Wayne Posted January 11, 2001 Share Posted January 11, 2001 LST 325 arrived in Mobile Ala. on schedule today, all hands safe. Man that ship looks like something out of the "holligan" navy. The bottom looked like if someone dropped a wrench from the top opening of the well deck it would go through the hull. Thank God they had fairly good weather. ------------------ Blessed be the Lord my strength who teaches my hands to war and my fingers to fight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcents Posted January 11, 2001 Share Posted January 11, 2001 When I read about this on CNN's website, they made it sound like a bunch of senile old men were sailing off to their deaths in a ship that wouldn't even make it out of the Med, much less the harbor. I work with two formal Navy men and when I showed them the article they both said that they would sail with them anyday, in any weather, on any craft they wanted to sail. Guess this speaks volumes on the stuff our veterans are made of. ------------------ The only thing worse than fighting with allies is fighting without them. - Churchill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clubfoot Posted January 11, 2001 Share Posted January 11, 2001 Alright, I've been following their journey on NPR. It's tough old birds from that generation that won the war, and apparently they just keep getting tougher. I understand the youngest member of the crew was 67?!? Clubfoot. [This message has been edited by Clubfoot (edited 01-11-2001).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcents Posted January 12, 2001 Share Posted January 12, 2001 Found this article on the online version of my paper. I was pretty impressed (and a little proud) to find out that someone from my hometown made the voyage. http://www.journalstar.com/local?story_id=2436&past= [This message has been edited by vcents (edited 01-12-2001).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Hofbauer Posted January 12, 2001 Share Posted January 12, 2001 from the article vcents linked: "We don't think these young guys would have made it because they have all this computerized stuff that runs their ships and we don't have any of that," he said. "We feel that they would really have had problems. It took us old guys to bring it back." hmmm....maybe I should give them my double-boot triple-crash AMD rig to fix it?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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