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Posted on 1/26/16 at 11:49 am to Choctaw
The population of Americans who have served on a sub has to be a fraction of a percent... and there are like 5 or 6 of us that post here. We always seem to find debauchery.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 11:50 am to InfantryDawg
you mean this Dawg?
Posted on 1/26/16 at 11:50 am to Darth_Vader
The infamous Bunker Buster
Posted on 1/26/16 at 11:53 am to beejon
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ULM Fan
Posted on 1/26/16 at 12:01 pm to Tigeralum2008
That would be it. Exercising my freedom from six to high noon.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 12:02 pm to terd ferguson
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The population of Americans who have served on a sub has to be a fraction of a percent... and there are like 5 or 6 of us that post here.
I only knew of me and you that posted here. I'm adding Choctaw, Gas Man & TigerAlum2008 to my list.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 12:09 pm to boddagetta
For our red leg friends.....
Posted on 1/26/16 at 12:14 pm to boddagetta
Posted on 1/26/16 at 12:23 pm to terd ferguson
My father was in subs. He served on the Barracuda and Blueback back in the 50's and 60's.
I'm just a Navy brat...old Navy brat now.
I'm just a Navy brat...old Navy brat now.
This post was edited on 1/26/16 at 12:25 pm
Posted on 1/26/16 at 12:24 pm to northshorebamaman
Posted on 1/26/16 at 12:27 pm to LSU2NO
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My father was in subs. He served on the Barracuda and Blueback back in the 50's and 60's.
My grandpa was on subs back then. His stories scared the crap out of me. Probably why I went the ground pounder route.
Posted on 1/26/16 at 12:29 pm to beejon
Posted on 1/26/16 at 12:29 pm to Navajo61490
Posted on 1/26/16 at 12:31 pm to LSU2NO
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Barracuda and Blueback
DBF
Fun fact: Blueback was the last non-nuclear sub built for the US sub fleet
Posted on 1/26/16 at 12:34 pm to terd ferguson
My granddad served on a sub in the pacific during WWII. Other than a few stories, he didn't talk about it much.
ETA: He was on the Devilfish (SS-292)
ETA: He was on the Devilfish (SS-292)
This post was edited on 1/26/16 at 12:39 pm
Posted on 1/26/16 at 12:42 pm to dtmb
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My granddad served on a sub in the pacific during WWII. Other than a few stories, he didn't talk about it much.
ETA: He was on the Devilfish (SS-292)
Here's hoping that man never had to buy a post-war beer in his life because I assure you he went through hell. I believe the US Pacific Submarine fleet had some of the highest rates of loss in WWII
Posted on 1/26/16 at 12:49 pm to Tigeralum2008
not a GIF...sorry...this was one of my birds...I spent a lot of time on 430
Posted on 1/26/16 at 12:51 pm to Tigeralum2008
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Here's hoping that man never had to buy a post-war beer in his life because I assure you he went through hell. I believe the US Pacific Submarine fleet had some of the highest rates of loss in WWII
Not some of the highest, the highest....
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During World War II, the U.S. Navy's submarine service suffered the highest casualty percentage of all the American armed forces, losing one in five submariners.[3] Some 16,000 submariners served during the war, of whom 375 officers and 3131 enlisted men were killed.[4]
Fifty-two submarines of the United States Navy were lost during World War II.[5] Two -- Dorado (SS-248) and Seawolf (SS-197)—were lost to friendly fire (with S-26 (SS-131) probably additional friendly fire, as the collision with USS Sturdy (PC-460) appears due to being mistaken for a U-boat), at least two more --Tulibee and Tang—to defective torpedoes, and six to accident or grounding.[6]
Another eight submarines went missing while on patrol and are presumed to have been sunk by Japanese mines, as there were no recorded Japanese anti-submarine attacks in their patrol areas. The other thirty-three lost submarines are known to have been sunk by the Japanese.
LINK
I've visited the USS Drum a few times It's the one right next to the USS Alabama in Mobile. And even after having served in the claustrophobic confines of a tank, I still have to admire what our Submariners endured in WWII. IMO, those guys and the bomber crews of the 8th Air Force went through a special sort of hell that thankfully none of us will ever truly understand.
This post was edited on 1/26/16 at 12:52 pm
Posted on 1/26/16 at 12:52 pm to Tigeralum2008
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I was a planesman onetime when the COOW threw the Chicken Switches. It is a cast iron sunovabitch keeping the ship from seemingly going vertical on the ride up to the surface. Fun as hell...
Whenever we tested them on the good ship Philadelphia I would go to the fwd group with my rubber mallet to make sure the Parker check valves reseated... it was always a fun ride. The further forward you get the better the ride once that nose breaks free of the water.
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