Hello Larry: Go to: PC-1181 to find out about her name. Later, ROBERT M.
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I-boat Interloper: U.S. Navy sub the S-1 tested the XS-2 in 1926 British sub M-2 was commissioned as an aircarft carrier The French sub "SURCOUF" carrie 2 aircraft in 1930. You didn't make me a "reasonable offer." Try me...... Regards, ROBERT M.
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I-boat Interloper: I have a near new copy of "I-400: Japan's Secret Aircraft-Carrying Strike Submarine" authored by Henry Sakaida, Gary Nila, and Koji Takaki, first published in 2006. The book is an 8-1/2" X 12" hardback with 144 pages of black and white photos and a color pullout of the Aichi M6A attack bomber. I just checked amazon.com; abebooks.com and alibri
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Jerome/Funkmeister: Error in url, sorry about that........ Try Later, ROBERT M.
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Jerome/Funkmeister For a pdf about U-864 salvage, go to: For a video of the proposed method, go to: Later, ROBERT M.
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Jeff: It's me again...... That book is available at abebooks.com for $3.89 plus S&H Later, ROBERT M.
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Hi Jeff: Have you ever read "Kangaroo Express" by Richard J. Lanigan? It's all about the USS GROWLER (SS-215). I noticed the name of Lloyd B. Maness CEM (COB?) on your listing. You've read about the USS SQUALUS (SS-192) that sunk off Portsmouth, NH in 1939. He was the 2nd-class electrician that shut the forward engine room WT door in order to save part of the crew.
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Hi Walter: I saw Gene Krupa and Anita O'day at the "Palladium" dance hall in Hollywood in December, 1944........ The Mark 16 and Mark 17 were the really great mechanical marvels. Regards, ROBERT M.
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Hello Walter: Did your Mark 27s have palladium catalysts in the battery compartment like the Mark 28 did? Regards, ROBERT M.
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Hello JT: The fleet boat torpedomen used the Ward Leonard Type 51011 Battery Charger in both torpedo rooms. It could charge two torpedo batteries at a time. There was also a Type 5102 Hydrogen-burning Wire controller used to get rid of the hydrogen being generated while charging propulsion batteries from the MK 18-2 torpedoes. The "burner-wire" was a 2-1/2"-long X 3/8"
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Hi JT: I'm still hanging around, but from Mission Viejo, CA...... Later, ROBERT M.
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Hello all: The following report is from Ice News (Iceland) Dec. 23, 2009. "The recovery of the sunken German WWII submarine the U-864, which holds a potentially dangerous cargo of some 65 tonnes of mercury, has been placed on hold after the group charged with its salvage seems likely to be prevented from doing so under its present contract. The wreckage, which lies near Fedge on
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Funkmeister, et al: Thanks for the following url: http:/www.u-boatarchive.netDesignStudiesUSHands.htm I was scanning the U-3008 section and found the following statement: "The shaft bearings are inlaid with either lignum vitae or a type of phenolic material. When the former is used, the lower 1/3 of the bearing is with end-grained wood and the upper 2/3 is with flat-grained wood.
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Woody: The Upper crankshaft, bearings, liners, pistons could be replaced by ship's force on the Fairbanks Morse 2-cycle opposed engines on U.S. Fleet boats. Later, ROBERT M.
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majid, et al: Go to: www.lignum-vitae.com Later, ROBERT M.
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Hello Simon: No big deal...... U.S. Navy fleet boats have two types of propulsion diesels; one is a Fairbanks-Morse opposed-piston engine and a General Motors vee-type engine. There are two engines in each engine room. To facilitate engine/generator removal, an access hole is cut through the pressure hull directly over the engine. The engine is overhauled on the beach, by a navy yard
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Hello all: I rode the USS WILLARD KEITH (DD-775), a 2200-ton destroyer during the last months of WWII. It carried two sets of infra-red signaling equipment which was used with the 12 signal lights, located on the aft port and starboard sides of the bridge. A small transmitter was mounted on the 12 light, and a power cord was plugged into a 110VAC outlet nearby. A filter adapter (6")
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funkmeister, et al: I want to emphasize the fact that the "lignum vitae" that is used in the submarine's shaft bearings is a wood of South American origin. Go to: to read all about it. And have a pleasant day, ROBERT M.
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Hi Dave, et al: No worse than the new crew of the USS SQUALUS (SS-192) which was accidentally sunk off Portsmouth, NH in 1939. She was salvaged after conducting the first use of the MCCann rescue chamber and then re-commissioned as the USS SAILFISH (SS-192). Have a nice day, ROBERT M.
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Hello all: Has anyone seen this old WWII movie starring James Cagney and his OSS gang? A scene at the beginning takes the viewer to a U.S. naval depot where MK 14 torpedoes are being worked. Two "OSS trainees" photograph a MK 6 magnetic-influence exploder mechanism on a work table and next to it is a MK 14 3A torpedo turned bottom-side up showing its exploder cavity in the war
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Hello all: Can anyone tell me what material was used on the shaft bearings on u-boats and other European nation's submarines? Curious, ROBERT M.
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Rob Flory: Not much to tell....... As a first class Torpedoman I stood my underway watches on the starboard aft side of the bridge. I manned the MK. 27 Torpedo Directors and the depth charge release mechanism for the depth charge racks located on the fantail. Other than that, I assisted the Signalmen with their flag hoists. I just watched them use the infra-red equipment at close han
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ThomasHorton, et al: All U.S. Navy SSNs & SSBNs now have that baffle installed on their flood ports...... Regards, ROBERT M.
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Walter: "THE SILENT WAR: THE COLD WAR BATLE BENEATH THE SEA" by John Pina Craven - cc2001. The following is an excerpt of this book: "When NAUTILUS' CO, CDR. Eugene P. Wilkinson and retired ADM. Andrew McKee, Chief designer for Electric Boat and I had completed our inspection of the hull we were in a state of shock. What we saw were ring stiffeners that had been t
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ThomasHorton: Right on......... Later, ROBERT M.
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ThomasHorton: Underwater stern configuration same as Type XXI as shown at: (http://www.subguru.com/nautilus/nautilus102.jpg Fairwater ((sail)- all masts enclosed in sail. All topside items like capstans, cleats are reversible. Outer hull design very similar, fewer limber holes. Nautilus - first U.S.sub built post WWII. "Nautilus' hull design was based on the general l
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Thomasorton: According to "The U-boat" by Eberhard Rossler, there was a Negative Tank but no Safety Tank. Later, ROBERT M.
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ThomasHorton: Of course you knew that the hull design for the USS NAUTILUS (SSN-571) was copied from the Type XXI......... Regards, ROBERT M.
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D. BREWER All I could find is that the USS CHESTER (CA-27) was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-176 at 2120 hrs. on Oct. 20, 1942. A torpedo hit her starboard side in her #1 engine room below her armor belt. (http://www.combinedfleet.com/I-176.htm) Regards, ROBERT M.
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Hello Woody: Could it be "In Harm's Way" by Otto Preminger? Later, ROBERT M.
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