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Master and Commander
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Hope this works. I wouldn't want anyone to miss a beauty like this
http://www.msnusers.com/lu1sgqfruuqbujomvacm4i9563/Documents/Pictures%2F567A.JPG |
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COMSUBBBS
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Location: Wappingers Falls, NY | Subject: RE: She Is An Absolute Beauty
Bob,
She no work... |
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Master and Commander
Posts: 1431
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Still working on this side. Maybe try copying the URL to your browser. |
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Great Sage of the Sea
Posts: 892
Location: Palo Pinto County, Texas | Subject: RE: She Is An Absolute Beauty
MSN Sign In required. No thanks~ |
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COMSUBBBS
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Location: Wappingers Falls, NY | Subject: RE: She Is An Absolute Beauty
That's what I meant by it not working...you have to sign in to MSN first. |
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Senior Crew
Posts: 121
Location: Western Washington State | Subject: RE: She Is An Absolute Beauty
RCK - 2007-07-06 5:16 PM
Hope this works. I wouldn't want anyone to miss a beauty like this
OK Old Salt RCK, If indeed you are correct and "She Is An Absolute Beauty"
Why not do all of us a favor; do a copy, save, and post the photograph?
Then we can agree or disagree, much to the delight of other readers. |
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Master and Commander
Posts: 1431
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I afraid MsN has me by the short hairs. I' ll have to find another route, MSN keeps sending me back to their pic posting site. |
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COMSUBBBS
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Location: Wappingers Falls, NY | Subject: RE: She Is An Absolute Beauty
That's o.k. We know you meant well..."trash" happens...I didn't want to para-phrase...!!!
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Senior Crew
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Location: Western Washington State | Subject: Thanks for trying
RCK - 2007-07-07 8:44 AM
I afraid MsN has me by the short hairs. I' ll have to find another route, MSN keeps sending me back to their pic posting site.
Don't give up while you still have some hair. Have you tried sent it back to yourself via an e-mail? Then save it and post?
Good luck, you need it with MSN |
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Master and Commander
Posts: 1431
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I did tryed that but MSN, for some reason, wants to keep photos in their ball park and won't let me play. I still think there is a way around Bill Gates, I just haven't found it yet! |
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Senior Crew
Posts: 121
Location: Western Washington State | Subject: She Is "An Absolute Beauty" photograph posted
RCK - 2007-07-06 5:16 PM
Hope this works. I wouldn't want anyone to miss a beauty like this
See posting of the photograph on Rontini's BBS
Proving again there is more than one way to skin a cat.
Received by e-mail, was able to save and upload on Rontini's BBS |
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COMSUBBBS
Posts: 2540
Location: Wappingers Falls, NY | Subject: RE: She Is An Absolute Beauty
For everyone who tried to use the link and couldn't get in...here is "The Absolute Beauty"...
 (USS Gudgeon SS567.jpg)
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 USS Gudgeon SS567.jpg (40KB - 1289 downloads)
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Master and Commander
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Thanks for the assist Patti. Now a bit of history. The Gudgeon was named after her WWII predecessor which made 12 sucessfull war patrols before her loss. She was built in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1952. She is a Tang class submarine patterned after the German type XXII or the first class of boat specifically designed with the "Snorkel" capability rather than an add on. She was home ported at Pearl and was the subject of chapter 2, "Whiskey A GoGo", in a book by Sherry Sontag et.al. The Gudgeon broached in the middle of the Soviet Navy. At the time her batteries were flat ,but she remained submerged for 48+ hours. Air was so bad they spread Lithium on the bunks to absorb CO2. The stories I heard from the crew did not jibe with the story in the book in all details. As usual the skipper, Lt Cdr. Bessic, was blamed for the incident over which he had no control. The name of the book is "Blind Man's Bluff". She was the first submarine in history to sail around the world. She served her country well making many "Northern runs" until she was decommissioned in 1982 and sold to the Turkish Navy. After reconditioning she was renamed thr HGC Hizirreis. In 2004 she was retired and now is a museum boat in Yzmit, Turkey. I have read e-mails on Ron Durlings BBS from her Turkish Officers and Crew and they showed a great pride and love of the former Gudgeon. |
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COMSUBBBS
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Location: Wappingers Falls, NY | Subject: RE: She Is An Absolute Beauty
You are very welcome, Bob. But the thanks goes to you...not only for the pix, but the "bit of history". Now I have one more book to add to my
"summer reading list". We have a "dog-eared" copy that I think both my husband and son have read at least a 1/2 dozen times. So, now
it's my turn.
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She Is An Absolute Beauty
