The Chain Locker @ The Anchorage

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Chain Locker

The "Chain Locker" is my place to post odds & ends. In here lies anything of interest picked up along the way. The occasional photo, political jab, joke, or whatever. While no fixed rules or format apply here, I have attempted to group some content.

BRIDGE I served on six ships during my naval career. Each ship's patch is shown below. Click the ship's name or patch image to link to a description and various photographs.

USS JAMES K. POLK SSBN 645 1979-1981 Rota, Spain/Kings Bay GA	USS DANIEL BOONE SSBN 629 1981-1983 Kings Bay, GA	USS VON STEUBEN SSBN 632 1986-1988 Kings Bay, GA

USS SIMON LAKE AS 33 1988-1991 Holy Loch, Scotland	USS NEW YORK CITY SSN 696 1994-1995 Pearl Harbor, HI	USS FRANK CABLE AS 40 1998-2000 Apra Harbor, Guam

FLIGHT DECK Nothing compares to the grace and awesome power of the Aircraft Carrier

USS KITTY HAWK Passing Orote Point at Apra Harbor, Guam	USS KITTY HAWK Final Approach Apra Harbor, Guam	Sea Power Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

USS KITTY HAWK "Race Day"	USS KITTY HAWK "Smok'in'"	USS KITTY HAWK "See ya"

CONTROL From the equator to the pole, surfaced to ...[I'd have to kill you if I told you] ... Nothing compares to the smell of a submarine.

USS HONOLULU Polar Ice Cap	USS HONOLULU The clash of modern man and primordial nature	USS HONOLULU "Well, check that out."
		$TRIDENT II\D5 missile launch$
USS HONOLULU "I've heard of these things." (Periscope photograph)	COLD! You think you know cold? Try "butt cold." I pity these poor USS PHILADELPHIA sailors mooring at New London, CT	TRIDENT II\D5 INFORMATION I started my Navy career as an enlisted missile technician. The USS James K. Polk deployed the Poseidon C3 missile. USS Daniel Boone and USS Von Steuben deployed the Trident I\C4 missile.

USS SAN FRANCISCO Docked following her collision with uncharted sea mount	USS NEW YORK CITY Surface transit Gulf of Thailand

MAIN DECK

Leadership A poignant reminder to those who confuse American leadership with arrogance.	We're Coming The modern battle group.	The Submariner

Simply Eloquent	Ice Spirit When USS Honolulu surfaced near the North Pole she freed an Ice Spirit. I like looking for human forms in photographs. Here I see a face formed in the fractured ice.	Wood Spirit This is a picture of a knot in a dinette table we have. The face (or wood spirit) of a young girl jumps out at me. The two dark dots in the center form the eyes.

Mentoring at its best!! "Tenacity, Dick! -- stay with the bastard till he's on the bottom." LCDR Dudley "Mush" Morton to his XO LT Dick O'Kane who went on to command USS TANG and is considered one of the best wartime submarine COs in history. Note: The quotation above is unsourced and unofficial; however, it is widely believed to have been spoken by LCDR Morton. This is photo 80-G-35725 from the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration. This is the full official caption from the photograph's mount card provided by the U. S. Navy: "The USS Wahoo (SS-283) at Pearl Harbor after a patrol during which she sank a Japanese destroyer and an entire convoy of four ships. She sank the convoy during a fourteen hour running battle, using both guns and torpedoes. She narrowly escaped destruction by a Japanese destroyer. December 1942 - January 1943 The commanding officer and executive officer on the bridge. At left is Lieutenant Richard H. O' Kane, USN, of Durham, New Hampshire, executive officer. At right is Lieutenant Commander Dudley W. Morton, USN, of Miami, Florida, commanding officer." Photograph ID: NARA 80-G-35725.	Never Ever!!	The truth never changes. Neither do the stupid.

BILGE

The Sign Painter You must be 18 years old or older to view this material ENTER GET ME OUT OF HERE!!	He really did say it!!	A Jilted Lover

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