tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post5261427211624998990..comments2024-01-26T01:49:56.783-06:00Comments on Lagniappe's Lair: USS TorskMurphy's Lawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17164780742334950772noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-83816676398288184442010-09-08T11:52:45.557-05:002010-09-08T11:52:45.557-05:00I can never get enough sub stuff. The story of the...I can never get enough sub stuff. The story of the fleet boats and the role they played in the war is truly heroic. It's great that some are so well preserved for people to visit- I've toured the <i>Cod</i> in Cleveland and the <i>Lionfish</i> in Fall River, Mass., and the experience really deepened my appreciation for what these men endured and accomplished.Ranger Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03230068091748621186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-6286814291479338842010-09-08T04:53:06.165-05:002010-09-08T04:53:06.165-05:0011 year old lookouts...the scourge of successful c...11 year old lookouts...the scourge of successful covert ops!Shifty1https://www.blogger.com/profile/12466484599435337407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-54647113919557166082010-09-08T03:20:50.112-05:002010-09-08T03:20:50.112-05:00Shifty and NFO, much appreciated. Sorry I couldn&#...Shifty and NFO, much appreciated. Sorry I couldn't get better pics, but it was a tight space, and I was being pressured by an eleven year old lookout who kept whispering "Hurry up...I think someone's coming!"Murphy's Lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17164780742334950772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-42431539741689437752010-09-07T22:49:51.729-05:002010-09-07T22:49:51.729-05:00Um... Looks like a main shaft bearing, because tha...Um... Looks like a main shaft bearing, because that looks like a feed line for oil running to it. Gensets would have been forward of the mains. Also, that wash clothes/linen/bodies once a week? Not so much... Once they went into combat, they didn't wash ANYTHING until the cleared the combat zone 30-45 days later...<br /><br />Even the later diesel boats (Grayback, etc.) didn't do laundry/shower but about once a month.Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-48731797627468835102010-09-07T12:12:55.690-05:002010-09-07T12:12:55.690-05:00A while back a Norwigian (did I spell that right,a...A while back a Norwigian (did I spell that right,any how) sub came up for sale. It was a electric/diesel job. Sold for around half a million. <br /><br />Kind of wish I had that kind of money to buy a sub, which is my idea of a yatch. <br /><br />Any how,pretty cool piece of histoy and thanks for sharing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-34890558394750362712010-09-07T11:34:54.245-05:002010-09-07T11:34:54.245-05:00Not sure from the pictures, but those two objects ...Not sure from the pictures, but those two objects in question look like shaft bearings. I'd need to see pictures that showed the whole component.Shifty1https://www.blogger.com/profile/12466484599435337407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20147126.post-44108853913381592982010-09-06T07:08:31.155-05:002010-09-06T07:08:31.155-05:00Reminds me! I've really, really got to get to...Reminds me! I've really, really got to get to the Balitmore Inner Harbor at some point soon. Last time I was there was about 25 years ago for an overnight on business. They had just rehabbed the Inner Harbor (i.e., made it into the tourist trap it is today). It was almost totally industrial back then.<br /><br />When I was a youngster, my family would go to Baltimore at least twice a year to visit my uncle, who lived there at the time while attaining his doctorate at Johns Hopkins. We would often base ourselves out of his place when accessing Washington for the day. <br /><br />My uncle took me to the Inner Harbor when I was about the Spud's age. He had taken me to his lab at Johns Hopkins, but he had to to go pick something up at the Inner Harbor, so we briefly got to see a little of that. McCormick Spices still operated from their building there, so you could smell all the ginger and cinnamon and other fragrant spices.<br /><br />The Torsk will, of course, be on the agenda at such time as I make it to the Inner Harbor again. The last submarine I saw was the Growler, at the Interpid Museum in Manhattan. Similar to the Torsk, but each ship has its own unique and honorable history, and each warrants a visit to pay homage to those who served on it, and made it all possible.Expatriate Owlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05094406368801045958noreply@blogger.com