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COMSUBBBS
Posts: 3666
Location: Kansas City Missouri | Subject: Coffee cup carriers
Both of the DBs I was on had them. Stainless steel tubes about two feet long with a slit for the cups handles to protrude through. The fun of maneuvering the often full, always hot and dripping tube from the AB to the top of the sail in bad winter weather at night. Those were the days, my friends. |
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Master and Commander
Posts: 1266
Location: Hopewell Junction NY | Subject: RE: Coffee cup carriers
GaryKC - 2007-06-23 1:37 PM
Both of the DBs I was on had them. Stainless steel tubes about two feet long with a slit for the cups handles to protrude through. The fun of maneuvering the often full, always hot and dripping tube from the AB to the top of the sail in bad winter weather at night. Those were the days, my friends.
Never heard of such a device, but I can envision it's usefulness.
All we ever did was stack them one on top of the other and carry them cradled between one arm and body. Six to eight cups was possible depending on your sleeve length. You could get quite good at it, but your measure in each cup was somewhat limited in order to prevent spillage. Quite a challenge when you were going 80/90 and heading aft. |
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Master and Commander
Posts: 1454
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My best was 7 cups in each hand with some moderate seas. The buggers were the WT doors. Many a coffee cup hero met his match there. Let's see, head down leg up or leg first and the rest sideways. Always a choice. |
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WWII Sub Vet
Posts: 135
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HANDELS!!!!!!. You had HANDLES???????
Sissy Submarine Navy.
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Senior Crew
Posts: 102
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We had such a device on Sturgeon. Since it was rare to get to the bridge with anything NEAR a full cup, we took to filling cups only half full to begin with. Resulted in far less mess to clean after the fact.
Getting to your destination with .75% should have been a qual card item, I guess!
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COMSUBBBS
Posts: 6180
Location: Summerville, SC | Subject: RE: Coffee cup carriers
Ahhh yes, going topside while underway with a hot steaming cup of coffee. Running on 4 engines. 2 engines on charge and 2 for the "turns". You get about halfway up to the Conn when someone opens the FER WT door. You are now wearing your cup of coffee. Those were the days my friends and we thought they'd never end. |
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Plankowner
Posts: 5024
Location: Gulfport, MS | Subject: RE: Coffee cup carriers
We had a Steward on TRUTTA back in the late 50's that solved the problem of getting a "full cup to the bridge" We had a young JO that would always leave the wardroom and go to the bridge, assume the deck, and then call down for a cup of coffee. When he received the less than full cup he would chew out the SD for not doing his job properly. The SD soon figured out that if he carried a full cup of coffee into COC, took a mouthfull before climbing to the CON, holding the coffee in his mouth while climbing to the bridge, and then spitting it back into the cup as soon as his head cleared the upper hatch... the JO got his "full cup of coffee" and the SD longer received his daily ass-chewings. I think everyone in the crew knew about this except the JO that was pleased with himself for being able to make the SD's toe the line. |
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Old Salt
Posts: 419
Location: Anchorage, Alaska | Subject: RE: Coffee cup carriers
Ah, yes.
Once again, malicious compliance, the enlisted man's secret weapon.
Gotta love 'em.
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