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Originally Posted by Urge
Hylander_1314 wrote...
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3. If the weather was bad enough, were lookouts removed from their posts? The game shows them active regardless of the weather, but I have to believe that for safety reasons, some weather events were bad enough to warrant them going below.
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For what it's worth, I served on the U.S.S. Carp (SS338) during the mid 60s. One summer we went on a 3 week trip to the Azores and back (based in Norfolk Va.). We went thru 5 hurricanes in those 3 weeks. i was a seaman standing lookout watches and me(or one of the other lookouts) and the ood stayed topside with the conning tower hatch dogged shut during the worst of the storms. At times we were up to our chests in solid green water and I remember looking up at waves crashing over our heads. We had on two lifelines each and Mother Nature just toyed with that sub, tossing it around like it was a piece of driftwood. I have ultimate respect for the ocean!
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Urge, I didn't say that sir
The oldman was discharged medically, (radiation) a couple weeks before the Thresher went down. How he wound up exposed to it, he never really did say. And he never really liked talking about being on sub duty. Even though it's a volunteer service. But remembering back, he did make mention of what you basically said about rough weather. About all he really told me is he was a propulsion specialist which also required him to learn the art of machinist to an extent. So he must have been required to fashion parts and other things needed for the job. But that was about where he left it.
Thanks for the info, all the same.
