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COMSUBBBS
Posts: 3674
Location: Kansas City Missouri | Subject: Photo Search Needed
WOOYFF, Which One Of You Fine Folks has the best copy of this image? Please search through your drives, hard, soft, flash, floppy, etc. and see if you have one that's better than I can find online. Thanks.
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Great Sage of the Sea
Posts: 619
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I don't know of a better copy. But if you see that phone booth at the head of the pier, I remember back in nineteen ought fifty something there was this chief talking on the phone when Toro's bullnose came thru the back of the booth. Well you shoulda seen that chief jump. Set some sorta world broad jump record as he almost made it to the upper base. |
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Master and Commander
Posts: 1107
Location: Tucson AZ | Subject: RE: Photo Search Needed
AtoZ - 2009-02-03 11:56 AMI don't know of a better copy. But if you see that phone booth at the head of the pier, I remember back in nineteen ought fifty something there was this chief talking on the phone when Toro's bullnose came thru the back of the booth. Well you shoulda seen that chief jump. Set some sorta world broad jump record as he almost made it to the upper base.
LMAO! Also the photo reminds me of the parking slots; from 'inboard' to 'outboard' they were reserved for CO, then XO, etc. When I went to BESS in 63 they were still talking about the boat coming in under helm of trainee OOD he backed down too little, too late and the bow really sliced into the dock, rode up, and the bullnose came down on the hood of the CO's car!
Can you imagine the insurance claim?
Describe the accident in detail: My car was parked on Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton CT, when the front end was damaged by an out-of-control Navy submarine.
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Plankowner
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Location: Upper lefthand corner of the map. | Subject: RE: Photo Search Needed
I remember hearing that in 64 when I was there. I think it was Redfish or Redfin. |
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Master and Commander
Posts: 1269
Location: Hopewell Junction NY | Subject: RE: Photo Search Needed
Every boat on the River with a fleet bow has laid claim to that event.
I had a discussion with Jack Jarvies several years ago and he claimed one of his boats (USS Bang) was the one.
He served in the wardroom in 56-57.
Edited by PaulR 2009-02-03 5:21 PM
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COMSUBBBS
Posts: 3674
Location: Kansas City Missouri | Subject: RE: Photo Search Needed
This is taken from an email I received last year. Another exciting time was when making a landing at the Sub Base Piers (we usually moored at Pier 10 in Groton) the starboard screw fell off its shaft during a hard backing down maneuver. I was First LT on deck at the time and we all went down in a horizontal position holding onto the holes in the deck when we hit the sea wall bending the bow somewhat like a paper clip. I yelled to a lady walking toward us to run (she did) just before we hit the wall at the end of the slip. An Ensign from a nearby submarine dashed over to present us with the "worst landing plaque" - a local custom, and our Capt almost threw the fellow overboard from the bridge. |
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Great Sage of the Sea
Posts: 590
Location: Colton, NY | Subject: Big Daddy Runs Down a Phone Booth
Boats of the 8-Ball Sqd
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Truth or fiction?
Neither.
Its NTINS.......
Big Daddy Runs Down a Phone Booth
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Master and Commander
Posts: 1269
Location: Hopewell Junction NY | Subject: RE: Big Daddy Runs Down a Phone Booth
Some CS1(SS) who had stayed in for theday was in the booth on the phone. Hears something, turns and looks. Jaysus,the damm bullnose right against his phone booth window, he drops the phoneand dives headfirst out of the booth.
If the boat involved really had a fleet bow, then it was not GROUPER. She lost hers in Mare Island in 1951. |
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COMSUBBBS
Posts: 2673
Location: New Jersey | Subject: RE: Photo Search Needed
Looking at the photo, one of the boats has the big sonar nose in the bow, reminds me that in '63 Sirago made a Med trip and was accompanied by the Piper, which also had one of those big noses...Just 46 years ago. How did I remember that??; |
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Master and Commander
Posts: 1269
Location: Hopewell Junction NY | Subject: RE: Photo Search Needed
Runner485 - 2009-02-04 11:16 AMLooking at the photo, one of the boats has the big sonar nose in the bow, reminds me that in '63 Sirago made a Med trip and was accompanied by the Piper, which also had one of those big noses...Just 46 years ago. How did I remember that??;
Close.
The ID I have is, from left to right:
USS Sea Robin (SS 407), USS Tusk (SS 426),USS Sea Owl (SS 405),USS Sablefish (SS 303) USSHalfbeak (SS 352),USSBlenny (SS 324),USS Becuna (SS 319)
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COMSUBBBS
Posts: 3674
Location: Kansas City Missouri | Subject: RE: Photo Search Needed
My thanks go to a new friend, John Hummel, who was kind in sending me a 3MB copy.
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