How many of you were sailors?

KaleunMarco · 03-25-22, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by 1Patriotofmany

Seems we have a lot of people on here that know intimate things about subs. Thank you for your service. My dad was a sailor in the Coast Guard on a couple icebreakers in the early 60's one was the Spencer, I have a picture of his ship in the arctic packed in the ice while they went "ashore". He was a fire controlman on the 5". One nephew was on a modern missile destroyer about 10 years ago working in the CIC.

Would love to hear about you guys, feel free to pipe in.

yes, i served and my father did 6 war cruises with the Kingfish. he was a GM2C(E-5) when he was discharged in 1946.

two reasons why i know intimate things about subs.

1Patriotofmany · 03-25-22, 11:33 AM

Awesome! Thank you for your service! Which patrols was your dad on? I took a look on wiki, they took a bunch of depth charge damage on the third one, was he on there during that time? What ships and/or subs were you on?

Angel4532 · 04-26-22, 10:34 AM

I was in 1980-89. I was surface Navy on the USS Midway.

1Patriotofmany · 04-26-22, 11:26 AM

Awesome! Thank you for the 2? Tours. What color were you?

03-25-22, 11:33 AM	#2
1Patriotofmany Samurai Navy Join Date: Jul 2017 Posts: 580 Downloads: 117 Uploads: 0	Awesome! Thank you for your service! Which patrols was your dad on? I took a look on wiki, they took a bunch of depth charge damage on the third one, was he on there during that time? What ships and/or subs were you on?

04-26-22, 10:34 AM	#3
Angel4532 Swabbie Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: Colorado Posts: 12 Downloads: 296 Uploads: 0	I was in 1980-89. I was surface Navy on the USS Midway.

04-26-22, 11:26 AM	#4
1Patriotofmany Samurai Navy Join Date: Jul 2017 Posts: 580 Downloads: 117 Uploads: 0	Awesome! Thank you for the 2? Tours. What color were you?