If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#11
|
|||
|
|||
Amphib decks commanded by SWOs ?
"Yofuri" wrote...
Did you have a "McGrail's Navy" sundeck above the bridge, with chaise lounge, patio carpet, potted palm, SP phone to the bridge and the SPS radar shut down when in use? Tripoli did. Never saw it... Then again, I seldom went near the bridge... |
#12
|
|||
|
|||
Amphib decks commanded by SWOs ?
Yofuri wrote in
: John Weiss wrote: "Dave in San Diego" wrote... McGrail was my skipper on the Midway after his Tripoli tour. Great guy. 'Good evening, this is the Captain speaking. The sky is clear, and sunset coming up soon -- a great day to come up and watch the "green flash"! Come on up and join me for a FOD walkdown'! [or words to that effect] ...not to mention the "stealth transit" from Japan to NorPac to join Enterprise and Coral Maru... Did you have a "McGrail's Navy" sundeck above the bridge, with chaise lounge, patio carpet, potted palm, SP phone to the bridge and the SPS radar shut down when in use? Tripoli did. Rick the stealth transit - don't leave out the man overboard that made it into Approach some time later. That kid was SO lucky! McGrail's Navy - no, we didn't have one of those. green flash - loved those. I must have seen several dozen of them. Dave |
#13
|
|||
|
|||
Amphib decks commanded by SWOs ?
Dave in San Diego wrote: the stealth transit - don't leave out the man overboard that made it into Approach some time later. That kid was SO lucky! What's the basic outline? |
#14
|
|||
|
|||
Amphib decks commanded by SWOs ?
"Mike Weeks" wrote in news:1134869758.758012.317070
@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com: Dave in San Diego wrote: the stealth transit - don't leave out the man overboard that made it into Approach some time later. That kid was SO lucky! What's the basic outline? He and a couple of buddies were horsing around on the flight deck in the dark aft of El 3 and he got too close to the edge and went over. Not sure why he missed any nets. And when I say dark, there were only the deceptive nav lights on and a few well guarded red flashlights for the little work that could be done on the flight deck. Starlight was the major light source, and little of that. Somebody saw him go into the water and immediately got the man overboard going. Other folks started dropping flares into the water to attempt to track him. The boat lit up like the Fourth of July, they launched the helo and did the other standard MOB stuff. The kid was an outstanding swimmer and saved his bacon by swimming from flare to flare so he could be seen. A boat from a small boy ended up picking him up. This whole evolution lasted about 45 minutes. After all this, we still managed to successfully complete the deceptive transit and surprise the Russians up by the Aleutians. They were too busy watching the "E" coming out of a long yard period. I can't find the catchy Approach article name in the 80s index, but the incident happened in late '82, and IIRC, the article was published after I got to my next duty station in July '83. Dave in San Diego |
#15
|
|||
|
|||
Amphib decks commanded by SWOs ?
Thanks.
Indeed, he sure kept his cool. And I assume that the water temperature wasn't "tropicals" given this was in transit north out of Japan. |
#16
|
|||
|
|||
Amphib decks commanded by SWOs ?
"Dave in San Diego" wrote in message . 30... Yofuri wrote in : John Weiss wrote: "Dave in San Diego" wrote... McGrail was my skipper on the Midway after his Tripoli tour. Great guy. 'Good evening, this is the Captain speaking. The sky is clear, and sunset coming up soon -- a great day to come up and watch the "green flash"! snip green flash - loved those. I must have seen several dozen of them. Dave Many years ago, I took a flight from Oslo to LHR. The day was 'gin-clear' and the aircraft departed Oslo about local sunset. On attaining cruising altitude the sun had just set with its upper limb right on the horizon. The flight tracked westwards at about the same rate the earth turned east-wards so the sun seemed to hang just below the horizon. I could clearly see the horizon, a band of black then a further band of green light- about a quarter of the remembered sun's diameter - with black sky above. The flight just happened, due to a combination of heading and time of year, to almost track down the terminator. The phenomena was visible for about twenty minutes before the sun dropped too far below the horizon. It was the first time I was the green 'flash' as a green presence. -- Brian |
#17
|
|||
|
|||
Amphib decks commanded by SWOs ?
"Mike Weeks" wrote in news:1134940299.384586.65110
@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com: Thanks. Indeed, he sure kept his cool. And I assume that the water temperature wasn't "tropicals" given this was in transit north out of Japan. Correct-a-mundo. It was late September, north of Hokkaido. I'm not so sure it was cool, so much as sheer trror and desperation. Dave in San Diego |
#18
|
|||
|
|||
Amphib decks commanded by SWOs ?
"Brian Sharrock" wrote:
"Dave in San Diego" wrote in message .30... Yofuri wrote in : John Weiss wrote: "Dave in San Diego" wrote... McGrail was my skipper on the Midway after his Tripoli tour. Great guy. 'Good evening, this is the Captain speaking. The sky is clear, and sunset coming up soon -- a great day to come up and watch the "green flash"! snip green flash - loved those. I must have seen several dozen of them. Dave Many years ago, I took a flight from Oslo to LHR. The day was 'gin-clear' and the aircraft departed Oslo about local sunset. On attaining cruising altitude the sun had just set with its upper limb right on the horizon. The flight tracked westwards at about the same rate the earth turned east-wards so the sun seemed to hang just below the horizon. I could clearly see the horizon, a band of black then a further band of green light- about a quarter of the remembered sun's diameter - with black sky above. The flight just happened, due to a combination of heading and time of year, to almost track down the terminator. The phenomena was visible for about twenty minutes before the sun dropped too far below the horizon. It was the first time I was the green 'flash' as a green presence. Interesting!...you must have been trucking along at just under 1000 MPH ground speed then,...what a/c type? -- -Gord. (use gordon in email) |
#19
|
|||
|
|||
Amphib decks commanded by SWOs ?
"Gord Beaman" wrote in message ... "Brian Sharrock" wrote: "Dave in San Diego" wrote in message 3.30... Yofuri wrote in : John Weiss wrote: "Dave in San Diego" wrote... McGrail was my skipper on the Midway after his Tripoli tour. Great guy. 'Good evening, this is the Captain speaking. The sky is clear, and sunset coming up soon -- a great day to come up and watch the "green flash"! snip green flash - loved those. I must have seen several dozen of them. Dave Many years ago, I took a flight from Oslo to LHR. The day was 'gin-clear' and the aircraft departed Oslo about local sunset. On attaining cruising altitude the sun had just set with its upper limb right on the horizon. The flight tracked westwards at about the same rate the earth turned east-wards so the sun seemed to hang just below the horizon. I could clearly see the horizon, a band of black then a further band of green light- about a quarter of the remembered sun's diameter - with black sky above. The flight just happened, due to a combination of heading and time of year, to almost track down the terminator. The phenomena was visible for about twenty minutes before the sun dropped too far below the horizon. It was the first time I was the green 'flash' as a green presence. Interesting!...you must have been trucking along at just under 1000 MPH ground speed then,...what a/c type? -- Remember, Gord, time zones are a lot smaller up North - they shrink in the cold. And OSLO is definitely North! Bob McKellar |
#20
|
|||
|
|||
Amphib decks commanded by SWOs ?
|
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|