Question:Get qualified Commander. First of all if the conn was flooded you would blow safety not auxiliaries. There are two main motors not four. Negative is amid ship not forward. The auxiliary man of the watch blows tanks, not the chief of the watch and Fairbanks Morse engines are 10 cylinder engines not 16. Other […]
Question:Sir: I was given “Rise to Victory” by a friend. Read it and then read “Pride Runs Deep” and “Sink the Shigure”. As a old ground pounder(former US Marine)I found them most interesting and the best page turners I have read in a long time. Just recommended them to my brother-in-law an avid reader. I […]
Question:Just finished “pride runs deep” Great book ! I was aboard the USS Trigger SS564 59 to 62. Got out in 62, got married, went back in and served on the Sarda 466 and piper 409. Then 4 years at Rota Spain at a Lox plant. Got out again an stayed in the reserves, Retired […]