sea, February 1918
Coaling the battleship USS New York (BB-34) at sea, February 1918
If I've told this one before don't stop me, I want to hear it again. 
November 1993, young USAF SSgt KellyinAvon is stationed at Taegu AB, RoK. I was about 10 days from leaving the RoK and had to out-process at Osan AB since that's where our Squadron was located.
So I'm going up to Osan, with two Ammo troops, who are in a tractor/trailer, pulling a flatbed loaded with 2,000 pound "blue bombs" (inert bombs, used for training.)
So on Interstate 1 north of Taegu we pulled over to check the chains and tie-down straps to make sure everything is good before hitting the mountains.
It is O-Dark Early, we are up on the trailer checking the straps and chains. Traffic is going by so fast the trailer shaking.
That might've been when I realized I wasn't going to live forever.
November 1993, young USAF SSgt KellyinAvon is stationed at Taegu AB, RoK. I was about 10 days from leaving the RoK and had to out-process at Osan AB since that's where our Squadron was located.
So I'm going up to Osan, with two Ammo troops, who are in a tractor/trailer, pulling a flatbed loaded with 2,000 pound "blue bombs" (inert bombs, used for training.)
So on Interstate 1 north of Taegu we pulled over to check the chains and tie-down straps to make sure everything is good before hitting the mountains.
It is O-Dark Early, we are up on the trailer checking the straps and chains. Traffic is going by so fast the trailer shaking.
That might've been when I realized I wasn't going to live forever.
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