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Re: Quality of submarines
Posted by:
Walter Schmidt
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Date: June 26, 2012 08:36PM
Robert,
I have been on this site a number of years, and always appreciate your contributions.
Hard to imagine a boat operating 54 years.
I was a TM on Spikefish and Tirante, '61-'63.
The Spikefish was a fleet boat with four mains and a dinky engine. She had polished tube inner doors, and I spent hours polishing those rascals. WE called tubes forward the Brasso Room, and tubes aft After Brasso.
Tirante was a Guppy II, if I recall.
I have been on this site a number of years, and always appreciate your contributions.
Hard to imagine a boat operating 54 years.
I was a TM on Spikefish and Tirante, '61-'63.
The Spikefish was a fleet boat with four mains and a dinky engine. She had polished tube inner doors, and I spent hours polishing those rascals. WE called tubes forward the Brasso Room, and tubes aft After Brasso.
Tirante was a Guppy II, if I recall.