Saturday, September 3, 2022
The San Pedro Roll (continued)
When everything stopped moving and Mark found that he was still alive he climbed out of the pile of junk through the windshield area which no longer had glass. He looked for his buddy. The driver's door had been torn off and he found that his buddy had been thrown out several rolls back, he was up...
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Friday, September 2, 2022
Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!
Back in home port Long Beach, things got back to normal, duty shifts on board the ship and liberty in Los Angeles. On board ship they were getting ready for a tour of duty in the countries of Central America. The 1980's was a troublesome time in Central America. On board ship, they were learning...
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Thursday, September 1, 2022
Pushed To Victoria
Bobbing, Bobbing, Bobbing.... I don't know how long it took for the tug boats to get to the cheering seamen aboard the crippled Curts, but it was a lot longer than it took the Curts to get there because tug boats are sturdy and faithful but not known for speed. The trip back to Victoria, British...
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Coincidence!
This morning the books came, the ones I had ordered from the used bookstore on the Internet. They have lots of interesting used books and I just cannot help myself if I go to their site to look around. My tastes are eclectic and I never have anything in particular for which I am looking. One of the...
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Wednesday, August 31, 2022
A Long Cold Wait
It was a good run north to Alaska...until.... They were almost to the Bering Straight and the Aleutian Islands, the entrance to the Bering Sea, an area where the Russian (and Soviet) submarines frequented, when the weather turned nasty and the ice storm began. The main deck became an ice skating...
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