Funny Naval History

[Gina]

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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.

 

[BlueStateSaint]

Come to think of it, if it had succeeded in sinking the Iowa, we might be in a better condition as a country.

[JohnnyReb]

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?

[franksolich]

I'm thinking that one over....Who was the VP in '43?

Henry Wallace.

Enough said.

I'm glad Franklin survived the experience.

[NHSparky]

Come to think of it, if it had succeeded in sinking the Iowa, we might be in a better condition as a country.

Highly unlikely that a 500-lb warhead would have done a whole lot of damage to that armor belt.  Even so, by 1943, all the damage to the US had already been done.

[JohnnyReb]

Henry Wallace.

Enough said.

I'm glad Franklin survived the experience.

Right....you're better than Wikipedia.

[vesta111]

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.?

[Gina]

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?

[Eupher]

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.?

Vesta, when it comes to your posts, "funny" generally means "strange."

[NHSparky]

Do you try to make people not like you?

Oh God no, that's a natural God-given talent she has.  Trust me, you're just scraping the surface.

[dandi]

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.

[Eupher]

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).

[dandi]

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).

Bitchslap for pointing out the obvious.

 

[vesta111]

Do you try to make people not like you?

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. 
 

[thundley4]

At that time I made an overseas call to my husband due to go on patrol for 3 mounts on a sub. 

[Gina]

vesta-----> 

[franksolich]

vesta, madam, dear, if you had a husband in 1939 when that submarine was lost, just exactly how old are you?

[Gina]

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. 
 

I'ts Gina.  You are going back and forth between Gina and Gena.  .  And huff one, I was in the Navy you dingbat. 

[zeitgeist]

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

[franksolich]

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.

[zeitgeist]

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.

Quite understandable.  Vesta seems to have started Friday early,    having said that,  I will say she knows her boats.

[dandi]

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, crazy ass, are a god-damned liar.

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

You are a lunatic, a poser, and a ****ing liar, vesta.  You were nowhere near where these families were, you ****ing ghoul!

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.

You were a dependent, vesta, you have no right to shit in military matters.

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.

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.

[Eupher]

Bitchslap for pointing out the obvious.

 

It ain't obvious to Vesta even though she's doing the subscribing!   

But here's a h5 just because I'm the forgiving sort.

[JohnnyReb]

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.

[zeitgeist]

I don't think any nuclear subs have ever been stationed at Charleston. And very few, if any, have ever been in port there.

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