re: #241 jwb7605

One other question: Did he ever tell you about the storm we went through on the way to Japan for liberty call? Took off all catwalks on the port side. We got an extra week, because they decided to also replace the flight deck lumber and re-asphalt.

If he told you about that, you’re also talking to the guy who discovered it. Midnight watch, and I almost got in trouble for coming up the officer’s stairway. I was forgiven, of course, for that minor transgression.

No, he didn’t … not that I can recall. (It was back in the 70’s when he spent a week with my ex and I.)

At some point out there (was it after I was back in college?) the Midway’s OD forgot to check the status of her elevators before putting her into a turn. One of them was down.