Sea Story - Blowing Sans - see if you can figure this one out! - USS Alexander Hamilton2024-03-28T18:04:25Zhttps://afrog617.ning.com/forum/topics/sea-story-blowing-sans-see?commentId=3478459%3AComment%3A9563&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noTommy,
I forgot all about it.…tag:afrog617.ning.com,2011-08-06:3478459:Comment:95632011-08-06T13:55:54.252ZMitch Kasselhttps://afrog617.ning.com/profile/MitchKassel
<p>Tommy,</p>
<p>I forgot all about it. We sprayed the walls of the dry dock and the yard birds. They were NOT very happy with us.</p>
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<p>Mitch</p>
<p><br></br><br></br><cite>Tom Markstrom said:</cite></p>
<blockquote><div>This brings to mind a couple more situations. The Ecology connection was inadvertantly moved from the tank lined up to blow to another tank. Unbeknownst, we opened the blow valve and spewed poopies topside. HA HA HA - the yardbirds were running for cover as we showered them.…</div>
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<p>Tommy,</p>
<p>I forgot all about it. We sprayed the walls of the dry dock and the yard birds. They were NOT very happy with us.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Mitch</p>
<p><br/><br/><cite>Tom Markstrom said:</cite></p>
<blockquote><div>This brings to mind a couple more situations. The Ecology connection was inadvertantly moved from the tank lined up to blow to another tank. Unbeknownst, we opened the blow valve and spewed poopies topside. HA HA HA - the yardbirds were running for cover as we showered them. The basin got plastered as the contents of the tank shot up and ran down the sides of the ship. Another night, Mitch Kassel and I were blowing the tanks. We got the hose connected right but when I opened the blow valve, nothing came out. We checked the line-up and tried again but nothing. So I let her have it again and Mitch starts screaming over the SP phones "TOMMY STOP STOP". Whatever was blocking the hose blew out and the hose stood straight out spewing contents back and forth. Wasn't that fun??.</div>
</blockquote> There was another issue with…tag:afrog617.ning.com,2009-07-19:3478459:Comment:26812009-07-19T04:17:47.000ZJohn T, Denekahttps://afrog617.ning.com/profile/JohnTDeneka
There was another issue with SAN-1 and the topside connections. I don't remember the particulars,but the valves in the OPSUL overhead had either been pulled or gutted for maintenance during an ERP. Somehow, the contents of SAN-1 ended up being distributed into the overhead adjoining the radio shack and the skipper's stateroom.<br />
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The topper, however, involves the late RMC(SS) Tony Haney, who arrived on the A-Frog in late 1980 straight from shore duty on the West Coast. Tony had spent his entire…
There was another issue with SAN-1 and the topside connections. I don't remember the particulars,but the valves in the OPSUL overhead had either been pulled or gutted for maintenance during an ERP. Somehow, the contents of SAN-1 ended up being distributed into the overhead adjoining the radio shack and the skipper's stateroom.<br />
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The topper, however, involves the late RMC(SS) Tony Haney, who arrived on the A-Frog in late 1980 straight from shore duty on the West Coast. Tony had spent his entire career as a diesel boat sailor, so a "modern" nuke boat was brand new to him. About the third day of refit during a "high airborne particulate" drill, Tony was down in the Goat Locker playing cards and sucking rubber with the rest of the Chiefs when nature called. After taking a deep pull on the EAB, he unplugged and went into the head where he easily found the EAB manifold (which the designers at EB cleverly placed right under the hopper). Unfortunately for Tony, we were also blowing SANs. I was up in Radio when the Dial-x rang....all I could hear was hysterical laughter in the background, and what sounded like retching. After a few seconds, QMCS (SS) Walt (Fig) Newton choked out the story between fits of laughter. The moment was immortalized in caricature by FTCM (SS) Greg Willeford....i'll go dig it out of my archives and post in a couple of days. This seems to be an appropria…tag:afrog617.ning.com,2009-06-20:3478459:Comment:9422009-06-20T23:12:44.000ZJack Genghttps://afrog617.ning.com/profile/JackGeng
This seems to be an appropriate place to put a cartoon a drew a short time ago. Over the years there were many poor souls who disregarded the secured sign, and vented sanitary inboard. Several times I saw the poor guy "after the storm" all white eyed, and toilet paper hanging off his ear. Tragic...but funny.<br />
Jack Geng gold crew 1965-1969
This seems to be an appropriate place to put a cartoon a drew a short time ago. Over the years there were many poor souls who disregarded the secured sign, and vented sanitary inboard. Several times I saw the poor guy "after the storm" all white eyed, and toilet paper hanging off his ear. Tragic...but funny.<br />
Jack Geng gold crew 1965-1969 This brings to mind a couple…tag:afrog617.ning.com,2009-06-20:3478459:Comment:8432009-06-20T00:06:24.000ZTom Markstromhttps://afrog617.ning.com/profile/TomMarkstrom
This brings to mind a couple more situations. The Ecology connection was inadvertantly moved from the tank lined up to blow to another tank. Unbeknownst, we opened the blow valve and spewed poopies topside. HA HA HA - the yardbirds were running for cover as we showered them. The basin got plastered as the contents of the tank shot up and ran down the sides of the ship. Another night, Mitch Kassel and I were blowing the tanks. We got the hose connected right but when I opened the blow valve,…
This brings to mind a couple more situations. The Ecology connection was inadvertantly moved from the tank lined up to blow to another tank. Unbeknownst, we opened the blow valve and spewed poopies topside. HA HA HA - the yardbirds were running for cover as we showered them. The basin got plastered as the contents of the tank shot up and ran down the sides of the ship. Another night, Mitch Kassel and I were blowing the tanks. We got the hose connected right but when I opened the blow valve, nothing came out. We checked the line-up and tried again but nothing. So I let her have it again and Mitch starts screaming over the SP phones "TOMMY STOP STOP". Whatever was blocking the hose blew out and the hose stood straight out spewing contents back and forth. Wasn't that fun??. We also just blew it over the…tag:afrog617.ning.com,2009-06-19:3478459:Comment:7972009-06-19T00:44:35.000ZStan Tribblehttps://afrog617.ning.com/profile/StanTribble
We also just blew it over the side when we were tied up next to the tender, but in the drydock you can't do that.
We also just blew it over the side when we were tied up next to the tender, but in the drydock you can't do that. What a great story! During my…tag:afrog617.ning.com,2009-06-19:3478459:Comment:7742009-06-19T00:27:47.000ZGeorge Murrayhttps://afrog617.ning.com/profile/GeorgeMurray
What a great story! During my time aboard (before the concerns about where it went), we just blew it over the side - just like we were at sea. this story would segue nicely into one of those qual board questions; i.e. how do you blow sanitary up the snorkel mast?
What a great story! During my time aboard (before the concerns about where it went), we just blew it over the side - just like we were at sea. this story would segue nicely into one of those qual board questions; i.e. how do you blow sanitary up the snorkel mast?