Wreck of USS Lexington Located

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mirth

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mirth

"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

bbmike

Quote from: OJsDad on March 05, 2018, 05:34:56 PM
Wow!   :bd:

+1. Now let's hope those damned salvage people don't find it.  :knuppel2:
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Quote from: bbmike on March 05, 2018, 05:47:46 PM
Quote from: OJsDad on March 05, 2018, 05:34:56 PM
Wow!   :bd:

+1. Now let's hope those damned salvage people don't find it.  :knuppel2:

OTOH, if any illegal savage vessels are spotted the allied naval forces in the area could always benefit from more live-fire exercises.
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besilarius

There's a collection of oral histories at the Washington Navy Yard.  About ten years ago, two compilations were put into book form.
One account was by a young sailor on one of Lexington's escorts.
The topside crew was watching the fires and explosions on Lexington in subdued shock.
The kid was surprised when a Water Tender Chief suddenly came on deck from the Fire Rooms.  (Probably breaking protocal by opening watertight doors)
This was the toughest, most hardcore chief on the ship.  When he said jump, you jumped, and no one dared to give him any lip on anything.  Think of the sergeants in prewar Honolulu in From Here to Eternity.
Then the kid was shocked to see tears streaming down his face.
"Chief, you're crying.  Why are you crying?"
"The old Lex is going down, son."

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besilarius

"Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don't find out until too late that he's been playing with two queens all along".  Terry Pratchett.

During filming of Airplane, Leslie Nielsen used a whoopee cushion to keep the cast off-balance. Hays said that Nielsen "played that thing like a maestro"

Tallulah Bankhead: "I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late, start without me."

"When all other trusts fail, turn to Flashman." — Abraham Lincoln.

"I have enjoyed very warm relations with my two husbands."
"With your eyes closed?"
"That helped."  Lauren Bacall

Master Chiefs are sneaky, dastardly, and snarky miscreants who thrive on the tears of Ensigns and belly dancers.   Admiral Gerry Bogan.