On 13 Mar 05  14:10:07, Raymond Yates got back to Danny Ceppa 
-> Re: Intentional walks

 DC>> But, I think my favorite character is the guy that plays the
 DC>> boat's electrician!
 CS>> Radioman actually.
 
 DC> out getting the boat into workable condition.  And, I died
 DC> every time Kelsey would ask him to port the feed to a
 DC> different system.  "Bring it up on the overhead..."

 RY> Recently I took a tour of a WW2-era submarine. (USS Clamagore)
 RY> currently on display in Charleston Harbor.

Are you small enough to get in?      

 RY> According to the tour, and the service manuals I have since found on
 RY> the net, I would highly suspect that radioman and electrician are two
 RY> vastly different occupations.

But, unless I mixed up two characters in the movie, in the movie 
they were one and the same.  And, no, I'm not doubting you or Carol 
about their different tasks in real life.  

 RY> So my semieducated guess would be that while there are points where
 RY> the two converge, most often they jobs differ.

Have you seen the movie, though?  I do think that their separate 
duties were merged with poetic (OK, humorous) license!   

 RY> Particularly as the subs operated on battery power or electricity
 RY> generated from the diesels (of that era) and that's fr mor voltage than
 RY> is requires to keep the radio tubes warm...

For a more accurate portrayal, can I recommend _Das Boot_?   

If you don't already have it, make sure you get the DVD version.  The 
English dubbing is done quite well.  However, take the extra time and 
re-watch it in German with the English sub-titles.  


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