Saturday, December 4, 2021

 


In 1942, the crew of USS New Orleans used coconut logs to repair the ship after the entire bow was lost the previous night during the Battle of Tassafaronga. With a quarter of their ship missing, they then sailed the cruiser in reverse for 1,800 miles.


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  1. When ships were iron, and so were their crews.

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    1. Ships may be iron but crews are steel. Some things are constant.

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  2. ...And the Skipper, the Professor and Gilligan couldn't fix the Minnow on an Island covered with coconut trees....

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  3. That couldn't have done the trust blocks any good. They are designed to be pushed against, not pulled on.

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  4. Link to the story provides a great read. Thank you!
    -Snakepit

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  5. Fuckin' MEN in those days.

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  6. Very cool link; amazed at the details in the report.

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