And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Sunday, February 14, 2021
Fletcher-class destroyers USS John Hood and USS Remey during refueling in rough seas from the Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Lake Champlain, 1962.
just try that on a mine sweeper, when the wave is breaking on the pilot house , and then she roll on side.got a wet shirt an a pair of brown white short
Done that
ReplyDeleteCan the Chicoms do that?
DeleteDamn, talk about heavy seas.
ReplyDeletejust try that on a mine sweeper, when the wave is breaking on the pilot house , and then she roll on side.got a wet shirt an a pair of brown white short
ReplyDeleteno sonar domes. the good old days.
ReplyDeleteAnd yeah, the MSOs were sea keepers just so long as you headed into them.
My friend Roger was a sailor aboard a Fletcher class destroyer during the Korean . He's 82 now. He remembers those days with fondness.
ReplyDeleteYep. Spent some time aboard a Fletcher, but I've crewed rougher rides than that. 😃
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