I had a close friend who had a MFP seize up on overspeed. The turbine exited the casing, went through the overhead, took the wallet out of the pocket of the Chief Personnelman, went through the bulkhead, and skipped down the pier.
My father’s last duty station was CMC at AES - 32nd Street, NAVSTA SD
I had a buddy in Engineering on the Oriskany around that time!
Yes, I kind of tried to follow that whole process from mothball fleet to dive reef. The O Boat was an Essex class carrier whose keel was laid for WW2. They kept her back, however, made a bunch of mods, and she didn't see service until Korea. She was an old ship, even when I was on her. Before my second Westpac, we had to spend 8 months in Long Beach in drydock just to get her capable of that last long Pacific tour. At the end of it, while still in the Philippines, many of the crew were actually flown back to the States to our next tour of duty and Oriskany limped back to the world with just essential watchstanders and the decommishioning crew. She was basically too old for the mothball fleet and I think the dive reef idea was a splendid one.
I have made that dive. Best dive I've done CONUS.
I've seen some examples of vintage Japanese-style ventilation at Hickam as well.-USA
-Big Green Weenie (Army)
-E5
-89D (EveryOne Drinks, EveryOne is Divorced) EOD
-Schofield Barracks, HI. A little “fun fact” about this place: There are still a few buildings in use there that have visible impact marks that were made by attacking Japanese Zero’s gun runs.
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You were on the around the horn cruise?
Oh I remember the 'Greenham Wimmin' all right
Never made it Manston. Wow, that is a long strip! I thought Wethersfield was long, but Manston beats it by nearly half a mile!Oh I remember the 'Greenham Wimmin' all right
It was a pretty tense time, esp 1983. Maybe the closest to 1962 in terms of threat.
My family lived a mile at most from the runway at a place called RAF Manston. That was going to be one of the end points for the 'air bridge' of supplies and re-inforcements from the 'States. It had maybe the longest RAF runway in the country, with a couple of others.
Used to watch the F-111's fly out over the Channel, turn when about half way and practice strike runs on Ramsgate. Manston was closed in the 90's. It was literally buzzing with planes and exercises back in the day.
I was in London, about 70 miles away from 84'. I still remember worrying how I would get back to them if it got real.
Manston was lined up to receive about 5 megatons, so it would have been over for my family very quick.
Kalmor, when were you at Ramstein? I was at AFN HQ in Frankfurt from '92-'95.
Where was the ship in this picture?USA
USN (1986-1992)
Electronic Warfare Technician(EW3, that E-5 test score remained elusive !!!)
Was stationed on a Cadillac of a ship (USS Texas, CGN-39), her keel was laid in 1978 and she was being cut in to razor blades by the time I exited service
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"Feed your horse, feed your men, then feed yourself." One of my old cavalry comrades. In addition to "If your horse doesn't want to go there, neither do you." Much wisdom in the cavalry....Jim:
+1...just like logistics in any Service...it's all about the 3 B's of taking care of Service members;
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"All army's travels on its stomach". CBJ
I was at Trenton in the JRCC and the Wing TIS. Good to see another RCAF member here!
My pleasure, Sir!
What made this ship a Cadillac? I was on a Destroyer Escort (USS Sample DE1048), built in 1968? It was supposed to have special stabilizers, which never worked. It was nothing special in comparison to a WWII tin can I briefly served on.USA
USN (1986-1992)
Electronic Warfare Technician(EW3, that E-5 test score remained elusive !!!)
Was stationed on a Cadillac of a ship (USS Texas, CGN-39), her keel was laid in 1978 and she was being cut in to razor blades by the time I exited service
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Her keel was laid in 1978, she was just sleek and fast, nuclear powered......Never had to worry about not having hot water for a shower!!!
