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In Reply to: RE: Inside a sub posted by REL54 on January 20, 2015 at 08:36:07
I spent 2 years on the Simon Lake in Charleston and Holy Loch, Scotland, crawling all over subs of all kinds -- sewer pipes, boomers, and attacks. During bad nights, I see myself still creeping around inside of a sail.
Quite an education in technology and changes in tech. In the boats is a totally unique life. Few can do it. Fewer yet want to; especially the missile subs. Cruising underwater for 3 months, carrying enough explosive to ruin half the planet.
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What years were you in Charleston? I was a ship chandler and supplied a lot of naval vessels in Charleston and Savannah.
Lots of sensor-type stuff in there.
And "bubblehead" is a fraternal term for submariners. Squids in aviation jobs were "Airedales".
Piered up in the Cooper River, downwind from the pulp mill. Lovely smells. Which I also wake up to in bad dreams.
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