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The Reference Desk => Organizations, Vehicles, Equipment => Topic started by: mirth on February 07, 2019, 02:03:05 PM
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That's the sound I'm gonna make when my U-Boot game finally shows up. :D
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That's the same way I had start my old '76 Mustang II. It sounded pretty much the same when running.
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That's the same way I had start my old '76 Mustang II. It sounded pretty much the same when running.
Ha! A friend of mine in High school had a Mustang II. He called it the Moosewang and it had a broken passenger seat. Whenever he floored the pedal whomever rode along got tossed back across the back bench.
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That reminds me; there is a re-boot of Das Boot which I haven't seen yet.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5830254/
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During World War II, the Western Approaches Command had a secret training center in Greenock, Scotland.
After capturing U-110, a mockup of the boat was built in wood inside a secure building. Boarding parties were trained on this mockup.
Getting familiar with a sub's layout could be vital in getting in and out. Some sailors were trapped and drowned when the sub foundered quickly.
The USS Wilkes was in England after escorting a convoy. They received orders to send a party of five men to
greenock for special training.
They were shocked at finding the Uboat mockup. One of the five was to be an engineer, who got some training on starting the german diesels, besides looking for scuttling charges and securing any valves that would allow water into the boat.