Diesel Boats Forever
 

A submariner’s song:


"We go to sea on diesel boats they call us bubbleheads.

Our blood is laced with diesel smoke we’re sailors to the end.

Our diesels wind thru the salty brine until we take her deep.

Then we turn her loose on battery juice and we all go to sleep.

Diesel boats forever here the diving claxon sound.

Diesel boats forever take her deep take her down.

Diesel boats forever take her deep take her down."

:ping: :ping: :ping: :ping: :ping: :ping:

http://www.bergall.org/temp/dbf4.wav

Great! I hope I can play that song on the grammaphone when I'm leaving port with my trustetd Gato-class.;):rock:

:lol:

If the game is done properly, you won't have a gramaphone...you'll have a record player.:rotfl:

I would even take a bard on board to get my music!:rotfl:

LOL! :lol:

Johnny Cash walking thru the boat with his guitar.:D

Diesel Boats Forever!:sunny:

How about this one sunvalleyslim ...

"Make her dive"
"Make her dive"
"Make her dive beneath the ocean"
"Make her dive, make her dive, make her dive"
"Make her be true to her crew"
"Make her dive"

Forgot the tune, but yeah we use to play that one every watch change ...
honest injun, no lie ... :lol:

I only remember the PT Boat song:

"Oh, some PTs do seventy-five, and some do sixty-nine;
If we get ours to run at all we think we're doing fine!"

I don't remember that one sunvalleyslim, but our boat did run aground one time off of Coronado
while we were having abandon ship drills ...
someone forgot to tell the helmsman and he came topside too ...
The COB's back was to the beach telling us what to do and wham we ran aground ... :rotfl:

We all went back to our stations and gently backed her up out of the sand with no damage
we could see, but don't get me started on sea stories.

Here's a way to tell if your a submarine sailor ...
I was going to start another thread, but I like this one ...
It has a good title ... Enjoy :p

You Might Be A Submariner If......
(substitute "REALLY MEANS" for "means" where appearing)

You smell like diesel oil
You know what "Handle it" means
You can "handle it", even under pressure
You know what "Field day" means
You know what the goat locker is
You know Hogan
You have ever gotten Hogan's goat
You are not as screwed up as Hogan's goat
You have ever found the golden rivet
After finding the golden rivet, you glow in the dark
You glow in the dark, even without finding the golden rivet
You have ever drank bug juice
You know what "Bermuda road rash" is
You have ever slept alongside a "fish"
You know what "hot bunking" means
You know when your bunk feels like a sandy beach, it is time to change the sheets
You know Mattress Back (name)
You have ever been blasted by an air expulsion head
You know Line Locker Louie
You know Lower Level Louie
You know who says, "Just one more, just one more"
You know that no one ever really owned a plank
You know what a PANOPO is
You know SOCAT(SS)
You know COMSUBMEX
You know Archibald Assolson
You know when things have gotten out of hand
You know what a "My Wife" chit is
You speak acronym, fluently
You know what Kingston valves are
You know what poppet valves are
You know that bulkhead flappers are not dancers
You know that an ORSE is not an English horse
You know that ping jockeys do not ride pings, or horses
You know what "Ho Ho Ho" means
You know what "Blow and go" means
You know what "going critical" means
You know what "Rig for dive" means
You will go down anytime
You know what a GREEN board is
You know what a straight board is
You know what a klaxson is
You know what "AOOOGAH AOOOGAH" means
Your house takes a down angle when someone blows a car horn twice
You know what "Dive Dive" means
You know what "Take her down" means
You know what "Blow negative to the mark" means
You still remember the shapes of those handles, even after the lights go out
You can still relate the shape to the tank, even after the lights go out
You know what "Rig for RED" means
You know what "Rig for silent running" means
You don't make any noise that a fish doesn't make
You know what "Rig for deep submergence" means
You do it deeper
You know what "Run silent, run deep" means
You have bored holes throughout the oceans, for months at a time
You have been to the choke point, several times
You found your belt getting shorter during a deployment
You would never commit a SINS
You have ever heard the words "What is SHA?"
You know what a "familygram" is
You know what "No periscope" means in a birth announcement
You have seen a pack of camels being led through the control room
You have caused the evaluating psychiatrists to leave the boat ahead of schedule
Most people wouldn't trust you with a canoe or a rowboat, let alone a submarine
You know what "angles and dangles" mean
You know what a "chicken switch" is
You know that the Tunafish is NOT the chicken of the sea
You know what a horny (toad) towed array is
You know what "To the pole" means
You have ever heard of a retractable whip antenna being used as an ice probe
You know what "Get me up" means
You know how to "Follow the bubble"
You know that there are two kinds of ships, submarines and TARGETS
You are NOT assigned to a "target"
You have ever heard the words "What is the estimated range sonar?"
You have ever heard the words "What is the distance to the track?"
You have ever heard the words "Is it safe to come to periscope depth?"
You have ever looked out a periscope and seen nothing but a target's hull
You know what periscope liberty is
You know that periscope liberty generally includes a shower. Thank you Aux
You shoot at things you can't see
You know that a "snapshot" is not a photograph
You know what a "Hot run in the tube" means
You know what "Hot, straight and normal" means
You are among those who "Care enough to send the very best"
You have never left the barn doors open
You have spoken with Gertrude on occasion
You know how much maneuvering is done in the maneuvering room
You know what "going home turns" means
You know what "Prepare to snorkel" means
You know what "Commence snorkeling" means
You know what "Prepare to snorkel ventilate" means
You know what "Commence snorkel ventilating" means
You know what "Prepare to surface" means
You know what "Surface Surface Surface" means
You know what "Blow safety" means
You know what "Blow the forward group" means
You know what "Blow the after group" means
You know what "Give it a normal blow" means
You know what "Prepare to surface without air" means
You know what "Commence a low pressure blow" means
After a deployment, your wife makes you leave your laundry outside
After a deployment, your wife makes you strip before you enter the house
After a deployment, your wife doesn't have to make you strip
After a deployment, you are undressed before you even get home
After a deployment, your wife makes YOU stay outside
You know what "Snorkel through the alfalfa" means
You know what it means to be all caught up in 15 minutes
Your tombstone reads "Make my depth 6 feet"

Feel free to add to it ...

Original quote from Chief_Torpedoman (but no telling where he got it from lol)

Geetrue,
Most fantastic my friend, You have brought back memories long submerged. you made me sit and think of years gone bye. So I sat with my Jack Daniels and relived old times. Here's a few.....

You know you're a diesel boat sailor if......

You stand behind a diesel bus and get homesick

You know what "DRINKING YOUR DOLPHINS" means

You know what "DBF" means

You know what "NON QUAL" means

You promise yourself two+ showers a day when you become a civilian

You can go on Liberty in civilian clothes

You go on liberty, in civies, walk into the bar and she says "you sub sailor, you sub sailor"

You respond to "Bubblehead"

You know who the "COB" is

You know what a "SurfaceSkimmer" is

You know what a "Christmas Tree" is

You know what "Bearing Mark" means

You have to hide your white hat

You wear your socks til their stiff

Your underwater and you hear the dreaded words "blow Sanitary to Sea" and "Vent back into the Boat"

You know what a "Pig Boat" is

When whore is not a dirty word unless it is spelled HOR:o

Geetrue,
I was hoping we'd find more ol' Pig Boat Sailors around..........

DIESEL BOATS FOREVER

Your wish is my command:up:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qQFOXYhj2zg