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| Great Sage of the Sea Posts: 560 Location: Minot, Maine | Subject: 654 THERE WE WERE First patrol, most everybody tying to get qualified. a group were in the Torpedo room getting drilled. We had this French Canadian Torp man by the name of,,,Frenchie Labeau ?sp. He was lounging in his bunk Stbd side. Without a word, he reaches down under his mattress and extracts a big Rasp file. With the other hand he peals back a tiny piece of the rubber insulation on a hull rib, and draggs the file across the edge EEEErrrrrrrrrrrppppppppbbbbbb! Then hides it away under the mattress. We were all paralyzed ! He says, "There's a hydrophone in the ballast tank right here. Drives the Sonarmen nuts" !!! | ||
