[ConorMacNessa]

I remember it well. I was very interested in submarines in my youth. Read a lot of books on them - Run Silent Run Deep - Raising of the S-51, etc.

I worked on a lot of plastic models back then. USS George Washington - the first Polaris submarine.

I've always been in awe of the men who served in our subs - they are a special breed. My cousin (by marriage) served in subs for twenty-five years. An outstanding officer, he died of a heart attack before his fiftieth birthday in 1998. He was advanced posthumously to Rear Admiral.



"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

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My Nephew Matt served on the USS Honolulu till it was recently decommissioned.

My Dad was in the Navy in WW2 and Korea, and instilled in all his kids a love of America, The Sea, The US Navy, and all-things-nautical.

I made those models too!

The HARDEST one was the USS Constitution.

All that rigging!