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Originally Posted by MONOLITH

No, I was just trying to clarify my own personal history knowledge.

You said all your patrols were in the Atlantic, and I though both the Permit and the Guitarro were pacific only.

I thought only the Jackson went to the Atlantic theater, from '70 to '95, after 5 years sailing out of Guam.

Your info is correct. To avoid any confusion I'll give a brief bio. From another post you made in another topic, I got the feeling you might think I was blowing smoke. No offense taken, cuz the partial info in other posts would make it seem that way.

I was on the Stoney J in the late 70's and early 80's.

Transferred to the Permit, completed over haul, sea trials and did the aforementioned transfer to the Guitarro as she came into Mare Island. Was discharged due for humanitarian reasons (loss of spouse, had a 2 year old) before she completed her overhaul. Nuff said on that part of it. Otherwise, was planning on doing the full 20 as I was almost halfway there.

So, yes your info is correct and no I'm not just throwing boat names in my sig.

I got out as an ET1 (SS) nuke. They now call them RT's, we were also called RO's for reactor operator (and other nicknames we won't discuss in polite company ). Qualified on all 3 subs, qualified as Reator operator, electric plant operator, steam plant operator, Aux electrical watch and Aux machinery space watch on all of them, plus associated shutdown watches. Qualified as Enginieering Watch Supervisor (EWS) on the last 2. Unofocially qualified as sonar watch on the SJ (unofficial because a nuke's security clearance is "Secret" and you have to have a "Top Secret" to qualify in writing as sonar watch). Also had duty as a bridge phone talker because the CO was of the opinion nukes were the best at that job (not really true, but hey- he's the man in charge)

Was on the Stoney J when she was backfitted to carry the Trident C-4, and we actually got to test fire the missles (with a dummy payload), as we were the first Lafayette class boat outfitted as such.

Since we were the quitest boat in the Atlantic before the Tridents, we got to play aggressor numerous times coming off patrol- very fun stuff. Am on the Roster here under Sam Walker- click on sailing lists/engineering/rc division http://www.ssbn634.com/

Haven't been added to the Permit contact list as it hasn't been updated since I sent my contact info.

Got to do lots of other cool stuff, but like most of us ex bubbleheads, don't talk about it- pisses my wife off sometimes . (And because there's 2 reasons the submarine service is called the "Silent Service" . Some of the info in Blind Man's Bluff ticks me off because it shouldn't have been made public in my opinion)