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Nuclear Weapons & Inspection Duties

By Gary Augustine, LT(jg), (’61-’64)  Sewickley, Penna. I read Rick Erisman’s piece about the 1966 nuclear weapons inspection in the June/July NEWSLETTER. That really brought back memories for I was the T-bone’s first nuclear weapons […]

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Pork Chops & Omelets Underway

By George F. McClure, ENS, (’55-’57) Winter Park, Fla. We were unenlightened about trans-fats in those days, accounting for the greasy pork chops. My most vivid memory of a meal in the Navy was of […]

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The View From the Bridge

By Captain Hank Munnikhuysen, CO, (’59-’61) Virginia Beach, Va. Regarding the stern anchor situation. It seems that the navigator and quartermaster each figured out the distance the stern anchor should be let go. The first […]

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The Dropped T-Bone Anchor

By Barry Sutton, RD3, (’59-’61) Casey Creek, Ky. Nick Gardner, QM3, and I were reminiscing and sharing some sea stories about the T-bone a while ago, and we talked about the time the stern anchor […]

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The Flip Side and a Different Version

By Ray Pfeiffer, RM2, (’70-’71) I must respectfully disagree with my good friend Rick Erisman’s account of Thanksgiving dinner aboard the T-Bone in 1970 on Med 3-70 as described in his NEWSLETTER column in this […]