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Originally Posted by sunvalleyslim
Ahoy Mates,
Watched it? Hell I was hooked as a kid, watched them so much all I wanted to be was a torpedoeman. So when the Vietnam War started I volunteered for Subs. Got to go to Torpedoman School in Key West Florida, then off to Sub School in New London Conneticut. And was assigned to the USS Segundo SS-398, the oldest continous commissioned Diesel Sub in the Fleet. Ahhh the Good Old Days..........Was on the decommissioning day when the Ol Segundo was laid to rest. However she was used as a torpedo target off of San Francisco months later............RIP My Beauty....  |
Always nice to hear about the good old days from a fellow vet.