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Google Photos
2019 Reunion Photos
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Various MCC Photos | |
Half-Way Night Antics | |
Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard | |
Midshipmen & A Carribean Bar-B-Q | |
Convoy with Another Boomer | |
Various Shots Below and Topside | |
Lt. Hoffman's Photo's | |
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Q1: It looks like this picture was taken in the dead of winter. Is that correct?
A1 - Yes, it was winter. While I was assigned to the Benny, there
were only two times that The Boat pulled into SubBase New London. The
first time was in Febuary 1977.
They pulled in, Bill Keith from Philadelphia and David Safewright from
North Carolina reported onboard, and when it pulled out the Thames
River again I was on my way
for my first Patrol. The next time was sometime around Christmas in
1978. I don't remember for sure which time this was, but I think it was
1978.
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Q2: Who took the picture? And where were they when they took it?
A2 - I don't know who took the picture. It would have to have been either
(A) a crew member that was, for some reason, not making that patrol but was
coming back next patrol, or (B) a family member watching their loved one go
to sea. --- I got the picture "through the grapevine" after we returned. ---
The picture was taken from the Groton side of the Thames River, looking
across the river to New London.
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Q3: Were you coming in from a cruise, or heading out on one?
A3 - We were heading out the Thames River... to Long Island Sound... beyond
the 12 mile limit... to dive and begin Patrol.
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Q4: Are you one of those seen standing near the aft, shivering their butts
off?
A4 - They are shivering, but I am not one of them. I would have been in the
belly of the beast, in the Control Room below the conning tower. If this was
1978 I would have been manning the sound powered phones as AEF (Auxilllary
Electrician Forward). If this was 1977, I would have been standing there in
the Control Room with my heart pounding, with people that I had known about
an hour, thinking "Oh my God, this is it !"
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Q5: What's the monument in the background ?
A4 - Fort Griswold, New London, CT.
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