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Originally Posted by Ducimus
Ensign Parker and his tin can is a fictional character made up specifically for the one of the sea trial missions in TMO. He was inspired by the Uboat communtiy's, "Bernard". Or rather, it was thought at one time, that both Uboats and Fleet boats should have some comical character to blame things on when everything goes wrong, or as a virtual punching bag for comedy hijinks.
Orginally someone (i forget who) decided that this character for fleet boats should be named "Dinsdale". However Dinsdale sounds more British then American, so i tried to rename him to something a bit more unique to American comedy, hence the name "Parker".
Bottom line, the character never quite caught on in the fleet boat community, so, regardless if the guys name is Dinsale or "Ensign Parker", nobody really has a clue what the joke is supposed to be.
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Thank you, Ducimus! I really appreciate this. Though I've been focusing specifically on the ships available in SH4 and their *historical* context - including their stats, would you be interested in helping me figure out a psuedo 'wiki' type entry as a basis for info for this ship. I'd like to include it as a shoutout to the subsim community, specifically now.
http://www.wix.com/mumsiewumsie/uss-...my-dds-and-des