Shipboard Life

[popper]

Chicago was rebuilt, one 5" and rest missiles. Got a pic of us going through Gibralter at 45*. Refueled destroyers at sea, see the water over the bridge, then the props. Had to break off once, too rough. Capt. ran it into the wood buffer in San Diego, bent the hull cause he was tired of waiting for the tug. Did have to do a recovery of plane that got dunked. Well, nothing but the helmet and a few parts.

[dangitgriff]

Rolling, side to side. Pitch and yaw front to back. A washing machine when these three are coming from every angle imaginable. We had roll, +/-110 degrees, port to starboard - on occasion. Real tough to climb a ship's ladder under those conditions.

That’s what the angle iron on the bulkheads is for, isn’t it?

[samari46]

Watched a cruiser once off Pollensa bay in Spain. That crew should have gotten hazardous duty pay. Every time she took a wave on the bow the whole forward section of the ship went under. Frank