Ever wonder what it would be like on a sinking ship?

Sailor Steve · 10-28-07, 12:02 PM

I've read a couple of accounts by crewmembers on warships that sank, and Ducimus, yours is pretty darned accurate! Good job!

GoldenRivet · 10-28-07, 12:09 PM

would be a frightening experience, sharks or freeze to death? :hmm:

Kaleun Klink · 10-28-07, 03:21 PM

From all the posts above, one Golden Rule emerges: When your ship starts to go down, first, have a drink!

SteminDemon13 · 10-28-07, 09:27 PM

Well, Being we never got served any alchahol on the US ships....EXCEPT BEER DAY!!!

, if, god forbid, she was going down we would have to raid the ships fridge (huge fridge, real cold) where they store the beer for those wonderful BEEEEER DAYS

. They are few and far in between though

. The first place I would hit up while everyone was raiding the big ole fridge is the captains booze cabinet. I'm guessing cause it's reserved for those foreign dignitary types there's gotta be some good stuff in there.

Hawk U-375 · 10-28-07, 09:31 PM

Great Screen Shots!!!!!!!!

CptWilkins · 10-29-07, 12:58 AM

That was a really interesting story about Charles Joughin Frank, good work!

capt_frank · 10-29-07, 06:33 AM

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Originally Posted by CptWilkins

That was a really interesting story about Charles Joughin Frank, good work!

I have been fascinated by his story ever since I read about it. If you watched "Titanic", his character is standing on the rear of the ship along with "Leo and Kate" as the ship begins it's slide. And, I believe the film "A Night to Remember" features quite a bit of his story inclusive of the drinking and the dispersing of the deck chairs. Amazing to have been in those water for close to two hours without freezing, good "antifreeze" he had there...

Quite the heroic guy in what was a little-way-to win situation.

swdw · 10-29-07, 01:44 AM

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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

would be a frightening experience, sharks or freeze to death? :hmm:

Nah, in most of the Pacific it was usually exposure, sharks, or storms. Freezing to death was in the Northern Pacific.

Steve, my father was on the Astoria at the battle of Savo Island. The stories from the survivors from the ships that sank in that battle are pretty grim. (He was also on her at Coral Sea and Midway).

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I've read a couple of accounts by crewmembers on warships that sank, and Ducimus, yours is pretty darned accurate! Good job! __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	would be a frightening experience, sharks or freeze to death? :hmm: __________________

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Kaleun Klink Seaman Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: la raza de Los Angeles Posts: 42 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	From all the posts above, one Golden Rule emerges: When your ship starts to go down, first, have a drink! __________________ Bernaaaaaard! Current games: UBOAT ... Victory at Sea Pacific ... Ye olde games: SH3 + GWX3 Gold ... SH4 plain vanilla ... Steam and Iron ... Jutland ... War Plan Pacific ... ...and many board games!

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SteminDemon13 Sparky Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 158 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Drink Before The Drink Well, Being we never got served any alchahol on the US ships....EXCEPT BEER DAY!!! , if, god forbid, she was going down we would have to raid the ships fridge (huge fridge, real cold) where they store the beer for those wonderful BEEEEER DAYS. They are few and far in between though . The first place I would hit up while everyone was raiding the big ole fridge is the captains booze cabinet. I'm guessing cause it's reserved for those foreign dignitary types there's gotta be some good stuff in there.

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CptWilkins Sailor man Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 49 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	That was a really interesting story about Charles Joughin Frank, good work! __________________ Commander of HMAS Bushranger, Pride of the Asiatic.

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Hawk U-375 Engineer Join Date: May 2003 Location: Bottom of New York Harbor Posts: 203 Downloads: 518 Uploads: 0	Great Screen Shots!!!!!!!!