tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post3170195344283359206..comments2024-03-28T10:50:29.895-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: Haze Gray, Definitely DestroyersOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-88073169304750734882015-12-07T09:19:37.683-08:002015-12-07T09:19:37.683-08:00No kidding, I saw some photos of Zumwalt headed do...No kidding, I saw some photos of Zumwalt headed down the Kennebec River. Pretty sweet to have your nephew aboard for the sea trials.<br /><br />You were a WCS gorilla? Small world.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-2239505303211739222015-12-07T08:21:26.836-08:002015-12-07T08:21:26.836-08:00nice coverage. BTW my nephew is underway with the ...nice coverage. BTW my nephew is underway with the Zumalt as a Propulsion Engineer for the sea trials.<br /><br />Msgt USAF WCS RET.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-1600433919048460992015-12-06T17:05:36.953-08:002015-12-06T17:05:36.953-08:00Amazing story John. I could listen to real sailors...Amazing story John. I could listen to real sailors talk for hours.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-26085419523334605212015-12-06T16:39:34.848-08:002015-12-06T16:39:34.848-08:00I went through an INSURV on the Willy R, and short...I went through an INSURV on the Willy R, and shortly thereafter she was sold to the ROK Navy. Try telling the ROK MM1 that was taking over the forward engine room there was a blank flange on the main drain between the forward engineroom and the after fireroom. And because of the language barrier, do it all in pantomime.<br />And yes, the whole time we are communicating, (kinda) I could not get the phrase "main steam stop walve" to stop running through my head.<br /><br />And when the after engineroom noticed there was water pouring into the space from where the the forward shaft left the after engineroom it got a little exciting. The sounding and security watch had sounded the starboard shaft alley and when the brass weight got to the end of its travel it punched right through the hull into the ocean. By the time he got somebody there the water had rising high enough to start passing through the worn out shaft seal into the after engineroom. The First Class Hull Technician had been on a lot of Sumner and Gearing cans, so as far as he was concerned, no big deal. He stuck a bunch of DC plugs into his belt, (think a bandoleer of plugs) grabbed a large hammer and went underwater in the shaft alley just holding his breath. As he said later, the first DC plug just made the hole bigger and vanished into the ocean, but the second plug knocked enough rust off to get to good metal and that plug stopped the water from coming in. <br /><br />And in general terms, and even though it was the seventies, don't do the bump dance with the oiler.<br /><br />My two years on the Willy R were the best part of my active duty time.<br />John in Phillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16196033252818387245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-69471731831239111682015-12-06T15:56:14.372-08:002015-12-06T15:56:14.372-08:00Hhmm, I sense a disturbance in the force.Hhmm, I sense a disturbance in the force.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-58364496419306402262015-12-06T08:42:29.698-08:002015-12-06T08:42:29.698-08:00J E T S JETS JETS JETS!
J E T S JETS JETS JETS!<br />Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-33293998348619849902015-12-05T15:47:32.567-08:002015-12-05T15:47:32.567-08:00More jets? But we have jets all the time. Let us A...More jets? But we have jets all the time. Let us Air Force guys play with boats now and again.<br /><br />(Yes, I know they're not boats unless they're submarines. Or aircraft carriers... Tee hee hee!)OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-14542810406765467482015-12-05T15:46:58.578-08:002015-12-05T15:46:58.578-08:00Dang!Dang!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-55787238116079294262015-12-05T11:21:25.426-08:002015-12-05T11:21:25.426-08:00John, the William R. Rush is a sister to the South...John, the William R. Rush is a sister to the Southerland and THAT is a tin can! Also, did I know what mount 52 did to the snipes berthing area? Oh yea. I once had a Damage Control guy come up into the mount from the handling room during a shoot to yell that I was tearing the boat apart. When we secured from the shoot we found that we had blown rip in the fantail deck plate about 6 feet long and I could see the racks below. It was a bit of a mess down there but then I berthed forward under the torpedo deck.Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14860342410219012525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-7475785360699093722015-12-05T08:15:56.754-08:002015-12-05T08:15:56.754-08:00And to think my biggest problem was the guy next d...And to think my biggest problem was the guy next door and his overly loud stereo.<br /><br />Well, that and the Phantoms roaring over at all hours of the day.<br /><br />Heh, Air Force problems.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-46606063778005031282015-12-04T22:37:55.525-08:002015-12-04T22:37:55.525-08:00Ok, Skip got his Christmas wish. More jets please...Ok, Skip got his Christmas wish. More jets please. <br />Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-15709120781420312522015-12-04T20:13:56.909-08:002015-12-04T20:13:56.909-08:00John, on my Spruance class DD, every time we fired...John, on my Spruance class DD, every time we fired MT 52 on any bearing, it tripped the #3 Gas Turbine Generator offline. We learned to line up the plant with #1 and #2 online prior to commencing any gun shoots using the after gun mount. HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-15517363008016895382015-12-04T19:37:44.217-08:002015-12-04T19:37:44.217-08:00The former USS William R. Rush (DD-714). Great sto...The former USS William R. Rush (DD-714). Great story John.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-9725974841834540482015-12-04T18:38:10.080-08:002015-12-04T18:38:10.080-08:00Usually a pretty good space to have your rack. It ...Usually a pretty good space to have your rack. It was a dead end in berthing, so not a lot of traffic passing by, the middle rack was OK for we of short height, and when at sea you would lift the part of the rack held up by the chains, and take a few turns in the chain. This would angle the rack so even when fairly rough you were held in place against the hull. (except for that one time!) And no double hulls in most places, the skin of the ship had the wet stuff on the other side. The 714 was in Newport News and we were having a hard time keeping the bilges pumped down in the after engineroom. We got the bilge water low and divers went under the ship to look at the hull. Pretty weird feeling to see dive lights shining up through the network of cracks in the hull. Years later I wrote the story and saw it published in the William R. Rush association newsletter. One of the replies from from a diver and it was his light I saw shining up through the cracks. Small world. <br /><br />I was part of the decommissioning crew when we turned it over to the ROK Navy. (kinda like a reverse plank owner) She served for around twenty more years in the ROK Navy and is museum ship in The Republic of Korea. Look for Kang Won DD-922.John in Phillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16196033252818387245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-41795661882332332292015-12-04T18:11:48.552-08:002015-12-04T18:11:48.552-08:00Sounds like a bad place to bunk!Sounds like a bad place to bunk!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-26217172174604210092015-12-04T18:10:15.259-08:002015-12-04T18:10:15.259-08:00@John - you're probably right about the stabil...@John - you're probably right about the stabilizers.<br /><br />Working correctly is the operative term...OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-40061106452255761592015-12-04T18:09:30.474-08:002015-12-04T18:09:30.474-08:00@Old NFO - they've done a lot of testing with ...@Old NFO - they've done a lot of testing with models. They claim she's stable. We'll find out real soon Alpha trials are coming soon. OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-54460768442851927132015-12-04T18:07:14.722-08:002015-12-04T18:07:14.722-08:00That would be awesome WSF.That would be awesome WSF.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-23929416707379222072015-12-04T18:05:37.339-08:002015-12-04T18:05:37.339-08:00Lou, did you know that if you slew Mount 52 all th...Lou, did you know that if you slew Mount 52 all the way to starboard and forward, then depress the muzzle about dead level it will put that muzzle not very far from M division berthing. And when you open fire against some target, the muzzle blast is enough to shake the racks loose from their slightly trussed up position and dump six snipes in a pile on the deck. Adding to the general discomfort level in M div berthing on the starboard side aft you will continue to shoot while the six snipes pretty near need clean skivvies. I know this 'cause I was in the middle rack against the hull and ended up in the dogpile.John in Phillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16196033252818387245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-7402125819030203772015-12-04T17:59:32.000-08:002015-12-04T17:59:32.000-08:00Most likely fin stabilizers. I went on sea trials ...Most likely fin stabilizers. I went on sea trials at the Philly yard aboard a modern ship, either a can or a FF, she had an active stabilization systems and the ride was pretty gentle when it was turned on and working correctly. The name and hull number is not coming up in the memory bank. John in Phillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16196033252818387245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-68616396427286396192015-12-04T17:25:20.342-08:002015-12-04T17:25:20.342-08:00Two cousins were on destroyers. Lots of sea storie...Two cousins were on destroyers. Lots of sea stories,especially about extreme rolls. I'll try to find out what ships they were on, circa early 1960's.Well Seasoned Foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16670165728759453075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-9995353384634849482015-12-04T16:14:21.829-08:002015-12-04T16:14:21.829-08:00Tin can sailor EARN their money... I keep wonderin...Tin can sailor EARN their money... I keep wondering how stable Zumwalt is going to be without a tumblehome to right her and keep her head up in a following sea though...Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-56181019552509242892015-12-04T15:10:13.580-08:002015-12-04T15:10:13.580-08:00Another old book I need to find my copy of and rea...Another old book I need to find my copy of and read again!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-59068260057309136882015-12-04T14:40:43.050-08:002015-12-04T14:40:43.050-08:00IIRC Błyskawica was the fictional name Ned Beach g...IIRC Błyskawica was the fictional name Ned Beach gave to Rich Richardson's first boat -- the S-16 -- in "Run Silent, Run Deep," when it was transferred to the Free Polish Navy around the time of Pearl Harbor. Once the boat was turned over Richardson and Bledsoe (and part of or most of the rest of the crew?) went to Walrus and on to greater glory. Just a goofy bit of trivia.PrairieAdventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06466447251827774900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-16347428923443927792015-12-04T11:34:03.939-08:002015-12-04T11:34:03.939-08:00Thanks Lou.
Fletcher, Sumner, Gearing are names w...Thanks Lou.<br /><br />Fletcher, Sumner, Gearing are names which every tin can sailor should know. Proud fighting ships!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.com