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Ron Smith · 03-09-2010, 11:27 AM

"it was after a night of frolicking in Subic!"

Don,

"Frolicking"? I spent many wonderful evenings "Frolicking" in Subic. Served my last couple of years on the U.S.S. Dixie AD-14. We were on 6 month rotation to Riviera Pier at Subic, as the station repair ship. When I die, I want to go to Olongapo...

What year did you go through the Typhoon? We got into a bad one in late '69. We were walking on the bulkheads more than the deck. A wave smashed the front of mount 52, buckling the 5/8" armor plate and shorted out the brake. The dual 5" mount was swinging back and forth like a Rain Bird sprinkler.

We skirted a Typhoon on the Dixie in '71. It's pretty humbling to be on the top deck of a 600 ft. ship and looking up at the swells on all sides of you.

Ron

03-09-2010, 11:27 AM	#24
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	"it was after a night of frolicking in Subic!" Don, "Frolicking"? I spent many wonderful evenings "Frolicking" in Subic. Served my last couple of years on the U.S.S. Dixie AD-14. We were on 6 month rotation to Riviera Pier at Subic, as the station repair ship. When I die, I want to go to Olongapo... What year did you go through the Typhoon? We got into a bad one in late '69. We were walking on the bulkheads more than the deck. A wave smashed the front of mount 52, buckling the 5/8" armor plate and shorted out the brake. The dual 5" mount was swinging back and forth like a Rain Bird sprinkler. We skirted a Typhoon on the Dixie in '71. It's pretty humbling to be on the top deck of a 600 ft. ship and looking up at the swells on all sides of you. Ron Attached Thumbnails __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said... Last edited by Ron Smith; 03-09-2010 at 12:21 PM.