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Runner485

Posted 2009-05-29 6:26 AM (#27137)

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Subject: Famous Photo

Do you guys remember that photo that made the front page of Life or Look magazine, taken of a fisherman in his tiny boat, looking wide eyed at a periscope that was looking at him...& taking his picture....I believe it was a boat making a circumnavigation of the world. Does anyone remember the name of that boat??? I'm trying to remember the CO's name and am drawing blanks....

Ralph Luther

Posted 2009-05-29 6:32 AM (#27140 - in reply to #27137)

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Subject: RE: Famous Photo

USS Triton

dex armstrong

Posted 2009-05-29 6:34 AM (#27143 - in reply to #27137)

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Subject: RE: Famous Photo

Triton, Captain Edward L. Beach Jr. commanding (To those of us who knew and loved him "Ned Beach")

Jim M.

Posted 2009-05-29 6:58 AM (#27149 - in reply to #27137)

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Subject: RE: Famous Photo

What about the photo.. recall seeing it.. but can't really remember it... anyone got a copy??

Ric

Posted 2009-05-29 7:34 AM (#27151 - in reply to #27149)

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Subject: The Photo

This caption goes with this photo:

CNO's orders were to circumnavigate the earth undetected by both enemy and friendly forces. During the entire 42,000 miles voyage, the man in this photo is the only person who saw us that wasn't supposed to. His name is Rufino Baring and he lives on Mactan Island in the Philippines. When Ned Beach put the periscope up in Magellan Bay on 1 April, he was eyeball-to-eyeball with this young man, close aboard. Ned and Rufino studied each other carefully. Joe Roberts of National Geographic snapped his picture. As Triton moved ahead of Rufino, Bill Marshall said, "Wonder what he's going to tell his friends in Cebu City tonight?"

When the voyage was over, National Geographic went looking for Rufino - and found him. When questioned, Rufino said he thought Triton was a sea monster. To protect himself from further meetings with sea monsters, Baring painted the names of St. Peter and St. Paul on his banca. Ironically, a man named Jesus Baring, perhaps a relative of Rufino, has guarded the Magellan monument on Mactan Island since 1976.

Runner485

Posted 2009-05-29 10:58 AM (#27165 - in reply to #27151)

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Subject: RE: The Photo

Thanks Ric....I did remember the CO's name about an hour after I posted the question....but still couldn't remember the boat.

Thanks all!

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