"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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And, without getting into the great "wave height" debate, I have some
pictures around here my Dad's XO took on convoy duty in the North
Atlantic during WWII when he commanded a DE.

Them's some BIG waves. I used to love to hear the stories he and his
shipmates used to tell about asking their Group Commander for
submariner designation because they spent more time under and through
the waves than over them. :)

Hey, it was funny to a kid. :)

Later,

Tom



Since we're telling sea tales ....

Back in prehistoric times when I was stationed on the USS Van Voorhis
(DE-1028), we took a 56 degree roll while testing a new sonar array. This
was somewhere off the east coast and the waves were the result of a tropical
storm about 100 miles from us. I was told that the ship was designed for a
max of 64 degrees before it was retrofitted with a top heavy DASH hanger.

Made the Newport RI newspapers.

Eisboch