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Old 01-09-2011, 02:05 PM   #21
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Ooh, bummer, I'd hate to have been the ship's "supe". Let alone the duty officer.

I think more careers have been abruptly derailed in shipyard than at sea...
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Memory successfully jogged, Mare island incident was it.
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MY BIL became the XO, I believe, of this boat after they raised it.
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MY BIL became the XO, I believe, of this boat after they raised it.
Yeah, I'll bet there were a lot of vacant leadership positions to be filled after this incident... shipyard as well as active-duty.
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Yeah, I'll bet there were a lot of vacant leadership positions to be filled after this incident... shipyard as well as active-duty.
Another reason why submarines are run by engineers as opposed to poets.
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