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I knew ADM Donnelly's father, also John, as a LtJG on Toro. Saw him again at the Toro 50th Anniversary reunion at PNS, where she was built, in '94. Seems his dad went on to drive Alvin for the navy on many of its more famous exploits and then when the navy gave it to Woods Hole he retired and went to drive it for them. Seems that submarining runs in the family,
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Posted: 06 Jul 2016 at 7:00am |
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I remember waxed eggs in 88 or so, when I was mess cranking. I dont think the eggs we got on the left coast were waxed.
I do know what happens when an entire case of eggs (loaded aboard in 1989 prior to leaving the yards...) gets discovered in late 1990 and the discovering a-gang twat "accidentally"* drops the case maneuvering it to the fan room door. You get that reek and people gagging throughout the ship in about 3 seconds. Fan room was next to the COB's office. He was not impressed. Good times. *"Accidentally" because when the COB got to the fan room (far faster than the cuplrit could escape), the COB made note that the sailor in question already had an EAB on his person. Said sailor got a bit of extra duty out of it - fortunately for him, the Command Triad thought it was a good prank. Best CO/XO/COB combo I ever sailed with. That XO JJ Donnelly.
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Posted: 05 Jul 2016 at 7:02pm |
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Eggs that you buy at the Commissary are not "waxed." The ones I bought as the Supply Officer/Food Services Officer were not "waxed."
Just saying. Edited by SaltiDawg - 06 Jul 2016 at 7:58am |
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We always joked when on a Trip that "Commence Snorkeling" would have resulted in us eating nothing but eggs for a day or two. Funny, I remember where A Gang stowed a case of Kim Wipes on Trepang. Discovered it while Snorkeling along side the pier in Ft Lauderdale. No Shore Power, Reactor Shutdown. I was the ONLY Officer on Board. A Gang stowed them on top of the Diesel Exhaust. !@#$%. (Think Heavy Acrid Smoke and Fire In The Bow Compartment.) Lots of tales to tell about that hour or so. Glad the KOG nor NR nor anyone but us Duty Section was there... Nuke and Non-nuke. Edited by SaltiDawg - 05 Jul 2016 at 5:18pm |
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FTGC(SS) Lane
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Snuck up on ya!  On two Pascagoula built boats the bench lockers at the six man tables were set up for potatoes. The funny thing is I can't remember if my last boat, a Mare Island one, was like that. Eggs in the diesel. Ordered eggs over hard every breakfast. When I got scrambled I knew the next breakfast would have to be pancakes. Now back to the garden thing. I wonder have they considered how clean the atmosphere is while underway and how that might affect the results? |
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Posted: 05 Jul 2016 at 3:39pm |
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I had always heard that they were wax coated. Might have been a rumor but they did look shiny.
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Posted: 05 Jul 2016 at 3:01pm |
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Not washing eggs allows them to stay fresh longer. Our eggs were still in the crates - only nature's coating. (Or however they are routinely shipped.) Edited by SaltiDawg - 05 Jul 2016 at 3:30pm |
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Posted: 05 Jul 2016 at 2:55pm |
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Do I remember that the eggs were coated with wax or something to keep the air from getting
through the shell and spoiling the egg????
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I said no "fresh" food. I should have said no "refrigerated" food. Sorry. No chill box on a "trip." - three SSNs. Always converted the reefer to a freeze box prior. Took eggs. Stowed in Diesel Room in the Bow Cmpt. on at least two of the three 637s. After 60+ days the eggs were mostly still good. Occasional bad one. Thus the notion of breaking them individually into bowl. Candidly, I don't remember about potatoes. But certainly not refrigerated.  Edited by SaltiDawg - 05 Jul 2016 at 12:28pm |
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