I have *yet* to hear of a Navy vessel that wasn't plagued by a Mad Shitter. That, and a ship in dry dock that didn't have a Firebug.
Does a nuclear sub leave a poopy trail?
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I have *yet* to hear of a Navy vessel that wasn't plagued by a Mad Shitter. That, and a ship in dry dock that didn't have a Firebug.
Or an Irwin Allen TV series:
Tracking the enemy sub's err... dumps would make for one hell of a Tom Clancy novel.
Or a movie:
My old pal Thad (sitting) is wearing his poopy suit if that helps
He and Donny are nukes, working on the ICV panel (just fwd of the ships battery) which is located in lower level ops berthing. Coincidently enough, the sanitary #2 blow station is located just a few feet behind Thad, in the lowest outboard bunk on the port side. Good times
Hey, you're using nuBSG phones with oldBSG hair styles!
Out of curiosity, which one? I do Radio Room work for the Navy, and play exclusively with subs; always interesting to find connections with the groups I work with...
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I only ever used the TDU underway as a messcrank - it truly was one of the shittiest jobs ever. The stench was only equaled by the foot stench in the goat locker lol
I have nervous memories lo these many years later about blowing sanitaries... DO NOT allow the tank to go below about 20% -- if you blow to empty, pressurized air will bubble out into the ocean and the sonar girls will get their panties all in a knot over the noise. Then the chief of the watch will have a "special" message waiting for you when he summons you
Yes, I watched that gauge like a hawk, tapping it with my knuckles to be sure the needle didn't stick!!
This was long ago, mid-90s. I was on the USS GEORGIA, Gold Crew before it got turned into a SEAL ferry.
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I only ever used the TDU underway as a messcrank - it truly was one of the shittiest jobs ever. The stench was only equaled by the foot stench in the goat locker lol
I have nervous memories lo these many years later about blowing sanitaries... DO NOT allow the tank to go below about 20% -- if you blow to empty, pressurized air will bubble out into the ocean and the sonar girls will get their panties all in a knot over the noise. Then the chief of the watch will have a "special" message waiting for you when he summons you
I did the TDU while cranking too. It worked out well if you kept the trash room spotless, you could spend the rest of the day sleeping, but that was a hard thing to do. I HATED messcrank duty.
Were you an A-Ganger? We pumped san tanks instead of blowing, much quieter. I never was involved in that evolution though. I was a yeoman. Stood planesman, then Auxiliary Electrician Forward and Sonar Operator. Was qualified COW before I left but only stood about three watches as that. I also stood lookout on the surface and lemme tell you, pumping sanitary tanks while surfaced was the worst. Trapped on the bridge with the wind bringing in that stentch.
I was a forward ICman on the Whale from '78 to '83 - standing AEF most of those years while underway (wow - a Yeoman AEF.. very cool. Other ratings could qualify for AEF but in my years it was only IC Div.) I realise an A-ganger typically manned the blow station but for some reason I can no longer remember, I did it a handful of times. After 3 yrs shore duty, I went to the George C Marshall for a patrol and off crew as LPO.Were you an A-Ganger? We pumped san tanks instead of blowing, much quieter. I never was involved in that evolution though. I was a yeoman. Stood planesman, then Auxiliary Electrician Forward and Sonar Operator. Was qualified COW before I left but only stood about three watches as that. I also stood lookout on the surface and lemme tell you, pumping sanitary tanks while surfaced was the worst. Trapped on the bridge with the wind bringing in that stentch.
I was a forward ICman on the Whale from '78 to '83 - standing AEF most of those years while underway (wow - a Yeoman AEF.. very cool. Other ratings could qualify for AEF but in my years it was only IC Div.) I realise an A-ganger typically manned the blow station but for some reason I can no longer remember, I did it a handful of times. After 3 yrs shore duty, I went to the George C Marshall for a patrol and off crew as LPO.Were you an A-Ganger? We pumped san tanks instead of blowing, much quieter. I never was involved in that evolution though. I was a yeoman. Stood planesman, then Auxiliary Electrician Forward and Sonar Operator. Was qualified COW before I left but only stood about three watches as that. I also stood lookout on the surface and lemme tell you, pumping sanitary tanks while surfaced was the worst. Trapped on the bridge with the wind bringing in that stentch.
Nice! I was AEF because there's nothing for a yeoman to do while on patrol, so I decided to try to qualify a lot of forward watches. I contemplated TMOW because my deck seaman year was spent in the torpedo room for Battlestations Torpedo.
As a side note, I always heard that when the Machinist's Mates had to open up a tank and go tank diving for maintenance, that the worst tank to enter wasn't the sanitary's but the potable water tanks.
Nice, I've done some work with the Georgia. After it was turned into a "seal ferry", of course. the SSGN conversion has kept us busy...
