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Old 02-17-2017, 05:15 PM  
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Originally Posted by Vendzilla View Post
I stand corrected, which boat were you on? I was on the USS Tautog ssn639. I was a sonar Tech, but as you know, everyone had to know how to throw the switch in engineering. Did you ever meet Rickover? He took a little ride on our boat, interesting person.
I was on the USS Los Angeles (SSN-688)..and yes being the first in class we had too many visitors - Jimmy Carter (he used to be a nuke engineer), Rickover and too many others to count - they all had their eccentricies
I was the Engineering Watch Supv so basically I had to be able to both startup and shutdown the plant
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