USS Grayback (LPSS-574), USS Jack (SSN-605) one Med run and I knew that I belonged back in the Pacific, USS Barbel (SS-580), USS Los Angeles (SSN-688) and USS Olympia (SSN-717) totalling 21 years in the Silent Service (1973-1994). Hunter/Killer all the way
ESM, Radar, Periscope E&E, Nav tech. (just to name a few):hmm:
Quick shortened story: When you're tasked to give a tour of the boat at a foreign port (diesel boat) and you're hung over (and it's not even your duty day) the first thing you should do is take the group into the fwd torpedo room, stand by the nose of an old Mk 14 torpedo and as you explain how a torpedo works, make sure to stress that upon impacting the nose portion the torpedo explodes, while at the same time hitting the nose with a rubber mallet as you say "like this"... you'd be surprised how quick your tour group disappears.:rotfl: ...and yes, the Duty Officer was not a happy camper:rotfl: . Hey, I was only an E-3 (qualified) who only wanted to sleep it off
, I thought that they would have a sense of humor:hmm: . This was a true story... or as we used to say "this is a no-sh****r".