armed merchies - Page 2

DavyJonesFootlocker · 02-18-08, 10:33 AM

You should've seen an armed large tanker and what it did to me. It hunted me down and made a big hole in me boat.

walrusbomb · 02-18-08, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by seafarer

I give you the USS Parche

And her Medal of Honor recipient and skipper, Lawson P. ("Red") Ramage - http://www.ussnautilus.org/ramage.html

SCREENSHOT or it didn't happen!

seafarer · 02-18-08, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by walrusbomb

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Originally Posted by seafarer

I give you the USS Parche

And her Medal of Honor recipient and skipper, Lawson P. ("Red") Ramage - http://www.ussnautilus.org/ramage.html

SCREENSHOT or it didn't happen!

You're kidding right? "Red" Ramage earned his Medal Of Honor the real way, on the USS Parche's second war patrol in the Luzon Strait during June and July 1944. There were no pics taken, he was a bit busy at the time.

https://wrc.navair-rdte.navy.mil/war...ios/ramage.htm

He retired a Vice Admiral in 1969. He was also the recipient of the 2 Navy Crosses, 2 DSM's, and a Bronze Star. His 45 minute surface action of 31 July 1944 has to rank as one of the most amazing submarine actions of the entire war. There is a well known oil painting of it: http://www.subart.net/parche.htm

Schlippittz · 02-18-08, 12:47 PM

"Later, when interviewed about the exploit, Commander Ramage expressed his motivation at the time .... "...I got mad ... !" he said."

Usually, when I "get mad" when I'm in my sub, it doesn't end up with someone hanging a medal around my neck. It usually ends in the acronym KIA.

02-18-08, 10:33 AM	#16
DavyJonesFootlocker The Old Man Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Stink Drunk in Trinidad Posts: 1,572 Downloads: 138 Uploads: 0	You should've seen an armed large tanker and what it did to me. It hunted me down and made a big hole in me boat. __________________ "Silence means death. Stand on your feet. Inner fear your worst enemy."- Sepultura. My Silent Hunter 5 mantra is this......"Torpedo missed, sir!" A P-400 is a P-40 with a Zero after it. A proud member of the Wikipedia Haters Club

02-18-08, 12:47 PM	#19
Schlippittz Mate Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 53 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	"Later, when interviewed about the exploit, Commander Ramage expressed his motivation at the time .... "...I got mad ... !" he said." Usually, when I "get mad" when I'm in my sub, it doesn't end up with someone hanging a medal around my neck. It usually ends in the acronym KIA. __________________