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Posted on 01/27/2005 12:42:24 PM PST by Boot Hill
The amount of damage is simply staggering!
That this boat ever made it back to port is a tribute to its designers, builders, and especially to the crew and captain. How does America keep finding men like these?
I remember more than once having to grab the joystick on an unexpected bell when the RO was "slow" to respond.
Please read this. When you fully understand this post, then you will understand.
That's why we worked so hard to give y'all a couple of extra turns on flank!
I didn't need to go back and look. My position stands and has been supported by others on this thread. The link you provided actually refuted your position in two ways.
1)It showed that my post was accurate
2)It showed that you were in error when you said I hadn't read the threads since your link showed I had about 15 posts to that thread. Thank you.
Thanks. I had summarized what I guessed would have happened inorder for this to occur and you details fit very well.
Yer welcome.
According to you, I wasn't around for your first post (1999?) so I will have to take your word for it.
Interesting that you can provid NO information back you up, the link that you provided supports me and several other submariners have supported my position while none have supported yours. Interesting.
You mean YOU were too lazy to go back and look at the thread when you challenged my post and my integrity ...
It's interesting how they covered over the classified parts of the sonar assembly so they could show us these pictures.
Yea..... It's called decom.
Yea..... It's called decom.
Look at this!!
I never said the boat wasn't well built. I am saying that the training and response of the crew helped save many lives. Even without a hole in the pressure hull, USS San Francisco could have easily sunk if the crew hadn't responded as they did.
When I reported onboard my first boat, USS T. Roosevelt, there were still people onboard that remembered when it bounced off an uncharted mountain. Like the 711, the 600 was in transit, and was at depth and speed. Unlike the 711, they did have flooding, but the force of the impact tended to bounce them toward the surface. The torpedo room was isolated, with personnel inside, and was pressurized to help keep out the ocean. The hull was repaired, and the boat served many more years, although it had a shallower test depth than the rest of its class.
Just because it has tracks doesn't make it a Tank! LOL
| 8 | “This statement proves that you have not read the previous threads.” --Eaker at #220 |
Who is it that hasn't read the previous threads?
When I review the record I find that, previous to that post, you had actively participated in a grand total of only one of the threads about this submarine crash and then only to make two short insignificant comments. Yet WildTurkey on the other hand, who you claim hasn't read these threads, has actively participated in nine of those threads, posting a total of 136 replies in them and sharing his considerable experience and knowledge as a submariner. Remind me, just what relevant experience have you brought to the discussion?
Your charge is foolish, reckless and unsupported by any of the record. I've grown tired of watching you argue and dodge your responsibilities in this matter, in post after post. You should be man enough to retract your imprudent charge and put an end to this ridiculous flame war you started.
--Boot Hill
About everything; whatever you say; everything you say.
I am not going to fight an "out of context" quote battle.
There, now can you drop it??
Too bad if you can't, I am done.
THX.
Red6
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