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The Untold Story of the USS William Porter
Don't Shoot We're Republicans
From November 1943, until her demise in June 1945, the American destroyer 'William Porter' was often hailed -- whenever she entered port or joined other Naval ships -- with the greetings: 'Don't shoot, we're Republicans!'
For a half a century, the US Navy kept a lid on the details of the incident that prompted this salutation.
A Miami news reporter made the first public disclosure in 1958 after he stumbled upon the truth while covering a reunion of the destroyer's crew. The Pentagon reluctantly and tersely confirmed his story, but only a smattering of newspapers took notice.
Fifty years ago, the Willie D as the Porter was nicknamed, accidentally fired a live torpedo at the battleship Iowa during a practice exercise. As if this weren't bad enough, the Iowa was carrying President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the time, along with Secretary of State, Cordell Hull, and all of the country's W.W.II military brass. They were headed for the Big Three Conference in Tehran, where Roosevelt was to meet Stalin and Churchill. Had the Porter's torpedo struck the Iowa at the aiming point, the last 50 years of world history might have been quite different.
Come to think of it, if it had succeeded in sinking the Iowa, we might be in a better condition as a country. ::)
I'm thinking that one over....Who was the VP in '43?
Come to think of it, if it had succeeded in sinking the Iowa, we might be in a better condition as a country. ::)
Henry Wallace.
Enough said.
I'm glad Franklin survived the experience.
Come to think of it, if it had succeeded in sinking the Iowa, we might be in a better condition as a country. ::)
The father of our Navy died after contacting Syphilis for a 12 year old chamber maid in Russia.
The father of our nuclear navy died from OLD TIMERS disease.
Black Beard never buried any loot, he and crew spent it all on fancy cloths and make up to go ashore wearing to impress the bar girls.
The incident in Philadelphia never happend.
The Sub Scorpion did not go down off the Azores it went down in the Black Sea. Remember Israel also lost a sub at that time frame.
Who can forget the couple of years some insane Admiral took away the Sailor Suit to replace it with uniforms that looked like door men at a swanky hotel.
And who can forget when the Nimitz had a fighter pilot crash into the deck causing huge explosions and fires. When checked most of the pilots were ----drugged with------ cough syrup.
You say Funny Naval History, do you mean HAHA or strange.?
The father of our Navy died after contacting Syphilis for a 12 year old chamber maid in Russia.
The father of our nuclear navy died from OLD TIMERS disease.
Black Beard never buried any loot, he and crew spent it all on fancy cloths and make up to go ashore wearing to impress the bar girls.
The incident in Philadelphia never happend.
The Sub Scorpion did not go down off the Azores it went down in the Black Sea. Remember Israel also lost a sub at that time frame.
Who can forget the couple of years some insane Admiral took away the Sailor Suit to replace it with uniforms that looked like door men at a swanky hotel.
And who can forget when the Nimitz had a fighter pilot crash into the deck causing huge explosions and fires. When checked most of the pilots were ----drugged with------ cough syrup.
You say Funny Naval History, do you mean HAHA or strange.?
Do you try to make people not like you?
The Sub Scorpion did not go down off the Azores it went down in the Black Sea.
No it didn't, you god-damned dolt!
Keep your conspiracy bullshit to yourself, vesta, your rantings serve only to cheapen the memory of the men who died onboard the Scorpion.
Vesta is the kind of gal that has a home subscription to the National Enquirer, large print Reader's Digest, and Cosmo (just to remind her what might have been).
Do you try to make people not like you?
At that time I made an overseas call to my husband due to go on patrol for 3 mounts on a sub.:lol: :whistling:
What-What- What did I say that got your panties in a twist.?
Let me tell you sweetheart Gena, the day the Scorpion went missing I saw hundreds of family's waiting on the docks in Charleston waiting for the boat to arrive. The Navy knew there was a huge problem and allowed the dependents to gather waiting for their loved ones that the Navy knew most likely would never arrive. Unbelievable the family's were put through this.
At that time I made an overseas call to my husband due to go on patrol for 3 mounts on a sub. I finally got through to him by remembering him mention a bar in Scottland and had him paged. Perhaps the silver fox--something like that.
Anyway the poor man like to have crapped his pants to get my call, and more concerned with how the hell I had found him then the reason for my call.
I spent 3 months not knowing if he was dead or alive, somewhere the French, and Israelis also lost a sub.
Back then Gina, we the family were allowed to send what was fame grams, short and censored to our men on subs. We could not get any reply and spent 3-6 months wondering if our husbands or sons were alive.
You Gina have no idea what the men or their family's survived not that long ago, we as family were the elate in the pecking force of Navy wives, we were potential widows for months of the year.
So You Gina do not like my take on Military matters, ----So what---I have every right, much more then others to critique or give high five to to our history of the men that go to sea.
Sea faring history is part of human experience, some thing worked others didn't. Darn but i believe you are against the ship board movies to help moral that got their Skipper fired.
Gena, I will not replace my memory's or what I know to be liked by the likes of anyone. I will not sell out the lives of my children or family, to be LIKED.
I am Me , same as you, and if strangers such as you do not like me, that is your problem. I do not live my life to be liked by anyone, so blow it out your blow hole and get back to me tomorrow.
vesta, madam, dear, if you had a husband in 1939 when that submarine was lost, just exactly how old are you?
Coach, you might like to read this account when you have the time.
http://www.seattlepi.com/awards/scorpion/scorpion1.html
Oh yeah.
That's right. I keep on forgetting.
For some reason it's stuck in my head the only submarine disasters the U.S. Navy ever had were the Squalus in 1939 and the Thresher in 1962, and this being vesta, I thought she had just gotten them mixed up.
Let me tell you sweetheart Gena, the day the Scorpion went missing I saw hundreds of family's waiting on the docks in Charleston waiting for the boat to arrive. The Navy knew there was a huge problem and allowed the dependents to gather waiting for their loved ones that the Navy knew most likely would never arrive. Unbelievable the family's were put through this.
Three-year-old Chere Amtower huddled with her mother on a pier at Norfolk Naval Station in a driving rain, waiting excitedly for her father to come home.
It was May 27, 1968, and dozens of families braved foul weather to welcome the crew of the Scorpion, a nuclear-powered attack submarine, back from a three-month deployment. Chere wore a new spring dress and clutched a white straw purse purchased just for the occasion.
http://hamptonroads.com/2008/05/new-evidence-suggests-soviets-may-have-sunk-sub-scorpion-40-years-ago
So You Gina do not like my take on Military matters, ----So what---I have every right, much more then others to critique or give high five to to our history of the men that go to sea.
Gena, I will not replace my memory's or what I know to be liked by the likes of anyone. I will not sell out the lives of my children or family, to be LIKED.
Bitchslap for pointing out the obvious.
:-)
If your memories are of family members waiting pierside in Charleston, South Carolina, for a sub that was home ported in Norfolk, Virginia, I seriously question any "memory" you lay claim to.
I don't think any nuclear subs have ever been stationed at Charleston. And very few, if any, have ever been in port there.
vesta-----> (http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t292/smiliegirl2007/blahblah.gif)
Your victory is assued, madame.
In fact, I declare this V-Gina Day!
Scorpion was overhauled there in the early sixties (Charleston Naval Shipyard was one of the first closed).
Wiki has some more informaiton here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleston_Naval_Shipyard
It ain't obvious to Vesta even though she's doing the subscribing! :hammer:
But here's a h5 just because I'm the forgiving sort.
Is there a vesta-to-english translation app or something cause its like reading the writing on the bathroom stalls.
Is there a vesta-to-english translation app or something cause its like reading the writing on the bathroom stalls.
1. Find brick
2. Apply to head repeatedly
I don't think you understood me. I'm looking for a translator, not a pain reliever.
That was the way to make it so you wouldn't need a translator. You'd be able to understand Vesta if you gave yourself sufficient brain damage .
no and the writing on the bathroom wall is at least entertaining :fuelfire:
I dunno. the one's i saw said don't look up here the jokes in your hand
That is awesome :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:
I have used alot of portapotties on construction sites and have always wondered why men draw these really abstract looking women in there. :lmao:
Is there a vesta-to-english translation app or something cause its like reading the writing on the bathroom stalls.Yes there is but it requires a heavy dose of LSD.
Yes there is but it requires a heavy dose of LSD.
You just do not want to go there...
The father of our Navy died after contacting Syphilis for a 12 year old chamber maid in Russia.
The father of our nuclear navy died from OLD TIMERS disease.
Black Beard never buried any loot, he and crew spent it all on fancy cloths and make up to go ashore wearing to impress the bar girls.
The incident in Philadelphia never happend.
The Sub Scorpion did not go down off the Azores it went down in the Black Sea. Remember Israel also lost a sub at that time frame.
Who can forget the couple of years some insane Admiral took away the Sailor Suit to replace it with uniforms that looked like door men at a swanky hotel.
And who can forget when the Nimitz had a fighter pilot crash into the deck causing huge explosions and fires. When checked most of the pilots were ----drugged with------ cough syrup.
You say Funny Naval History, do you mean HAHA or strange.?
The Sub Scorpion did not go down off the Azores it went down in the Black Sea. Remember Israel also lost a sub at that time frame.
And who can forget when the Nimitz had a fighter pilot crash into the deck causing huge explosions and fires. When checked most of the pilots were ----drugged with------ cough syrup.
And who can forget when the Nimitz had a fighter pilot crash into the deck causing huge explosions and fires. When checked most of the pilots were ----drugged with------ cough syrup.
ill wait for your proof cause I know you have none
That happened around 1980 and was the cause of "Operation Golden Flow" to go full force in the Navy. (It had already been implemented, but was maybe once or twice a year and WASN"T supposed to be used for NJP, although it was.) An A-6 crashed aboard a carrier and autopsies showed that at least one of the pilots and an aircrewman had a bunch of cough syrup in their systems.
I can't find anything to support this. unless you link in the story its opinion and here say
Thor, why were they using cough syrup? Codeine? I'm trying to wrap my head around why they'd choose that to abuse instead of alcohol. Do they not have liquor on board?
Ya know, **** you. If you refuse to take my word, a career Sailor, for it, then just **** YOU!! The internet wasn't around in the 80s like it is now and one would be hard pressed to find an article on that incident. I recall it very vividly as I was in HC-1 when it happened. Ohhh, and I have a C.A.R., too..... Get off your lazy ass and research it yourself.
Ya know, **** you. If you refuse to take my word, a career Sailor, for it, then just **** YOU!!
you do and you'll never go back to women.
you do and you'll never go back to women.
Dude, wait, I don't think that's the comeback you really want to use here.....
Dude, wait, I don't think that's the comeback you really want to use here.....
you do and you'll never go back to women. if it happened the story is there. shit for brains
Sorry about the Charleston ship yard and not Norfork.
I was in Rotten Gotten at the time and was scared out of my pants at all this. New London Ship yard in CT.
I do know the Nathan Hale was in Charlston port for some time until it moved to EB in Grotten for over haul.
About the Scorpian, I do remember a woman who recieved a letter from her son mailed "Off Boat" saying the boat was headed for the Black Sea to photograph ----Was it Russian or Turkish comunication towers. Now this stuck in my head as this one time was the last we heard of her.
Only a sub sailor can tell you if this is true or not but storys in the late 60' to mid 70's some crew talked about the game of ----Chicken, played with some foreign subs.
At least I have women, unlike you.....
At least I have women, unlike you.....
Am I witnessing a real live Dick Duel? :fuelfire:
Am I witnessing a real live Dick Duel? :fuelfire:
Live? This is the innerwebz. What you have seen is an 'Internet penis contest.'
Oh my Lord! Which one of them is this? :lmao:
we'll have to take your word for it. and your disloyal ****in ass is on ignore. so eat shit
You must have some pretty ****ing amazing eyesight to be able to see "Hundreds" of family members waiting for an overdue sub at Norfolk from whatever ****ing bar you were hanging in at Grotan all the way up in Connecticut.
If you are going to tell a lie to prove a point DO NOT stand on the graves of dead sailors to make it. Are we TOTALLY ****ING CLEAR HERE?!
You Sir or Madam are a nincome poop.
There is something most different between telling a lie and misremembering something from the past that you witnessed.
Not only were we able to watch on TV the family's waiting and get updates of the unfolding tragedy but we had newspapers and WSUB radio giving much conflicting information hour to hour. Groton was a SUB comunity and my navy housing held hundreds of family's with husbands on the boats.
When this happend the dependants of the SSBN my hubby was on kept my phone ringing off the hook as the boat was due to leave for patroll in 48 hours from the Locks in Scottland.[ Blue Crew]
For 3 firkin months we at that time would have no idea if our boat had gone down also.
It is not a frigging lie to get those two ports confused after 40 years or so, and each time the boat was on rotation from Blue to Gold crew we and the crew still had no idea what happend, It was a few years until they found the Scorpion and made us more anxious.
Now about history, are you going to tell me there were no race riots aboard ships off the Coast of Nam.??
Go on tell me there was no General in Nam that made his officers salute his pet duck or sent medic evack choppers into Saigon for Pizza.
Then Explain to me the navy ships in the 80's that had a crew of USN sailors and all Officers were Merchant Marine. Or did I just dream doing an AB rip off and re lagging the engine room on the Kings Port.???
With all due respect ---Stay off the Torpedo Juice and Cherry's.
Now about history, are you going to tell me there were no race riots aboard ships off the Coast of Nam.??
none on the 3 ships I served on. and none we knew of in the US 7th fleet. please tell me your being sarcastic here
benny boy.....
namvet, meet vesta. Vesta, namvet.
:popcorn:
I don't think any nuclear subs have ever been stationed at Charleston. And very few, if any, have ever been in port there.
You Sir or Madam are a nincome poop.
There is something most different between telling a lie and misremembering something from the past that you witnessed.
Not only were we able to watch on TV the family's waiting and get updates of the unfolding tragedy but we had newspapers and WSUB radio giving much conflicting information hour to hour. Groton was a SUB comunity and my navy housing held hundreds of family's with husbands on the boats.
It is not a frigging lie to get those two ports confused after 40 years or so
Now about history, are you going to tell me there were no race riots aboard ships off the Coast of Nam.??
Go on tell me there was no General in Nam that made his officers salute his pet duck or sent medic evack choppers into Saigon for Pizza.
Then Explain to me the navy ships in the 80's that had a crew of USN sailors and all Officers were Merchant Marine. Or did I just dream doing an AB rip off and re lagging the engine room on the Kings Port.???
With all due respect ---Stay off the Torpedo Juice and Cherry's.
My hubby before I knew him, lived in an apt with a bunch of sailors. He got up one morning and there was nothing in the fridge but beer. He drank one in front of the apt open window and some dickhead walking by reported him. He had to go to counseling. He hated beer, just drank that because it was all there was. :lmao:
I can't find anything to support this. unless you link in the story its opinion and here say
On 26 May 1981, an EA-6B Prowler crashed on the flight deck, killing 14 crewmen and injuring 45 others.[6] Forensic testing conducted found that several members of the deceased flight deck crew tested positive for marijuana. As a result of this incident, President Ronald Reagan instituted a "Zero Tolerance" drug policy across all of the armed services, which started the mandatory drug testing of all U.S. service personnel.
You Sir or Madam are a nincome poop.
There is something most different between telling a lie and misremembering something from the past that you witnessed.
Not only were we able to watch on TV the family's waiting and get updates of the unfolding tragedy but we had newspapers and WSUB radio giving much conflicting information hour to hour. Groton was a SUB comunity and my navy housing held hundreds of family's with husbands on the boats.
When this happend the dependants of the SSBN my hubby was on kept my phone ringing off the hook as the boat was due to leave for patroll in 48 hours from the Locks in Scottland.[ Blue Crew]
For 3 firkin months we at that time would have no idea if our boat had gone down also.
It is not a frigging lie to get those two ports confused after 40 years or so, and each time the boat was on rotation from Blue to Gold crew we and the crew still had no idea what happend, It was a few years until they found the Scorpion and made us more anxious.
Now about history, are you going to tell me there were no race riots aboard ships off the Coast of Nam.??
Go on tell me there was no General in Nam that made his officers salute his pet duck or sent medic evack choppers into Saigon for Pizza.
Then Explain to me the navy ships in the 80's that had a crew of USN sailors and all Officers were Merchant Marine. Or did I just dream doing an AB rip off and re lagging the engine room on the Kings Port.???
With all due respect ---Stay off the Torpedo Juice and Cherry's.
Your Google-Fu is weak, noob...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Nimitz_%28CVN-68%29
thanks for link. and the insult
thanks for link. and the insult
BTY I don't use goggles because of security threats.
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Noob:
know little and have no will to learn any more. They expect people to do the work for them and then expect to get praised about it, and make up a unique species of their own. maybe butt nose and I can have dinner and discuss it. :whistling:
BTY I don't use goggles because of security threats.
Nah, "noob" as in new here.
BTY? Goggles because of security threats?
:orly:
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My fertility doctor has something like this in his office :lol:
I use the Binger and my ISP for search. my security system and secuina lite up Goggles in red.
You oughta come see me. My tools aren't nearly as painful looking and I charge much less.
:naughty:
:lmao:
You Sir or Madam are a nincome poop.
There is something most different between telling a lie and misremembering something from the past that you witnessed.
Not only were we able to watch on TV the family's waiting and get updates of the unfolding tragedy but we had newspapers and WSUB radio giving much conflicting information hour to hour. Groton was a SUB comunity and my navy housing held hundreds of family's with husbands on the boats.
With all due respect ---Stay off the Torpedo Juice and Cherry's.
Let me tell you sweetheart Gena, the day the Scorpion went missing I saw hundreds of family's waiting on the docks in Charleston waiting for the boat to arrive. The Navy knew there was a huge problem and allowed the dependents to gather waiting for their loved ones that the Navy knew most likely would never arrive. Unbelievable the family's were put through this.
You watched no such thing, lunatic. There was no media coverage of them waiting on the pier, there were no camera crews interviewing them on the ship where they waited out of the rain, There was nothing official until the Navy said so, vesta, and the damned media wasn't allowed near those piers for anything other than what the Navy wanted them to know.
Jesus, as an "expert" on everything Cold-war sub service, I would expect that you would know that.
but if I pay for something I want it done right :tongue:
Still not following you....
BTY is that Osama's heathcare doc ????
I use the Binger and my ISP for search. my security system and secuina lite up Goggles in red.
Your Google-Fu is weak, noob...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Nimitz_%28CVN-68%29
Enough said. And for the record you soused bitch, I'm the son of a career navy chief and cut my eye teeth on base housing furniture. I married an Army officer and MY kids cut their eye teeth on base housing furniture. You are so full of shit its a wonder the cat doesnt spend all day flicking litter over you.
I just luv it when a good post goes ta hell in a hand basket :lmao: :lmao:
but if I pay for something I want it done right :tongue:
So you guys want to know who invented this, is that it?
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That's a tough one.
Nice so did my 4 kids ,so what,--- do you want a one on one.?
Grandfather was a navy Chief, Dad was a navy Chief and all 4 kids of mine had a Navy Chief for a father at some times in their lives.
Base housing furniture, had it just once waiting for our own stuff to be shipped to us.
We all cut our teeth on the fact that we could not make life long friends as we moved from Port to Port. Schools were different everywhere we went about the country.
Interesting that you married a Army Officer, were you in the military at that time?
My being raised by a Chief Knuckle Dragging Boson Diver Rigger was interesting and my kids got both sides of the story, father and grandfather Chief to Officer.
I loved my Dad not because of his rank but because of the shore time he spent with me. Only in later years did I learn what a hard hat diver went through and admire him for his actions as such.
Now you should understand that as family we were just as proud of our men that were E3 as E6--the kids could not care if their Dad was Any rank, that was their Dad and they loved him.
You my dear seem to have a problem here, was your Dad a Chief Cook?
Get with the program here, it was the support the military men got from home that have kept them Steaming.
looks like a fuzzy navel........man did get bombed on these........ slurp.........peach schnapps and OJ
Ohhhhhhh no, my dr hates Obama. Says he will quit soon because Obama is going to put him under with all of his crap. I ain't letting no ****ing lib touch my lady bits.
Did you get them with the pretty umbrellas, too?
:lmao:
I believe this thread has wandered sufficiently off-topic for a move to the Lounge.......
doc
I believe this thread has wandered sufficiently off-topic for a move to the Lounge.......
doc
DAMNIT! this happens every time! (http://209.85.62.26/6026/144/emo/fist.gif)
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It's YOUR fault, yunno. Back to the ships and boats, if you please.
:stoner:
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we'll need a new ship
Wow, this whole thread got hijacked and forced to land in Cuba.
Wow, this whole thread got hijacked and forced to land in Cuba.
Wow, this whole thread got hijacked and forced to land in Cuba.
Back on topic? All righty then. Here's a pic of my Uncle Joe's ship in WWII, U.S.S.Chester. She was a heavy cruiser, one notch down from a battleship. She sported nine eight inch guns and plenty of other assorted nasties. Took a couple lumps from the Japs, a bomb and a torpedo but she gave a whole lot more than she took participating in several major engagements in the Pacific. Shelled the snot out of Iwo Jima. I don't know if she took any swipes at democrats though...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Chester_(CA-27)_Mare_Island_Oct_1943.jpg
Uncle Joe passed last year, a very proud WWII vet who lied about his age when he enlisted at 16 in what he called "the real man's old time big gun Navy". Miss ya Joe, R.I.P.
Yes indeed, proud ships with proud crews. Wasn't the Indy the one lost after it dropped off one the bombs on Tinian? Capt. McVey, McPherson, something like that? Court martialed & crucified in true scapegoat fashion.
Namvet if you ever make it up to my redneck of the woods (Buffalo, N.Y.) make sure not to miss teh BUffalo Naval and Servicemen's Park. They have a light cruiser the U.S.S. Little Rock, a Fletcher class DD, the U.S.S. The Sullivans, a WWII deisel sub, a P.T. Boat and several aircraft. Quite a nice park.
While assigned to a MCM force sweeping toward the shore of Faylaka Island during the Gulf War on January 17, USS TRIPOLI and the other ships of the MCM force were targeted by Iraqi Silkworm anti-ship missile fire control radars. The MCM force moved out of the missiles' range and after coalition forces destroyed the missile site, the ships returned to the area on February 18, at 0240 local time.
At 0345, after operating for 11 hours in an undetected Iraqi minefield, the USS TRIPOLI hit a moored Iraqi contact mine creating an explosion and ripping a 16 by 20 foot hole below the water line. As USS AVENGER (MCM 1) and USS LEADER attempted to assist the damaged warship, USS PRINCETON (CG 59), while unknowingly heading along a line of Manta mines, continued to provide air defense for the MCM Group but at 0715, also hit a Manta mine in 16 meters of water. As damage control teams overcame fires and flooding aboard USS TRIPOLI and USS PRINCETON, the minesweepers USS IMPERVIOUS, USS LEADER, and USS AVENGER searched for additional mines in the area.
USS TRIPOLI was able to continue her mission for several days before being relieved by USS LA SALLE (AGF 3) and USS NEW ORLEANS (LPH 11).
USS TRIPOLI then proceeded to Bahrain for repair where the photos below were taken.
great idea. we'll take your new car along and cruise till the tires fall off
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo!!!!
come on sport its only money !!!!!
Of which I have very little after buying this car! :thatsright:
well maybe we can rent a 57 Chevy. that's probably the newest model they have :lmao:
my dad has a 69 stingray t top with a 427 in it. Canary yellow :drool:
can we borrow it ???? great stylin' machine
That car has been in the garage since I was a little kid. Mint condition. People come by all the time and knock on the door to ask my dad if he will sell it. He has this one asshole that stops by at least once a month. It's like they are waiting on my dad to die and then they will have pick him dry. Little do they know I'll just save it for my son to drive. :naughty:
Back on topic? All righty then. Here's a pic of my Uncle Joe's ship in WWII, U.S.S.Chester. She was a heavy cruiser, one notch down from a battleship. She sported nine eight inch guns and plenty of other assorted nasties. Took a couple lumps from the Japs, a bomb and a torpedo but she gave a whole lot more than she took participating in several major engagements in the Pacific. Shelled the snot out of Iwo Jima. I don't know if she took any swipes at democrats though...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Chester_(CA-27)_Mare_Island_Oct_1943.jpg
Uncle Joe passed last year, a very proud WWII vet who lied about his age when he enlisted at 16 in what he called "the real man's old time big gun Navy". Miss ya Joe, R.I.P.
Yes indeed, proud ships with proud crews. Wasn't the Indy the one lost after it dropped off one the bombs on Tinian? Capt. McVey, McPherson, something like that? Court martialed & crucified in true scapegoat fashion.
Namvet if you ever make it up to my redneck of the woods (Buffalo, N.Y.) make sure not to miss teh BUffalo Naval and Servicemen's Park. They have a light cruiser the U.S.S. Little Rock, a Fletcher class DD, the U.S.S. The Sullivans, a WWII deisel sub, a P.T. Boat and several aircraft. Quite a nice park.
The U.S.S. Indianapolis--Tragedy Amid Triumph
AUTHOR LCdr. C.R. Woodward, USMC
Csc 1988
SUBJECT AREA History
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
TITLE: THE U.S.S. INDIANAP0LIS--TRAGEDY AMID TRIUMPH
Great story. Capt. McVey really got the shit end of the stick on that one.
Question was it Captain McVey that years later died not knowing he had been cleared of all charges in that Mess.?
A giant step to clear the name of Captain McVay was taken in October of 2000 when legislation was passed expressing the sense of Congress that his "military record should now reflect that he is exonerated" for the loss of the USS Indianapolis and the lives of the men lost in that tragedy so many years ago.
When President Clinton signed that legislation on October 30, implying his concurrence, it thus represented the view of both Legislative and Executive Branches of our federal government that Captain McVay was not responsible for the disaster which led to his court-martial, his conviction, his humiliation, and the end of his promising Navy career.
Question was it Captain McVey that years later died not knowing he had been cleared of all charges in that Mess.?
I don't think any nuclear subs have ever been stationed at Charleston. And very few, if any, have ever been in port there.
Who gives a shit about a bunch of Tenders? You can't even land on them!! :stirpot:
Who gives a shit about a bunch of Tenders? You can't even land on them!! :stirpot: