Holy $#(^!Can you explain for us landlubbers? Most of us probably know what a general quarters station is, but beyond that...?
USS Coral Sea 80-81. I was 18 - 19. Repair lockers and DCC
We ran alongside in the gulf of Sidra...
Shaft alley, the shatft and bearings between the turbines and the prop....
A job very few young men could accomplish today.
Long way below the water line.. Action stations with incoming takes big balls..
Mine was console operator (Hagen). FF-1067
Don't tell me you sat in ac...
GQ for me was flight deck USS Enterprise (CVN-65), USS Eisenhower (CVN-69) & USS Nimitz (CVN-68), V-4 Division, Air Department.
Airdale's, masters of the controlled chaos up on the " roof "...
GMM, USS Decatur DDG 31
" guns " on a tin can is noble badge of honor brother...
Holy $#(^!
ReplyDeleteCan you explain for us landlubbers? Most of us probably know what a general quarters station is, but beyond that...?
USS Coral Sea 80-81. I was 18 - 19. Repair lockers and DCC
ReplyDeleteWe ran alongside in the gulf of Sidra...
DeleteShaft alley, the shatft and bearings between the turbines and the prop....
ReplyDeleteA job very few young men could accomplish today.
ReplyDeleteLong way below the water line.. Action stations with incoming takes big balls..
ReplyDeleteMine was console operator (Hagen). FF-1067
ReplyDeleteDon't tell me you sat in ac...
DeleteGQ for me was flight deck USS Enterprise (CVN-65), USS Eisenhower (CVN-69) & USS Nimitz (CVN-68), V-4 Division, Air Department.
ReplyDeleteAirdale's, masters of the controlled chaos up on the " roof "...
DeleteGMM, USS Decatur DDG 31
ReplyDelete" guns " on a tin can is noble badge of honor brother...
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