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COMSUBBBS
Posts: 2974
Location: Liverpool, England | Subject: Cold War Boat
This article is pretty dated but then again, so was the Cold War. For once a journalist has written it up quite well without any of the usual cock-ups they normally make when writing about stuff they are not familiar with.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25019489
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Plankowner
Posts: 9190
Location: Upper lefthand corner of the map. | Subject: RE: Cold War Boat
Thanks Pedro. Great story. |
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Master and Commander
Posts: 1576
Location: Wollongong, NSW | Subject: RE: Cold War Boat
Mostly correct but unless "passengers" were carried, each member had an own bunk. Some passengers could be bunked in the fore-ends without causing much disruption to the torpedo load. Just required some fish in the tubes - normal case anyway.
Didn't notice the smell until the boat 'opened up' to clean air. All in it together and smelt together. Cold water was better than the tropics; bilges stayed cold and relatively smell free compared to the smell when the seawater is 85 F. Bacteria fester so much better when they are warm. |
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Master and Commander
Posts: 2490
Location: East Coast of Wisconsin | Subject: RE: Cold War Boat
Yep. Nothing to dispute there. Thanks for posting Pedro.
Ron |
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