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Offline BigMax

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Navy veterans, what ship were you on?
« Reply #45 on: August 02, 2003, 11:55:15 PM »
LOL... Adams Class is the Shiznit!

32+ knots on a 1950s hull... 4x1200 steam plants!

That girl could run!

GREAT CREW TOO!  We could do anything.  In the middle of OPPE, we wiped a line-shaft bearing.  OPPE said can'x the whole thing, they'd come back after we fixed it.  Our guys (All of Engineering) worked ALL night, ready to train by 0700 as scheduled...  Blew the inspectors away.  We were in the middle of the North Atlantic too, on our way home from the MED...
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We had a break away rag....

It had the lil ole lady from playboy, the one with droopy tits that is always chasing guys...

It said "She may be old, but she still puts out!"...

Great ship, better crew!  I miss them both.
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« Reply #46 on: August 03, 2003, 01:45:20 AM »
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Heh, you guys actually got to go places?  On ships???  I had exactly 30 days of sea duty in 5.5 years of service from 94-99.  That was 30 days aboard USS Belleau Wood LHA-3 in fall of 96.  I was a grunt corpsman assigned to 3rd Marines at the time.


I had the same miserable 30 days in the fall of 94 on that tub.  Was with the 7th Marines 93-97.  Did ya'll do your pump on Oki?
Seem to remember the 3rd Marines were in the rotation...

Semper Fi, Swabbies  :)
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« Reply #47 on: August 03, 2003, 02:20:07 AM »
Ship? WTF is dat?

(AT with VF-17: NAS Memphis 1981-1985. Deployed to the P.I. and Misawa, Japan; Blackshoe Reserve fleet 1986-1987 ... mos switch to OS[/i] {sound powered phones, grease pencils ... antiquated radar sim .. "contact bearing ... ": U.S.S. Barbey {FF1088 Knox class} - never set foot on her - got to go to the shipsim in El Paso instead .... ain't life grand?)

Navy landlubber/Pollywog Club :D
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« Reply #48 on: August 03, 2003, 04:43:56 PM »
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Hah! We did 124 days... in the Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf... without a port... On a boiler boat with water hours... we all smelled like men... evaps work like **** in the warm water... LOL


Did a 4 beer cruise in the Gulf of Oman (2 beers each for 60 continuous days at sea) on the Indy (CV-62) in '81 with Carrier Group 8, Carrier Air Wing 6, Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 131 (VAQ-131).  Turnover with the Eisenhower was on 8 Dec '80, we were relieved by the America on 9 May '81.  

Does the term Gonzo Station mean anything to you?

<- Kitty Hawk
<- America
<- Independence

No greater thrill than to work on the flight deck.
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« Reply #49 on: August 03, 2003, 05:04:36 PM »
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Does the term Gonzo Station mean anything to you?




I'm familiar with gonzo... :D
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« Reply #50 on: August 03, 2003, 10:45:06 PM »
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I had the same miserable 30 days in the fall of 94 on that tub.  Was with the 7th Marines 93-97.  Did ya'll do your pump on Oki?
Seem to remember the 3rd Marines were in the rotation...

Semper Fi, Swabbies  :)


Yeah, 2/3 was deployed in the latter half of 96 out at Camp Hansen.  I just dug up an old snapshot of the Belleau wood.  Remember this, devildog?

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« Reply #51 on: August 04, 2003, 12:40:37 AM »
all to well...

I have pictures somewhere of them test firing that phalanx above it there.
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« Reply #52 on: August 04, 2003, 04:55:38 AM »
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Et Tu Brutus?
I was in VS-32 aboard CV-66 from 1982 to 1985, did two Med/IO cruises, plus all workups.


I mess cranked with a couple of guys from -32, plus your QA was right under (more or less) our IWT shop. We were port side, O-3 out on the angle. Can't remember the frame anymore.

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« Reply #53 on: August 04, 2003, 04:59:53 AM »
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milnko.....

what fjord in norway did you go to with that big ship?? :eek: :eek:


Vestfjord? Something like that.

Best part was we were conducting normal flight ops less than a mile offshore. Not sure what the locals thought of that...it had to be LOUD for them.

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« Reply #54 on: August 04, 2003, 11:37:42 PM »
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Did a 4 beer cruise in the Gulf of Oman (2 beers each for 60 continuous days at sea) on the Indy  


Our Captain was an Tea sipping prettythanghole. We got to load beer, lock the Beer Locker, then unload every single bottle when we returned to Seattle. But did you know you can fit 22 bottles of Jack Daniels in the barrel of a 5 inch gun? GM's were great to party with underway! :D
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