After I got out, of the Arny in '76, I got a job at IBM. I was a Customer Engineer, which is a glorified name for a Selectric typewriter repair man.
One of my accounts was the USS Surabaci (Sub tender). Whenever they made port I would get a call to service their typewriters (the joke at the office was that they used them as sea anchors). I would drive my '76 Grand Prix all the way to the end of the pier at NAD (Naval Ammunition Depot) Earl, board the ship and be escorted to the typewriter. I asked one time why the ship was tilted to one side and was told it had a built in 7° list when it had no weapons on board.
One time I got a call and when I got to the main gate, I was told to park and ride the shuttle bus out to the ship. When I got out there everything looked normal. When I asked why I couldn't drive out I was told that they had just finished loading Unspecified Big weapons.
The ship had no list, that day.
One of my accounts was the USS Surabaci (Sub tender). Whenever they made port I would get a call to service their typewriters (the joke at the office was that they used them as sea anchors). I would drive my '76 Grand Prix all the way to the end of the pier at NAD (Naval Ammunition Depot) Earl, board the ship and be escorted to the typewriter. I asked one time why the ship was tilted to one side and was told it had a built in 7° list when it had no weapons on board.
One time I got a call and when I got to the main gate, I was told to park and ride the shuttle bus out to the ship. When I got out there everything looked normal. When I asked why I couldn't drive out I was told that they had just finished loading Unspecified Big weapons.
The ship had no list, that day.