Correction. It is not a diesel boat. Sorry. It is a steam boat that burns oil to make steam to turn the crank to sail out to sea. Don't know much about naval vessels. My apology if I used wrong terms. David
--- David Kao <dtkao0205@yahoo.com> wrote: > > --- Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET> wrote: > > > Well, if you're looking for list vets ... I was active Navy from Feb '59 > > to Feb '81 and spent a little time in Nam. I was primarily a Submarine > > Sonar Tech but I was also a diver which is what I was doing in Vietnam. > > > > Now, I wonder how many Westy owners are Submariners or ex-Submariners? > > Compared to the old diesel boats, I have more personal room in the > > Westy. Heheheheh > > > > Mike > > Ah... a living piece of history. I know of one diesel boat and like it a lot. > It is one of the USS Hornet docked in the previous Naval Base in Alameda. > Inside that boat there is an electrical escalator like those in department > stores except it is very narrow. Go see it if you can. You can sit on the > fleet commander's chair like in the movies if you want. The commander has > his own room. It sure is much roomier than yours. > > David > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs >
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