Were you aware of the still under Ten-Ten dock? It was run by submariners
for a good part of the war (after they started putting in torpedo juice).
Tended by a ship's crew, an incoming sub would take over for one outbound.

Were you aware of thr still under ten ten

I had forgotten about it!!! Yeah, I was aware of it but they ran me off.
I was too young, I guess. It did get a fair amount of foot traffic
between the moored boats and the torpedo shed.

Gad, was I ever really to young for anything. That "Pink Lady" would
blow the hair right off your Skull.

Ole Thom

"jlrogers" wrote in message om...
Were you aware of the still under Ten-Ten dock? It was run by submariners
for a good part of the war (after they started putting in torpedo juice).
Tended by a ship's crew, an incoming sub would take over for one outbound.

Ive heard rumors of torpedo juice. That it was 100% grain alcohal.
Also heard alot of it would evaporate

Joe

(Thom Stewart) wrote in message ...
Were you aware of thr still under ten ten

I had forgotten about it!!! Yeah, I was aware of it but they ran me off.
I was too young, I guess. It did get a fair amount of foot traffic
between the moored boats and the torpedo shed.

Gad, was I ever really to young for anything. That "Pink Lady" would
blow the hair right off your Skull.

Ole Thom

Damn Tom, I heard you go back so far that you use to smoke the hemp
lines on your ship ) That and your ration of rum you were flying
thru the rigging. So impressed the ol man he made you the Admiral aid.

Joe

Once the Navy realized how much of it was evaporating, they turned it into
"Pink Lady." They added croton oil (a laxative), and peppers, to the grain
alcohol to discourage sailors from drinking it. After that, Sailors had
to strain it through loaves of bread (and it still came out pink and stll
gave one the S%#*$). Two sailors off the Halibut set up a still to
re-destill (is that a word?) the grain alcohol to remove the "impurities."
After that the "gilly" supplied the Pearl Harbor boats.



.. with an ingrediant that had to be filtered out through loaves of bread.
Joe wrote:
"jlrogers" wrote in message
om...
Were you aware of the still under Ten-Ten dock? It was run by
submariners for a good part of the war (after they started putting
in torpedo juice). Tended by a ship's crew, an incoming sub would
take over for one outbound.

Ive heard rumors of torpedo juice. That it was 100% grain alcohal.
Also heard alot of it would evaporate

Joe