USS BOSTON (SSN-703) Launched 19 April 1980
I was topside for the thrill-ride of a lifetime!
Twenty-Seven Years Ago...
posted by ex-nuke bubblehead at
12:33 PM
USS BOSTON Sail and Rudder Co, Ltd. or Is there life after your boat gets scrapped?
I served in the Navy, a plankowner aboard the USS BOSTON (SSN-703) Decommissioned in 1999 and scrapped in 2002. Now I find myself in the unique cradle-to-grave position of helping to care for its remains at the Buffalo & Erie County Naval & Military Park. All that really remain are the sail and rudder shipped here in 2003 along with a few cleats. I feel like I'm caring for a vessel that met a premature and untimely demise. Now I care for her remains. ...Sort of.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
I was topside for the thrill-ride of a lifetime!
Twenty-Seven Years Ago...
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8 Comments:
Did you fall off???
No, but my hair did....
I wouldn't stand on that diving plane,even if the boat wasn't moving!!!EEEowwie! No way,Jose!
You be a chicken then!!
You be da man....That looks pretty high up when the sub is out of the water.
I remember your launching, at that time I was on the USS Phoenix, (SSN 702). As a matter of fact, your Engineer Officer, a guy by the name of Helm, had served on the Omaha (SSN 692) when I was onboard her.
You guys had a good crew, I remember your original COB, Dave Jewell, and a TM1 by the name of Rick Geddes I used to go drinking with.
Whenever I look at that picture of the Protected cruiser ,I cannot believe that SAILS could even move that ship!I know she had a boiler and engine too,but sails..doesn't seem possible.
Well it was possible Ray. Pay attention.
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