P BT WE HAVE DROPPED DEPTH CHARGES UPON SUBS OPERATING IN DEFENSIVE AREA AR August 31, 2008
Posted by daveintexas in Heroes, History.trackback
That was the message from the CO of the USS Ward, a WWI era destroyer, the first US warship to engage the Japanese Navy just hours before the attack on Pearl Harbor.
For years a debate raged, was there really a submarine? Captain Outerbridge’s message said they engaged, but did not confirm a sinking.
The scene was recreated in the movie Tora! Tora! Tora! (with Russian subtitles – bonus!)
I missed this story, just saw it while flipping channels on The Military Channel (one of Discovery’s spinoffs). In 2002, the Hawaiian Undersea Research Lab went looking for something, something that previous magentic anomaly searches showed promise. This is what they found.
Looks like the boys on the Ward knew how to shoot. Incidentally, small correction from the movie, it was the boys on gun mount #3 that did the damage. The forward mount couldn’t point low enough toward the waterline to hit the sub.
Nice shootin boys. Debate’s over. You sunk her.
I like the ‘AR’ at the end of your headline. As an ex-Radioman in the Navy, I can tell you that means “End of message” in Morse Code.
BT = -…- (break)
AR = .-.-. (end of message)
I’m all about the authenticity man.
The first email message I ever got from my dad was one word. “TEST”.
I sent back one word. “ACK”.
My brother has taken up my habbit of saying “out” when hanging up.
at least with me. “ahhight love bye out.” *click*
I have taken up the habbit of, when being lectured, by anyone, and the lecturing goes to far to say “FUCKING COPY OVER.”
Started with my pops, but yeah, those habbits die hard.
Part of why “copy that” is a peeve of mine. It’s JUST FRIGGEN COPY!!!
Or when people give me the police phonetic “W as in walter I as in . . . ” that sort of crap.
“Yes! YES YES!!! Whiskey India Charlie Kilo Echo Delta Pappa India November Tango Oscar, YES! Wickedpinto!”
It’s irrational but the unrefined phonetic is probably my worst peeve.
Mr. L taught me the phonetic alphabet and I like to practice on license plates in traffic.
It’s on my list of things people should know, e.g., how to drive a stick.
How to load and shoot a pistol and a rifle, how to scuba dive, how to type without looking at the keyboard, how to check your oil, etc.
Lipstick, will you marry me? I want to devote my life to making you happy.
Oh wait, you’re married.
Oh wait, so am I.
Never mind.
Lipstick?
I am so effing hot right now.
*cat scratch motion*
WROWL!!!
AROOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
stop, I can only take so much.
I was just gonna ask what the proper moniker I was promoting for “Mr.L” was, and I just remembered.
Mr. Longstick, I just remembered, man, thats almost 2 years.
I love you guys.
It was the “It’s on my list of things people should know, e.g., how to drive a stick.” that got me.
You had me at stick.
<i.You had me at stick.
heh heh. It’s important to know how to drive a stick. First on the list.
Right girls?
But apparently I do not know how to use the italics thingees.
everything opened, must be closed lipstick. (unless it’s an Href, which has a strange tag open and close method)
Driving a Manual is absolutely mandatory. If anyone disagree’s you tell the boys “wanna drive ‘65 ‘Stang? Learn to drive a stick”
and the girls “You want a barbie car! Learn to drive a stick.”
Every boy/man deserves to feel the thrum of an engine that can eat roadways all through his body, and that only happens in a stick.
And every girl/wife ( I say wife cuz I think it’s the same as man. I’m an adult, not a “man”) deserves a barbie car.
My sissy, my bro’s wife, has an Mr2, it’s a barbie car, so much so that it is almost impossible for my brother or I to drive it, because we happen to be adult males, over 6′ tall, without the roof down, and it’s a stick.
Want a barbie car? learn to drive stick.
Where’s the pic of Cathy’s Barbie car?
I didn’t even bother to look at it when I was there.
The Spyder. Mine is 6 years old. Dover Pearl White. Still looks good.
Btw… I drove a stick, VW Bug, in the sixties… before Michael.
On my list of things people should know how to do… change a flat.
^
You can see why I love Cathy. It’s pretty hot to stand on the shoulder of the road, smoking a couple of cigs, and watch her change a flat.
I never know how these threads go but I figure go with the flow.
I keep one of these in my truck now.
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00950167000P
I keep one of these in my bathroom. Just in case.
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00930080000P?mv=rr
Oh, well, yeah.
I figured everybody did that.
I make sure I have one of these handy when Obama is on TV
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_07183505000P
You guys crack me up.
I love you goobers.
I can drive a stick. Drove Mr Kevlar’s nasty old Z-28 with the t-tops. It was so loud.
My dad taught me when I was 16. Harrowing.
Z-28 T top = chick magnet.
Back in the diaper changing days, this sure came in handy.
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00917768000P?mv=rr
DIT,
Did you read the Reviews for that jack at your link?
Lots of pissed off people….
Huh? What?
Seriously!
Like 29 out of 34 gave it a one out of five!
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00950167000P
I would put that puppy through its’ paces BEFORE I got a flat.
Of course, if you can regularly lift a 130 lb floor jack out of your truck, maybe I should shut up…
Heh.
Oh. Well.
I just grabbed a link of a jack. But I do have a floor jack in my truck, bought it after me and a work friend helped a damsel in distress at work and he had one in his car. We coulda made pit crew time on that flat change.
S’cuse me while I totes these three sacks of Quikcrete out to the yard now.
I hear ya, Dave! Another diaper changing accessory:
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00918043000P
I hear shotguns in the distance. And I’m not out there.
Darnit.
Just came in from changing the termite stakes around the house and then mowing the lawn.
Our next big chore here will be redoing my daughter’s room and getting rid of a lot of her newborn stuff.
#20 Pupster;
I actually bought Mrs. Geezer a Plasma Cutter just like that for Mother’s Day
Nah, THIS is the baby changing accessory:
http://www.tvdance.com/shop/-00-images/halloween-costumes/9303.jpg
*tips hat at RG*
You married well. A plasma cutter for Mother’s Day is 10 kinds of awesome.
The Spyder. Mine is 6 years old.
Shit,
Mike? I think cathy just said she needs a new barby car, after all, her’s is 6!!! years old?
Sorry for bringing that up.
BARBIE!!!
WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH ME!!!