Beer on US Warship?

[SPKmes]

Man I wish I had gotten my swap draft...we had the opportunity many years ago when relations between the US and America started to sweeten up again...I was just too new though....being able to crew one of those suckers would have been sweet..all that battleship grey...I miss the boats...they must have sound sweet.....Those that have spent time on a warship will understand the ship sound...mind you not that I can say I did..our frigates are like smaller that your tug boats  but still.

[TequilaChaser]

If I remember correctly, if you was at sea without pulling into port for more than 4 months or was it 6 months? the whole crew would be awarded 2 cans of beer each, although it would be somewhat air cool ( ie... warm or hot even ) beer.....

I never experienced it myself, even during my 9+ month cruise on the USS Nimitz back in the 80's.....

I did receive my Blue Nose & my Shellback initiation and certificates though, crossing the arctic circle & crossing the equator......

for any of those who worked on flight decks on aircraft carriers, I was first a Plane captain ( Brown Jersey ), then i a Green Jersey, was in the AIMD(<--spelling) shop ( the powerplants intermediate Repair Depot back of the Hangar Bay), then I advanced to the Checkered White Jerseys ( was called troubleshooters back in my Navy days )..... worked Plane Captain during night ops..worked as an AD  Trouble Shooter both during day as well as night ops on both the USS Nimitz then when we switched to the USS Theodore Roosevelt..... on land back at NAS Cecilfield, I was asst Flight Line Coordinator for my Squadron of the time ( S3 Vikings ).....

I almost had been around the world before I was 19 years old, and in those situations, a person really grows up fast... but was some of the funnest & life learning experiences of my life......

sorry for ranting...... back then they did ration out Beer at times... not sure if they do it anymore though...... heck I not even sure if the "Smoking Lamp" is even lit anymore these days.... 

[SPKmes]

  crossing the equator....fun...painful....h orrible....fun 

[TequilaChaser]

crossing the equator....fun...painful....h orrible....fun  

well, our Lt didn't wake up too happy that morning having his left eye brow shaved off and then the right side of his mustache shaved off..... oh the fun...... fun yes.... pain very much so at times, was like a neverending nightmare, but then it was done.... and life goes on...... hated working the flight deck in the middle of the day though..... can almost undertsand what "hotter than Hell" really means ROFL.....

[Simba]

Thanks for the U.S.S. Texas links, Maverick. Splendid vessel, and what a history.