tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585442725225382080.post2265463272056743686..comments2023-06-17T06:59:05.555-05:00Comments on Target: Babies in Open.<br> Fire For Effect.: Twenty Knot TommyComrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585442725225382080.post-71716932069351155962012-01-31T19:48:19.901-06:002012-01-31T19:48:19.901-06:00Oh Yes. First Duty Station was Charleston as an En...Oh Yes. First Duty Station was Charleston as an Ensign on a DDG. What a way to learn shiphandling--6-8 knot currents, very restricted maneuvering room and the ever popular Cooper River Bridge. Everything afterwards was relatively easy!Captain Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17297301009511642108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585442725225382080.post-39736402641721837402011-09-13T21:47:17.725-05:002011-09-13T21:47:17.725-05:00Good one! I remember my first deployment on Indepe...Good one! I remember my first deployment on Independence out of Norfolk. We took eight days to get to Rota in July and eleven days to return in January. We flew off the Oceana and Norfolk aircraft going up the channel!!!!!!<br />Linked to Old Retired Petty Officer!Glenn Mark Casselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11305109383344139028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585442725225382080.post-86052628019794394032011-09-05T11:35:17.360-05:002011-09-05T11:35:17.360-05:00Don't let the coasties fool you. Eatons Neck ...Don't let the coasties fool you. Eatons Neck (Huntington Bay, LI)<br />was the coasties. Every so often they'd take the 44ft cutter for a ride. Now that a big boat to take all the way into Huntington harbor on a deli run (seriously there was a good delicatession at the end of the harbor). They did it and would even turn it around and cruse out at about 4kts. Well I was going out that day in the 15ft stink pot<br />I had. We rode the wake as it saved gas and had done that before.<br />Anywho we got past the inlet and the coastie must have called for flank speed as he took off like his tail was being shelled. The result was a 20ft wake with me on top..<br /><br />Now at this point I had two choices. I could push the throttle foward and run down the front of that wave and that seemed like a very poor idea. Or, chop power completely and slide down the back of it and hope to say ahead of the wave behind it. Slowing was the choice save for the push we were getting made slowing not happen.<br />As the cutter gained speed we finally started loosing ground <br />quickly and sliding down the hill, than when we met the second wave coming from behind. It washed over us and put about 8 inches in the boat that had maybe 16 inches of freeboard. Full power and man the pumps. The 22ft daycruser on the other side did worse, flooded the outdrive and <br />left him dead in the water near the rocks. I ended up helping a guy<br />in a 16ft open sailor also swamped.<br /><br />We never found out why he was in such a hurry but he went past our view into the (LI) sound. Leaving a lot of wet boaters litterally in his wake.<br /><br />I can imagine larger at 20Kt being might unpopular and seriously dangerous in tight waters.<br /><br />Eck!Eck!https://www.blogger.com/profile/13890237094647111653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585442725225382080.post-15760644572208369702011-09-05T11:13:16.103-05:002011-09-05T11:13:16.103-05:00Jon, that might have been peculiar to Charleston. ...Jon, that might have been peculiar to Charleston. Or maybe it was a post-Nam thing. I heard the story from several different people; maybe it's true to some degree. That's the thing about sea stories, y'know.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585442725225382080.post-70366643719834713412011-09-05T10:10:56.334-05:002011-09-05T10:10:56.334-05:00I was stationed on a YTB from late 72 to early 74 ...I was stationed on a YTB from late 72 to early 74 and the day of the week did not mean much. <br />Normal work week was 0800 to 1630 Monday to Friday, then for after hours and weekends it was the two boats that had the duty. There were many moves scheduled for after normal working hours and weekends too. The way it worked for unscheduled movement was that the First boat was on 5 minute notice to get underway and the Second boat was on 30 minute notice. When we were First boat we stayed onboard, when we were the Second boat we had to stay in contact with the tug base/ harbor control. There were between 3 and 5 boats to do the work depending on what boat was broke down or doing maintenance. However the duty followed the crew not the boat. So once the regular work day was done and if you were a duty boat we (the crew) went to working boat and took over the job.<br />Now this was at NavSta Guam and it was quite busy back then. I don't even want to think of what would have happened to us if we told someone who wanted a tug to call back on Monday.<br /> If we needed a third boat for a after-hour or weekend work without notice then it was run around an snag off duty crew.<br />I suppose it all depends on what the local base CO or their boss wants.jon spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10886632644249920124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4585442725225382080.post-80794161631100062682011-09-05T09:00:17.355-05:002011-09-05T09:00:17.355-05:00great post as usual.great post as usual.Jimh.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11213746170195293485noreply@blogger.com