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Author Topic: The "ABCs of BBM": Round 965! (Rules in first post)  (Read 7209686 times)

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"I" is insulation
« Reply #11050 on: February 12, 2007, 12:19:08 am »
After a high-time supper by the fire.. tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, Jack and Ennis discussed the cork insulation that floated to the surface after the submarine Thresher imploded.
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"J" is Jones
« Reply #11051 on: February 12, 2007, 12:26:19 am »
After a high-time supper by the fire.. tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, Jack and Ennis discussed the casualties of the submarine Thresher which included Richard W. Jones, EM2.
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"L" is leaks
« Reply #11052 on: February 12, 2007, 12:51:39 am »
After a high-time supper by the fire, Jack and Ennis talked about the submarine Thresher, presumed to have been sunk by a leak caused by a brazed pipe-joint in the engine room, although the crew had tested for leaks early in their run on the day they were lost.
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"M" is maneuvers
« Reply #11053 on: February 12, 2007, 12:54:01 am »
After a high-time supper by the fire.. tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, Jack and Ennis discussed the maneuvers that the Thresher went through on the day it disintegrated.


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Happy First Anniversary to Bettermost
« Reply #11054 on: February 12, 2007, 01:01:50 am »
Happy Anniversary




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"N" is nuclear-powered
« Reply #11055 on: February 12, 2007, 01:04:03 am »
After a high-time supper by the fire... tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, Jack and Ennis discussed the nuclear-powered attack submarine Thresher  lost two months earlier.

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Thank you for indulging me with my "milestone."
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"O" is offshore
« Reply #11056 on: February 12, 2007, 01:08:10 am »
After a high-time supper by the fire, Jack and Ennis talked about the submarine Thresher, lost two months earlier with all hands somewhere offshore of Cape Cod.

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"P" is periscope
« Reply #11057 on: February 12, 2007, 01:15:07 am »
After a high-time supper by the fire.. tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, Jack and Ennis discussed the use of a periscope on a submarine as it descended into the ocean.

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"R" is rescue
« Reply #11058 on: February 12, 2007, 01:17:08 am »
After a high-time supper by the fire... tossing sticks on the fire to keep the talk going, Jack and Ennis discussed the 129 officers, crewmen, and military and civilian technicians aboard for whom a rescue mission had been deemed impossible.
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"S" is Skylark
« Reply #11059 on: February 12, 2007, 01:20:09 am »
After a high-time supper by the fire, Jack and Ennis talked about the submarine Thresher, which had been lost with all hands offshore of Cape Cod two months earlier, though accompanied by the submarine rescue ship USS Skylark.

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