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Sewer Pipe Snipe 
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 Topic: QualificationPosted: 24 Apr 2017 at 4:52pm |
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How many of you actually loaded a fish in the tubes as a requirement for qualification? I remember the messenger of the watch waking off watch non-quals for certain evolution's. We were woke for a torpedo load, but mostly observed and were questioned, not hands on.
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gerry
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Posted: 24 Apr 2017 at 5:40pm |
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I did on the 641. We were a lot more hands-on at that time. In the early 90s on the 730 (Trident) not so much. In 641, I (a Missile Tech) qualified Sonar Watchstander and TMOW among others. On the 730, I got laughed at for asking. Different Navies.
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Posted: 24 Apr 2017 at 10:07pm |
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First patrol on Ethan Allen in 1964 was on Torpedo Reload Party as an EM3(SU) Nuke for Battle Stations. Hands on reload one time as part of quals. |
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FTGC(SS) Lane
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Posted: 25 Apr 2017 at 7:24am |
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None of the 637 class boats I was on had a qual requirement of tube loading a torpedo.
The one boomer also did not have that requirement despite being a fully manual labor system. |
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Dr. Stan
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Posted: 25 Apr 2017 at 4:40pm |
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I qualified on the Queenfish (SS-393) in April 1962 and I am pretty sure that I did not have to actually load a torpedo to qualify. But, as a member of the deck gang I got plenty of practice loading fish into the forward torpedo room . . . not sure about the after torpedo room, though? On the 3 nukes I served on later I was not allowed to touch the fish.
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Gil
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Posted: 28 Apr 2017 at 1:54pm |
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I never loaded a torpedo for qualification, but I got to do it when we were given the opportunity to sink the USS Fessington off Pearl in '68. My one second claim to fame was I was the last person on the Pickerel that patted the torpedo before it hit and sunk its target.
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Posted: 29 Apr 2017 at 5:29am |
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Not part of qual. But I helped make them ready when we went to sea. Just something to keep busy till I needed to stand watch on diesel boats.
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