Where is the beer ?????

[Morts]

Originally Posted by Fat Bhoy Tim

How did you manage to hack into my family album?

i didn:rotfl:
i just searched on your name:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[bookworm_020]

Originally Posted by sunvalleyslim

I had two different Capt.s while on the USS Segundo SS-398, The first Skipper liked wine. On one particular cruise he brought a few cases of wine on board. Half way through the patrol we had a spaghetti dinner and all on aboard had a glass of red wine. Compliments of the Capt. Of course a proper toast and hearty cheer of "DBF", (DIESEL BOATS FOREVER} resounded through the Boat.
The 1969 WESTPAC brought us a new Capt and a man who enjoyed going ashore and tipping a few. One memory is standing topside watch in port, and seeing the Shore Patrol bringing the Capt. back to the Boat. They had picked him for being drunk and disorderly. They dropped him off, we called the XO up, he came topside talked to Capt. for a second and they took off together, walking back to town right behind the SP's. Later during the patrol we stopped in Auckland, New Zealand for a few days of liberty. Before heading out the Capt. said he wanted to have a swim call sometime during our patrol. He also wanted a steak fry up on the deck. So we went ashore and acquired several cases of Foster's Lager. You should have seen the look on the Surface Skimmers faces has we hauled the beer across their Destroyers deck, down our gang plank and down into the Boat. They couldn't believe it. Later during the patrol, we stopped in the middle of the South Pacific. had a swim call in the most beautiful water. You could look down underwater and see the whole Boat, stem to stern. During the Bar-B-Q topside every one was allotted two beers. Of course everyone was trying to get the non drinkers allottment for themselves.....Another hearty cheer went up for "DBF", none of us ever wanted to go to a nuke boat.................

The Australian Navy does the same. Except booze is allowed, so less of a problem. I have heard of a story of an Australian Sub that had finished an exercise in the Pacific, that surfaced in the middle of nowhere, Brought the BBQ out on deck and cracked open a couple of tinnies.

They floated along for most of the day. Alot of fun had by all...

vonBimmell talked about the O class boats that they had, and storing beer in the aft tubes. The Aussies did the same thing (so did the brits as well?) as the tubes were two small to take modern torpedos.

[vonBimmell]

We did much the same after excercising in the Med. We would surface, and haul out our half of a 45 gal drum BBQ which was lashed under the casing. Then we would BBQ steaks, and have some wine and beer. I think that is a Commonwealth submarine tradition. We used to have 4 Aussie exchange submariners with us. Great bunch of guys!

[Threadfin]

Originally Posted by Tigrone

Sorry guys, for the uninitiated, US boats are dry. I've seen a few posts about: without the skipper's cabin where does the beer go? It don't go anywhere. The wardroom is dry, and the crew's mess is dry. There is no rum ration.

The books I've read indicate otherwise. Most seemed to have 'depth charge medicine', and as someone mentioned the Barb would take several cases of beer on patrol. It's been a while since I read Fluckey's book, but in it I believe he recants how when they were trying to sneak some on at Midway, he found that there was no need to sneak it, it was perfectly OK even by regulations. I may be mixing up my books, and it wasn't Barb, but US boats weren't exactly dry during WW2.

[I-25]

a war vet i know that was on LCI-455 in WW2 told me a story about distilling rum out of pineapple. the fermenter jar's vent got plugged with a rasing and POWWW went assembly. the capitan unaware of the "buissnes" tought they had got torpedoed:rotfl:

[Tigrone]

"... he found that there was no need to sneak it, it was perfectly OK even by regulations. I may be mixing up my books, and it wasn't Barb, but US boats weren't exactly dry during WW2."

General Order 99, effective 1 July 1914


"The use or introduction for drinking purposes of alcoholic liquors on board any naval vessel, or within any navy yard or station, is strictly prohibited, and commanding officers will be held directly responsible for the enforcement of this order."

JOSEPHUS DANIELS

Secretary of the Navy

But, boys will be boys. A skipper was always placing a lot of trust in his crew when he chose to violate a standing order. To share a beer or a glass of wine halfway through a patrol was a big deal.

[b1bmsgt]

Initially Fluckey did sneak the beer aboard Barb and stowed it in the officers shower. Sometime later he found out that they were authorized to carry a certain amount of beer aboard for the purposes of ships picnics. Fluckey would have a couple of cases placed in the cooler prior to an attack and, if (when) the attack was successful, the crew would celebrate with the beer, as well as with a cake baked especially for the occasion.

You guys really should read Fluckey's book, "Thunder Below". An amazing story.

Russ

[joea]

Raisin jack:

http://www.ussvance.com/Vance/htm/rajack.htm

Meanwhile, back on the Vance: (During Barrier Patrol) We had a Second Class Engineman, named McCaffrey, who was brewing his own *Private Reserve* Raisin Jack in the Forward Engineroom, (#1 Engineroom) (Yes, Brian's very same engineroom). Anyway, McCaffery kept bragging to everyone that his brew would be ready for drinking in about one week. We all knew in advance that he wasn't going to share any of his Raisin jack, so we decided to do the following: We drilled holes through the top of the locked heavy metal spare parts box that he had his brew in. Then we punched holes into the tops of his brew containers, (glass gallon syrup jugs) stuck rubber tubing into the containers and took turns sucking them all dry!. Then we plugged the drilled holes with electrician's Temp-Seal and repainted the box covers machinery grey. When the long awaited day came when McCaffery went down to sample his Raisin Jack, all he found was a couple of handfuls of moldy raisins in each bottle! He was so angry that he stormed into the wardroom with one of those empty one gallon containers as evidence at about 1730 hours and voiced his complaint to the Captain, X.O., and Engineering Officer that "Some Dirty Bastards had drank all of his Raisin Jack!" Needless to say, the Skipper was kinda upset and ordered the Engineering Officer to make an inspection of all engineering spaces looking for more home brew!

http://www.de220.com/Machinery/machinery.htm

One more piece of trivia: Alcohol is not permitted on USN vessels, so sailors used to ferment their own. Unfortunately for them, the smell released during fermentation was easily recognized and their secret "stash" was usually discovered by the officers. On a small ship it was especially hard to hide their fermenting "raisin jack." One crewman told me he successfully made hundreds of gallons of raisin jack in the forced air intakes during his six-year hitch. He correctly figured the forced air blowers sucked all the smell into the boiler and burned it. He never got caught.

[Threadfin]

Originally Posted by b1bmsgt

Initially Fluckey did sneak the beer aboard Barb and stowed it in the officers shower. Sometime later he found out that they were authorized to carry a certain amount of beer aboard for the purposes of ships picnics. Fluckey would have a couple of cases placed in the cooler prior to an attack and, if (when) the attack was successful, the crew would celebrate with the beer, as well as with a cake baked especially for the occasion.

Right, that's what I was referring to, thanks.

And then there was always torpedo juice.