Beer in the boat - Page 2

Gino · 01-02-10, 04:32 PM

Dutch submarines in WW2 had bottles of red wine on board. The idea was that a glass of wine would increase the red blood cells. This was because apparently they found out that submariners had a decrease of hematocrit. So, every Dutch submariner received a glass of red wine every day.
Beer was also not unusual and carried on board.

Most US Navy boats only carried a bottle of whisky for "Medicinal Purposes", which was sometimes used for other uses. Fluckey was one of only a very few that carried beer on board for his crew. Actually it wasn't allowed, but hey who's gonna tell a very productive skipper to stop something.

A nice anecdote is that when the USS Cod rescued the sailors of the Dutch O19 the Americans came across the red wine (and some cases of whisky which were intended for the British subtender (HMS Maidstone))
They immediately started drinking the stuff. Some came back on board of the Cod trying to smuggle the booze on board.
According to the navigation officer of the O19 some of them were pretty drunk...

Groetjes,

jerm138 · 01-02-10, 04:39 PM

We never had alcohol on our boat legally. One guy I knew would bring a water bottle full of vodka on every run and treat himself every now and then. He'd be all glassed over when he came to relieve the watch. I'm sure he wasn't the only one. I didn't have the cajones to do that.

Some of the guys got to tour a sub that pulled into Pearl and it had Guinness on tap. I don't remember what country it was, or what there rules were (in port only, maybe?). I want to say England or Australia... not sure. But that was the talk of the town for weeks.

Nisgeis · 01-02-10, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Gino

Actually it wasn't allowed, but hey who's gonna tell a very productive skipper to stop something.

Are you sure about that? Fluckey says in Thunder Below that his by the book commanding officer said it was allowed in the regulations.

G2B · 01-02-10, 06:50 PM

I think Ducimus has some explaining to do. Found this Pabst under the Captains Bunk

01-02-10, 04:32 PM	#16
Gino Pacific Sub Expert Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada Posts: 148 Downloads: 56 Uploads: 0	Dutch submarines in WW2 had bottles of red wine on board. The idea was that a glass of wine would increase the red blood cells. This was because apparently they found out that submariners had a decrease of hematocrit. So, every Dutch submariner received a glass of red wine every day. Beer was also not unusual and carried on board. Most US Navy boats only carried a bottle of whisky for "Medicinal Purposes", which was sometimes used for other uses. Fluckey was one of only a very few that carried beer on board for his crew. Actually it wasn't allowed, but hey who's gonna tell a very productive skipper to stop something. A nice anecdote is that when the USS Cod rescued the sailors of the Dutch O19 the Americans came across the red wine (and some cases of whisky which were intended for the British subtender (HMS Maidstone)) They immediately started drinking the stuff. Some came back on board of the Cod trying to smuggle the booze on board. According to the navigation officer of the O19 some of them were pretty drunk... Groetjes, __________________ Gino

01-02-10, 04:39 PM	#17
jerm138 Watch Officer Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 332 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	We never had alcohol on our boat legally. One guy I knew would bring a water bottle full of vodka on every run and treat himself every now and then. He'd be all glassed over when he came to relieve the watch. I'm sure he wasn't the only one. I didn't have the cajones to do that. Some of the guys got to tour a sub that pulled into Pearl and it had Guinness on tap. I don't remember what country it was, or what there rules were (in port only, maybe?). I want to say England or Australia... not sure. But that was the talk of the town for weeks. __________________

01-02-10, 06:50 PM	#19
G2B XO Join Date: May 2009 Location: Guam, I think Posts: 420 Downloads: 80 Uploads: 0	I think Ducimus has some explaining to do. Found this Pabst under the Captains Bunk __________________