USS William D. Porter - Page 2

nikimcbee · 07-06-14, 01:10 PM

fireftr18 · 07-06-14, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Armistead

Just read this.....Captain and entire crew placed under arrest for being the stupidest ship in history. This should be a movie....
Make sure to check the 2nd page, so funny. Ship was exiled to Alaska and a drunk sailor decided to shoot the guns and blew up the flower garden in the front yard of....wait for it.....the base commanders house..lmao.

http://www.cracked.com/article_19637...same-ship.html

Sounds like the real, live, Cap Wernher.

Armistead · 07-07-14, 12:16 AM

Yea, pretty bad when the Iowa with FDR got so concerned over the dumb actions that the guns were aimed at it.

Still, minus the many unseemly events, it did serve bravely most the time.

Jimbuna · 07-07-14, 05:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I know it's been a couple of years, but...
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=195021

Threads merged.

Armistead · 07-07-14, 07:51 AM

You just did this because I posted it....

Jimbuna · 07-07-14, 09:31 AM

As if I would

vienna · 07-07-14, 12:02 PM

I think the final end of the Porter is truly amazing: you manage to avoid a kamikaze attack only to have the plane skim under your keel and blow you out of the water, essentially being reverse depth-charged by the plane...

<O>

Armistead · 07-07-14, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

As if I would

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I see numerous threads that get bypassed and I ...I...get called out on one for two years ago....remembered by who else....

I filed a complaint with AVGWarhunk

Kapitan · 07-07-14, 05:06 PM

my great great uncle was on the submarine K13 in 1917 ...........maybe some of the older crew were transferred she sank on trials because some one left a hatch open.

vienna · 07-07-14, 05:25 PM

I was kind of curious about the person after whom the Porter was named, so I looked him up on Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_D._Porter

Seems a bit of a shame such a capable commander should have as his only namesake a ship that is a bit of o laughingstock to the rest of the world. I say they should give another go at naming a ship after Commodore Porter...

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Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	Yea, pretty bad when the Iowa with FDR got so concerned over the dumb actions that the guns were aimed at it. Still, minus the many unseemly events, it did serve bravely most the time. __________________ You see my dog don't like people laughing. He gets the crazy idea you're laughing at him. Now if you apologize like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

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vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,719 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I think the final end of the Porter is truly amazing: you manage to avoid a kamikaze attack only to have the plane skim under your keel and blow you out of the water, essentially being reverse depth-charged by the plane... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

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07-07-14, 05:25 PM	#25
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,719 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	I was kind of curious about the person after whom the Porter was named, so I looked him up on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_D._Porter Seems a bit of a shame such a capable commander should have as his only namesake a ship that is a bit of o laughingstock to the rest of the world. I say they should give another go at naming a ship after Commodore Porter... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __