DaveyJ576 wrote...
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Rules?! In a submarine??!!
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During the 60s when I was on a diesel boat the uniform of the day on the Carp when we were at sea was shorts, t-shirt and sandals. A few of the crew had earrings and hair was definitely longish by navy standards. Back then sub sailors were the only ones in the navy who could have beards and moustaches and we were also the only enlisted men who could wear civilian clothes off the boat when we were overseas. I remember one weekend in San Juan around 2AM or so the captain brought a woman of very questionable morals back to the boat and she spent the rest of the night in his cabin. Where else in the navy could a lowly seaman get drunk in a bar with the captain.
I had the best %#@?&! time on subs as an 18yr old kid.
Reading the stories on that site that Dave linked to, I knew a bunch of those characters and I lived in Bells when we weren't at sea. Ah, great memories.
Urge