Alright guys, lets hear some stories. I know there must be a few of you crusty old sailors out there who has been unceremoniously and abruptly deposited into the salty brine, besides myself. I have had the experience a couple of times and I will tell my stories a little later. I will tell you that one of these incidents is directly responsible for the nic-name, Big Wave Dave. I still catch crap on this, mostly due to one BMCM John Dunn.(13th dist Gold Badge) he was a BM1 at the time. Lets hear some stories. Dave

Hmmmmm-Yep, I thought so, I remember that day!!!!!!
If I remember correctly, that particular incident led to about a half a dozen "new" OIC review board questions at D13!! (When to call the GRU, when to initiate a MISHAP, etc.!) Seems the "then" D13 CEA did not share the same sense of humor..
The only time I remember getting wet by not my own doings, was the one and only time I fell for the "Wanna go up in the basket?" routine during helo ops. Dang Airedales!!!
I guess since we are retired, we can air our laundry....
In New Orleans, before it was a Station, the 41's used to have to escort the tug towing the space shuttle fuel tanks out the MRGO. (Enroute Port Canaveral). This was a day-long evolution, clutch in, clutch out, etc for 10-12 hrs. BUT, on the way back in, it was 26+ kts and a whole lot of fun. This is where my Cox'n trainer (another Crazy BM3)showed me you could shackle the towline to the galvanized shitcan lid and let out about 50 feet of line for a "Boogie-board" ride from hell!!!!!!!!! This worked great until the day the Working Load Limit of the Handle/Lid was exceeded on one particular wave jump....thank god I had a MK2 that could drive back and pick me up(coxswain)!
You can also put bags of water in the scuppers and pump the well-deck full of water for a "Jacuzzi" when it is hot. Makes the steering a little sluggish, but who-cares when it is 100 degrees!
Not exactly what Dave was looking for, but it stirred these memories.
I wonder what gigs are being pulled on the 47's??! (As John Walsh says, "Remember, you can remain anonymous"!!!)

Was inside the cage on a lighted buoy trying to get the light to work. Job done the tender came alongside to get me off. Bow of the ship rode over the top of me and pulled me under and I came up on the other side. I never would have drowned because $hit floats and my pants were full of it. I know I left palm prints in the cage as I held on. I don't know who needed that medicinal shot more, me or the CO. Anyway, the bottle went to a good cause.

I personaly haven't gone into the drink, just lucky. This may be a little off subject. We were actually near the Marianis trench and the small boat was along side us and the Chief in the small boat asked one of the FN's on the Basswood to hand him his keys..well the FN threw the keys and of course they overshot the small boat and sank in about 29000ft of water. There must have been 200 keys on that key chain for every lock on the ship. That FN was in the permanet dog house...

In the mid to late 80’s we still used to throw people overboard on their birthdays and on days they did or said particularly dumb things. No one onboard was immune from the CO on down. Actually almost all the 110’s in PATBOATRONONE threw crew members overboard regularly for these reasons. Good times. There was a Cadet who managed to get his @$$ thrown off almost every 110 in the Squadron cause he just couldn’t stop himself from saying stupid things. One particular day during the Change of Command for the Dauntless we were watching guest arrive for the ceremony. He was on our 110 and made a comment about Enlisted Spouses all being ugly and got quickly lifted and thrown a remarkable distance off the stern. He achieved even more distance on the three subsequent times he was thrown each time he swam back and climbed back aboard. I don’t know if he found one of his shoes or his wallet that day. He complained to our CO the next day and got thrown overboard with the CO’s help.

Shortly before I retired at Sta Coos Bay we received very used boat. It was a ridged hull, foam filled and was powered by a Volvo Penta. fast but very unstable. on a high speed turn it would dig in and had a tendency to launch all participating occupants for great distances. I called the Group engineer and had him come over to the Station so I could show him that this was not a good platform to work from.(Mr. Fenton) It was a nice Bluebird day. We got U/W and I brought her up to speed, then gave her a little more as I wanted to make an impression on him so we could get rid of this boat from hell. Befor I went into a turn I removed my foot from the foot strap and told him to use this because it will be pretty violent. I hit a slow sweeping turn and my MKC (who knew what to expect, hunkered down next to the deck) Well, she dug in and $hit hit the fan. My MKC took me off at the knees. I looked like a helo with no tail rotor. I was about 7 feet above the water. Corfams, Flote Coat and Combo hat. I believe my head made first contact with the water, after about a 30 ft flight. I was very relieved to see my MKC in the bow of the boat coming back to pick me up. (That ment that Mr. Fenton was running the boat)
As they pulled me aboard the radio was going balistic. The lookout tower was screaming something about a man overboard!! I gathered up all my Master chiefly composure, grabbed the mike and said NEGATIVE ON THAT, WE WERE DOING A MAN OVERBOARD DRILL. By the time we got back to the station, John Dunn had wore his finger to a stub, calling every station on the coast. Thus the name, Big Wave Dave. The boat was gone within a week and a good time was had by all. Dave

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Originally posted by Cajun_MK:
In the mid to late 80’s we still used to throw people overboard on their birthdays and on days they did or said particularly dumb things. No one onboard was immune from the CO on down. Actually almost all the 110’s in PATBOATRONONE threw crew members overboard regularly for these reasons. Good times. There was a Cadet who managed to get his @$$ thrown off almost every 110 in the Squadron cause he just couldn’t stop himself from saying stupid things. One particular day during the Change of Command for the Dauntless we were watching guest arrive for the ceremony. He was on our 110 and made a comment about Enlisted Spouses all being ugly and got quickly lifted and thrown a remarkable distance off the stern. He achieved even more distance on the three subsequent times he was thrown each time he swam back and climbed back aboard. I don’t know if he found one of his shoes or his wallet that day. He complained to our CO the next day and got thrown overboard with the CO’s help.

Now that is a funny story! Wonder what that young fella is now and if he ever learned his lesson...



--Jim
Life is good!

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"Wanna go up in the basket?" routine during helo ops. Dang Airedales!!!

I remember a couple of times being on the Bridge and commenting to the aircrew that the person in the basket "wasn't very salty yet." Surprised me how easily the aircrew got those little hints!

You know a little off subject but just as funny. When I was at Grand Isle it seemed we were doing helo ops 3 to 4 times a week and it was getting just a little old. I was discussing this with a Chief friend of mine and he gave me a bolt and told me just tell them this fell on the back deck of the 41' and its not one of yours. It worked for a couple of helo ops and then they got wise to us.

Swimming in Vietnam was fun until we found out about agent orange

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Swimming in Vietnam was fun until we found out about agent orange

So, you're saying those sea snakes didn't worry you a bit?

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So, you're saying those sea snakes didn't worry you a bit?

It was kinda like choose ye own poison,some you knew about, some you didn't.

A concussion grenade usually cleared the swimming area.

Water skiing in South China Sea off Mekong River 1969,After swim call was over,USCGC Point Partridge.

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Was Echols on the Partridge then?

PSU 303 in Dammam, KSA during the Gulf War had more than one cox'n/helmsman go overboard off the 1st generation 22' TSPB Boston Whaler "Raider Boats." These boats had a lube oil fill right in the console at the helm. If the duty snipe wasn't careful, the would be oil slopped on the deck, and it wasn't always cleaned up as well as it could've been.

The best 1 was when Al, a snipe who had just qualified as cox'n was ending his first shift as such when he decided to do some training, and made some hi-speed tactical turns - Al slipped and was launched over the side into the Gulf - we wouldn't let him back on board until we took lots of pictures of his swim call.

Another cox'n, Jimmy P. liked to fill up the well in the bow of the boat and make like it was a Jersey beach.

You reminded me of one of my trips to the Gulf in which we were holding our own swim call off a Navy PC in the Central Arabian Gulf and got buzzed by a couple of low flying FA18’s. They were passing over us for the second time and we decided to show them what we thought of their fly bys. All eight of us put head down and bare @ss up. They didn’t fly by again.