From: "Randy" 

The difference between a fairy tale and a seastory:

The Fairy Tale begins: "Once Upon a Time...." The seastrory
begins: "No Shit, this really happened..."

"Steve Ewing"  wrote in message
news:opsmdjseg3sagvys{at}news.barkto.com...
> On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 17:42:44 -0500, Rich Gauszka 
> wrote:
>
>> The Soviet Alfa submarines, constructed of titanium, reportedly had an
>> operating depth of nearly 4,000 feet.
>
> Problem becomes not the strength of the hull, but the strength and
> reliabilty of the hull openings: scopes and masts, seawater inlets,
> torpedo tubes, and an assortment of miscellaneous fittings.
>
> 
> I remember a guy trying to do maintenance, pumping away on a grease
> fitting: hmmm, wasn't going, must be plugged.  I'll just take it off and
> clean it... oops, maybe we were a little deeper than he thought: he got a
> face full of grease and seawater, and we had to come shallow to get the
> fitting back on.
>
> Another sub, machinist's mate is in one of the hatch trunks while
> submerged, doing *his* maintenance.  The upper hatch, of course, is shut,
> and he bumps the handwheel and notices it's loose.  Being the squared-away
> sailor he is, he torques it down properly.  Come into port, without the
> sea pressure pushing down on the hatch, they can't get the damned thing
> open: they have to get underway just to dive and loosen it.
> 
>
> --
> Steve 
> http://www.qmss.com/sewing

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