USS COD gato class destroys dutch submarine

seafarer · 11-06-07, 02:32 PM

I know, I've seen the video before, but I never took that comment to literally mean that every single man onboard O-19 had been onboard O-19 since they'd left Europe in 1939.

She went through 5 commanding officers during that time, so why other crew wouldn't change either is beyond me. The commander at the time had only assumed command the previous December. She'd even been back to European waters in 1944. Of course none of the men had seem home - Holland was occupied by the Germans. But it's not like the crew had not changed, nor that the crew had even been in the east Indies the whole time. And they'd certainly not spent 5 whole years never stepping off the boat.

11-06-07, 02:32 PM	#6
seafarer Commodore Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 622 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I know, I've seen the video before, but I never took that comment to literally mean that every single man onboard O-19 had been onboard O-19 since they'd left Europe in 1939. She went through 5 commanding officers during that time, so why other crew wouldn't change either is beyond me. The commander at the time had only assumed command the previous December. She'd even been back to European waters in 1944. Of course none of the men had seem home - Holland was occupied by the Germans. But it's not like the crew had not changed, nor that the crew had even been in the east Indies the whole time. And they'd certainly not spent 5 whole years never stepping off the boat. __________________ My Father's ship, HMCS Waskesiu (K330), sank U257 on 02/24/1944 running SHIII-1.4 with GWX2.1 and SHIV-1.5 with TMO/RSRDC/PE3.3 under MS Vista Home Premium 32-bit SP1 ACER AMD Athlon 64x2 4800+, 4GB DDR2 RAM, 400GB SATA HD Antec TruePower Trio 650watt PSU BFG GeForce 8800GT/OC 512MB VRAM, Samsung 216BW widescreen (1680x1050) LCD