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Nuc Boats: Day #25 (of 45) 2000th patrol
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crystal
Posted 2007-08-07 9:33 AM (#6233)


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Location: Port Ludlow, WA (the Olympic Penninsula)		Subject: Nuc Boats: Day #25 (of 45) 2000th patrol

With Lee Davenport questioning how one boat could have made 3,000 patrols, I thought I'd start off easy and show him how one boat could have made the 2000TH patrol...  Here be the James K. Polk SSBN-645 proudly displaying her 2000th patrol banner - got it now Lee???  LOL... Music?  "Since I Fell For You" - enjoy!
steamboat
Posted 2007-08-07 11:23 AM (#6238 - in reply to #6233)
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Location: Boydton, Virginia		Subject: RE: Nuc Boats: Day #25 (of 45) 2000th patrol

Remarkable record I must say. But WTF uniform are the line handlers wearing? White shirt with blue trousers???? Thats not from the Navy I sailed with!
Steamboat sends
Curt
Posted 2007-08-07 11:28 AM (#6239 - in reply to #6238)


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Subject: RE: Nuc Boats: Day #25 (of 45) 2000th patrol

"Summer Blue," usually called, "Salt & Pepper."

Curt
donmac
Posted 2007-08-07 1:27 PM (#6248 - in reply to #6233)


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Location: Western Washington State		Subject: RE: Nuc Boats: Day #25 (of 45) 2000th patrol

That was not the 2000th patrol of that individual boat.
That was the 2000th patrol made by the boomer fleet!
41 boomers times 4 each years times 25 years is 4100
thats not counting all of them but maybe you'll get the idea
that one boat could never do 2000 patrols
UGH
GaryKC
Posted 2007-08-07 1:36 PM (#6249 - in reply to #6233)


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Location: Kansas City Missouri		Subject: RE: Nuc Boats: Day #25 (of 45) 2000th patrol

OK, How many boomer patrols did you make? I did 1 (one). Let's see how close we get to....over 2500.
Runner485
Posted 2007-08-07 1:46 PM (#6250 - in reply to #6248)


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Location: New Jersey		Subject: RE: Nuc Boats: Day #25 (of 45) 2000th patrol

donmac - 2007-08-07 1:27 PM

That was not the 2000th patrol of that individual boat.
That was the 2000th patrol made by the boomer fleet!
41 boomers times 4 each years times 25 years is 4100
thats not counting all of them but maybe you'll get the idea
that one boat could never do 2000 patrols
UGH


Thanks Don. Although my math is not very good.....Okay it really sucks, I couldn't figure how that was a vialble number for one boat....As you said; 2 patrols a year, divided by 2000 patrols.....Hell that's 8277 years for one boat to make 2000 patrols. Never happen. I agree with Lee. Us Enginemen are smarter than we look
Ralph Luther
Posted 2007-08-07 2:38 PM (#6254 - in reply to #6233)
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Location: Summerville, SC		Subject: RE: Nuc Boats: Day #25 (of 45) 2000th patrol

I would have thought John Clear could of figured that out. Oh well!!!!! Being an old wore out electrician has it's problems I suppose. Certainly not like us Enginemen. )))))))PING(((((((((((
Tom McNulty
Posted 2007-08-07 3:33 PM (#6256 - in reply to #6233)


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Subject: RE: Nuc Boats: Day #25 (of 45) 2000th patrol

He did figure it out. That's why the TH is in bold letters. That's a lot of patrols though. I'm getting older and one of our 600B patrols was a significant one. Can't recall why, but it was some patrol anniversary. That would have been around mid 60s. They taped all the phone circuits during drills, WSRTs, and normal evolutions. The tapes and copies of all the log books supposedly now reside in the National Archives. I know that because I had a bad habit of making bird calls on the phones when things got boring. Had my butt reamed out by the XO and Weaps and they told me it was because the conversations were being sent to the National Archives for posterity sake. I'd sure like to hear some of that stuff again.
donmac
Posted 2007-08-07 4:32 PM (#6260 - in reply to #6233)


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Location: Western Washington State		Subject: RE: Nuc Boats: Day #25 (of 45) 2000th patrol

I had to PING on Crystal as I am so far behind, I've lost count.
A few more notes, that may be of interest, but most likely it's just more verbiage.
For those counting, I made 0 boomer patrols, yep ZERO. But I get into some Blind Man's Bluff fun as in Fast Attack Tough.
I was recruited into USSVI by Tommy Cox, via Pat Householder. Pat invited me to a ceremony at Bangor Sub Base,
in spring of 2001. It was for dedication of Deterrent Park and the completion of the 3500th boomer patrol.
I've forgotten the boat that made it. One of Crystal's photographs was taken that day. I will try to attach.
And be careful how you berate old EM's as I are one tooooo.




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