Thread: This'll work.

Originally Posted by Wullie

No new razors for me for a while..

NICE !!! one less to compete with now !!

im lucky i know how to even type on a computer but from what i can see you made a major upgrade !

Originally Posted by Wirm

Wullie , You neglected a pic of your keyboard. Oh.. by the way, I served in the USN about the same time as you. Was aboard the USS Bushnell AS 15 and the USS Patterson De 1061.

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I bet that was a step up from the Bushnell to the Patterson. I didn't envy you tin can sailors when things got rough. Our boat didn't rock and roll too bad unless things got really tough. I remember a couple of occasions taking green water over the flight deck in S China Sea typhoons. Our poor escort was taking green water over her bridge and getting stanchions ripped off. I thought those poor bastards should have been getting submarine pay on that trip.

Thanks for being there for us.

I see that both the Bushnell and the America are keeping each other company in Davy Jones' Locker. A fitting end for proud old work horses.

The dichotomy of going from the one of the oldest ships in the navy , the "Burning Bush" or as we called her "building 15" , a ship that seldom left her berth in Key West, to the Patterson , a brand spanking new "blue water" tin can that took us all around the world was tremendous. Although having to contend with all that snorkeling and fishing in the Keys was tough duty. During my tour with her , I believe the only time Bushnell left Key West was after Hurricane Camille when we rendered aid to Pilottown,the remote little island village at the mouth of the Mississippi.