The End of Summer Random Discussion for TPBM (29)

I see the sea stories continued after I went to bed...

puddlepirate44 wrote in post #8711499
Yeah.... I was on the Citrus from 1982 to 1988. In this pic, I'm on the helm.... again. If you look all the way up top, on the flying bridge, you'll see a guy standing there. That's an old friend of mine: Patrick McAndrews, aka PattyMac. We were supposed to clear the decks as the helo flew by for the photo op, but PattyMac was the lookout.... he had to be there.

There's another guy on the starboard bridge wing working the azimuth. I think that's QM2 Anjain working on a nav fix.

The distinctive A-frame was a part of the old Buoy Tender equipment and really served no purpose. It was later removed in the yards during a pretty extensive refit.

The Haley had the same type of A-frame that stayed for quite a while after her acquisition by the Coast Guard. It was eventually removed.

The discussion of weather at sea and sea sickness prompted me to go back and find shots of my ships.

This is the USS Menhaden, a WWII submarine modernized and kept in service until the 1970's. Because she was conventionally powered, she couldn't remain submerged to avoid weather. We hit gale force winds coming back from Japan on a great circle route up by the Aleutian Island. Being round bottomed, she rolled severely.

http://users.infomagic​.net/~grog/Fiber.htm

The USS Bauer, a Dealy-class destroyer escort didn't handle twoo badly, but had a tendency to pitch in any kind of seaway. It was always fun trying to sleep in my bunk in forward berthing...

This picture is before I served on her. The Weapon Alpha (between the gun and the bridge was gone and there was a helo hangar at the back of the superstructure.

http://www.navsource.o​rg …s/06021025/0602​102502.jpg

You want poor handling at sea? Try a minesweeper... the Agressive-Class ocean-going mine sweepers were constructed of wood with aluminum superstructures and had a comparatively shallow draft. They had all the sea-keeping characteristics of a fishing bobber and were impossible to steer in any kind of weather. If they had the sweep gear streamed it just compounded the problem.

They were prone to engine room fires as the engines were built out of a non-magnetic alloy and were always breaking fuel lines.

http://www.navsource.o​rg/archives/11/1102464​01.jpg

Perhaps the most fun I had in the Navy other than diving was on these. Tom probably remembers the Mark VI LCPL from his transport days. We used these as harbor patrol boats in Vietnam during the 1960's.

http://www.warboats.or​g …tonerPics/stone​rlcpl2.jpg

Becky N wrote in post #8712611


The stories were great guys. Please feel free to share anytime.

G'MAE all.

Now you have to tell us some of your war stories...

Off to the races... See everyone tonight.

JWright wrote in post #8711319
Blondie?

Yep. Some of those pics you can see her cheeks were all red and irritated...that is a large part of the reason why I started making my own soap. The kid has sensitive skin like no other.

Becky N wrote in post #8711273
Very cool, nice picture too.

DIANE neat shots of the restoration.

I'm enjoying reading the service stories.

Thanks Becky, and I've enjoyed catching up on the stories too.

3Turner wrote in post #8711282
Tell him to get the Wii Fit....then he'll really be cryin'.

Its on our list...apparently there's a new version coming out soon though, he's holding out for that one.

3Turner wrote in post #8711397
Glad I wasn't the only one annoyed by Horatio.

For sure not the only one.

Permagrin wrote in post #8711439
yeah me too...I think part of is was that sometimes (a lot of times) when the M3 was acting up, I used to cover up a slightly soft focus (read: misfocused) with a "stylistic" processing. I don't have to do that any more. It's very freeing. Plus, I'm just really into a more realistic look.

I really enjoy the "real" look too, with maybe a slight edge toward dramatic in cases like my dancer and stuff.

JWright wrote in post #8711437
If I had known that was your son's first ship, I wouldn't have bothered asking...

I just got a text from Heather telling me to stop testing you CG knowledge and go to bed...

Sorry, that's way funny. B.U.S.T.E.D.

mtnphtgrphr wrote in post #8712886
G'Morning ya'll...

I should have a few pictures to share later today. I went on a field trip with Alex's class to an apple orchard... think I might have a couple to share...

Send positive thoughts Mike's way... Mike's brother died 9 years ago 9/24, and he's having a rough go of it the past couple of days... he and his brother were very close... his brother was 31 when he died..

It's raining here... again... GAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!​!!!!!!! As if we haven't had enough rain!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm sorry to hear about Mike's brother...prayers for peace headed up.

Morning all, Blondie decided she needed her own camera this morning, so she cut one out of paper. Then apparently she needed a studio, too, so she's working on cutting that out right now, too. Gave me a chuckle. But, we have wood to split and stack and a camper to clean out for winter, so....hasta tamale.

JWright wrote in post #8713065
I see the sea stories continued after I went to bed...

Those are great, John! Thanks! I never had the pleasure of serving on more than one vessel. Went to the Citrus out of boot camp, went to QM-A school in Orlando and was sent back.

Thanks for the Navy stories gentlemen, I appreciated those quite a bit - and I salute you.

My dad is in his late 80's now and his health is declining, and I'm not sure how much longer he'll be around. I keep hoping that one of these days (perhaps near the end) he'll tell me some of his service stories. He fought both in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, and Battle of the Coral Sea, and has refused to talk about either of these engagements.

I've never pressed him about it (out of respect), and I suspect he'll take those stories to the grave with him, but I'm proud of his service.

JWright wrote in post #8713065
Now you have to tell us some of your war stories...

Most of my stories have to do with birthing babies, somehow I think most of you would have little to no interest. Most of those stories are routine we had less than a hand full of anything out of the norm. Thankfully.

LOL I guess I'm one of the odd ones out Becky....I love birth stories. Ok, really off now. Already got a little bit of stuff done.

Hi anyone whos here .Those who are off and about today enjoy !I'm off soon for lunch with the man (Andy) and a walk of the Miss

Kendoway wrote in post #8713182
Thanks for the Navy stories gentlemen, I appreciated those quite a bit - and I salute you.

My dad is in his late 80's now and his health is declining, and I'm not sure how much longer he'll be around. I keep hoping that one of these days (perhaps near the end) he'll tell me some of his service stories. He fought both in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, and Battle of the Coral Sea, and has refused to talk about either of these engagements.

I've never pressed him about it (out of respect), and I suspect he'll take those stories to the grave with him, but I'm proud of his service.

My grandmother shared many many stories with me in the last few weeks of her life... She was in the Women's Army Corp.

DoodleBunz wrote in post #8713252
LOL I guess I'm one of the odd ones out Becky....I love birth stories. Ok, really off now. Already got a little bit of stuff done.

Not too odd! I love birth stories too!

I like birth stories as long as its not mine

Well that was sad. I went and googled images of George AFB, my last station. I knew it had been closed but did not know what has happened to it since it was closed. The housing area is used as tactical ground training, needless to say, it looks like a war zone. I can't find any images of the hospital, might need to see what I can find of my own and scan.

Kendoway wrote in post #8713182
Thanks for the Navy stories gentlemen, I appreciated those quite a bit - and I salute you.

My dad is in his late 80's now and his health is declining, and I'm not sure how much longer he'll be around. I keep hoping that one of these days (perhaps near the end) he'll tell me some of his service stories. He fought both in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, and Battle of the Coral Sea, and has refused to talk about either of these engagements.

I've never pressed him about it (out of respect), and I suspect he'll take those stories to the grave with him, but I'm proud of his service.

Not all were Navy....

I hope you get a chance to hear it from your dad. That's a segment of history that is slowly going away. As a society, we've veered away from the oral histories of our ancestors due to the advent of History books and "Wiki". In my mind, that's a very sad thing. I remember hearing my Grandmother talk about Dec 7, 1941, how she heard about it, what she was doing, what she felt. Hearing about these events in our own past makes them so much more real and separates them from the dusty, dry data of the textbooks.

Becky N wrote in post #8713407
Well that was sad. I went and googled images of George AFB, my last station. I knew it had been closed but did not know what has happened to it since it was closed. The housing area is used as tactical ground training, needless to say, it looks like a war zone. I can't find any images of the hospital, might need to see what I can find of my own and scan.

That is sad.

My cutter is now the "flag ship" of the Dominican Republic's "Navy". It's kind of embarrassing, really.

puddlepirate44 wrote in post #8713446
That is sad.

My cutter is now the "flag ship" of the Dominican Republic's "Navy". It's kind of embarrassing, really.

It's bow number is 456 now.

LINK

WHOO HOO! Early morning hijacking of the thread!

OK, I'll leave now.