Bring me the head of Diego Garcia...and the Mayor of Addu Atoll too!

[Cap Mandrake]

Submarine losses. 1 in 3 lost to mines.

Poor Grayling didn't even get off a message?[:(]

[Moondawggie]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Question for the assembled multitudes. Pretend I didn't read the manual. With an APA or AKA, can you pack them to the gills and still unload in one turn?

Following your august example, I have always studiously avoided reading the manual too, but I've found they (APA/AKAs) do indeed seem to unload a heck of a lot faster than AP/AKs, let alone xAP/xAKs. And they shoot back better, too.

Hey, give it a try, Cap, and let us know what happens. We're always interested in learning empirically from the hard-won bitter experience of others.

As my chief resident in Internal Medicine used to say to us med students in the ICU at 2 AM when some poor soul was going in the tank, "Hey! Let's try this new gizmo out! The professors aren't around, and we're here to learn!" [8|]


Back to the SubZero: So I bought my new house with a S-Z fridge 5 years ago. 6 months later it starts getting warm, and flashes a warning light: "Vaccuum Condenser!" I figure that means the vaccuum condenser is dying, so I call the S-Z repair guy: He comes out, takes off the faceplate, grabs a handheld portable automobile carpet vacumm, points it at the condenser coils, and sucks up some dust for 30 seconds. Who the hell knew that "vaccuum" was meant as a verb there instead of a noun?

The repairman tells me, "That'll be $100, and your I've got more bad news: your condenser unit is leaking and needs to be replaced really soon; $800."

Then I remember the seller gave me a 12-month home appliance warrantee when I bought the place. The insurance company sez, "as soon as the condenser dies we will get you a new one for free, but not if the fridge is still working OK." Which it was...So I wait...

So it's now 4 1/2 years later, things are cool (what a bad pun), but just today the digital readout says once again, "Vaccuum Condenser."

This time I'm gonna grab my own damn vaccuum cleaner,,, [:)]

[Itdepends]

Hey as this appears to be the tech support section for those that haven't read the manual- what's ship type is an LSD and what do I use it for? Transporting "special" supplies through customs?

PS- unless you've got a lot of Naval support at Geraldton I'd move Revenge and either Pennsylvania or Idaho (whichever has the fastest cruise speed) to Perth for additional repairs- spread the repair load among more (and larger) ports and you'll get better results- and the trip isn't that far.

[sprior]

Landing ship, dock.

USS Rushmore:

Specifications: (as reported by Office of Naval Intelligence, 7 April 1944)
Displacement 4,032 (light draft), 7,930 (seagoing - loaded)
Length 457' 9" o.a.
Beam 72"
Draft
8' 2 ½" fwd, 10' ½" aft (light draft)
15' 5 ½" fwd, 16' 2" aft (seagoing loaded)
Speed 17 kts (design speed)
Endurance 8,000 miles @ 15 knots
Complement
Officers 17
Enlisted 237
Landing Craft
Officers 6
Enlisted 30
Troop Accommodations
Officers 22
Enlisted 218
Well Deck Capacity (varies with mission)
three LCT (Mk V or VI) each w/ 5 medium tanks or
two LCT (Mk III or IV) each w/ 12 medium tanks or
fourteen LCM (Mk III) each w/ 1 medium tank or 1, 500 long tons cargo or
forty-seven DUKW or
forty-one LVT or
Any combination of landing vehicles and landing craft up to capacity
Aircraft (still in commission in late 40's or early 50's) were fitted/retro-fitted with a prefabricated steel grated "Portable Deck" suspended between the wing walls and supported by removable I-beam girders. The aft end of the portable deck contained a wooden helicopter platform, enabling the ship to land and launch 1 helicopter at a time. Stowage of helicopters was limited to capacity of the portable deck installed for the mission. Aircraft servicing was limited to re-fueling. With portable deck and aircraft platform installed, the Landing ship, dock was still capable of transporting, launching and repairing smaller amphibious craft and vehicles up to the size of a Landing craft, utility (LCU) in their well decks.
Armament
one single 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mount in open tub (w/director)
two quad 40mm AA gun mounts (w/directors)
two twin 40mm AA gun mounts (w/directors)
sixteen single 20mm AA gun mounts (local control)
Fuel Capacities
NSFO 11,720 Bbls
Diesel 160 Bbls
Gasoline 5,085 Gals
Propulsion
two Newport News Shipbuilding steam turbines
two Babcock and Wilcox oil fired D-type boilers, two drum, single furnace, single uptake, 250psi
single Newport New Main Reduction Gears
two turbo-drive 300Kw 120V/240V D.C. Ship' Service Generators
twin propellers, 7,000shp

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: Moondawggie

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Question for the assembled multitudes. Pretend I didn't read the manual. With an APA or AKA, can you pack them to the gills and still unload in one turn?

Following your august example, I have always studiously avoided reading the manual too, but I've found they (APA/AKAs) do indeed seem to unload a heck of a lot faster than AP/AKs, let alone xAP/xAKs. And they shoot back better, too.

Hey, give it a try, Cap, and let us know what happens. We're always interested in learning empirically from the hard-won bitter experience of others.

As my chief resident in Internal Medicine used to say to us med students in the ICU at 2 AM when some poor soul was going in the tank, "Hey! Let's try this new gizmo out! The professors aren't around, and we're here to learn!" [8|]


Back to the SubZero: So I bought my new house with a S-Z fridge 5 years ago. 6 months later it starts getting warm, and flashes a warning light: "Vaccuum Condenser!" I figure that means the vaccuum condenser is dying, so I call the S-Z repair guy: He comes out, takes off the faceplate, grabs a handheld portable automobile carpet vacumm, points it at the condenser coils, and sucks up some dust for 30 seconds. Who the hell knew that "vaccuum" was meant as a verb there instead of a noun?

The repairman tells me, "That'll be $100, and your I've got more bad news: your condenser unit is leaking and needs to be replaced really soon; $800."

Then I remember the seller gave me a 12-month home appliance warrantee when I bought the place. The insurance company sez, "as soon as the condenser dies we will get you a new one for free, but not if the fridge is still working OK." Which it was...So I wait...

So it's now 4 1/2 years later, things are cool (what a bad pun), but just today the digital readout says once again, "Vaccuum Condenser."

This time I'm gonna grab my own damn vaccuum cleaner,,, [:)]

What would you have done if it said "vacuum tube" - tune in the old radio? [:'(]

A number of years ago I had a nerve conduction test on one of my arms. For those who don't know the test is something like 90 minutes long, in two halves. First half is a series of putting little paddles at various places from your neck to your hand and taking reading, the second half is inserting needles and doing same. Oh, yeah, the readings are taken when an electric shock is applied between two points. Almost all of it is uncomfortable, most of it somewhat painful, and some of it downright painful. But, seriously, if you haven't had worse in your life you need to get out of diapers soon.

Afterward he asks me how it was and I tell him. He says that one patient told him it was the worst thing that had ever happened to her in her whole life! Now the punch line: he tells me that when he was learning the specialty (what would that be? Residency?) that he and his fellow doctors used to go in on Saturdays and practice on each other. [X(]

So Moondawggie, tell us the stories about the sensory deprivation tank... [:D]

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Moondawggie



Back to the SubZero: So I bought my new house with a S-Z fridge 5 years ago. 6 months later it starts getting warm, and flashes a warning light: "Vaccuum Condenser!" I figure that means the vaccuum condenser is dying, so I call the S-Z repair guy: He comes out, takes off the faceplate, grabs a handheld portable automobile carpet vacumm, points it at the condenser coils, and sucks up some dust for 30 seconds. Who the hell knew that "vaccuum" was meant as a verb there instead of a noun?

The repairman tells me, "That'll be $100, and your I've got more bad news: your condenser unit is leaking and needs to be replaced really soon; $800."

Then I remember the seller gave me a 12-month home appliance warrantee when I bought the place. The insurance company sez, "as soon as the condenser dies we will get you a new one for free, but not if the fridge is still working OK." Which it was...So I wait...

So it's now 4 1/2 years later, things are cool (what a bad pun), but just today the digital readout says once again, "Vaccuum Condenser."

This time I'm gonna grab my own damn vaccuum cleaner,,, [:)]

Yes, similar thing happened once when I was selling a house and I didn't know what a GFCI (Ground Fault Circuit Interruptor) was. The outlets went down in the bathroom. I checked the breakers...fine...so I called an electrician..described the problem exactly. He says "I'll be right out".


Sure enough, he shows up, walks up the stairs, bends over, pushes the red reset button on one of the outlets...et voila. He turns around and says, "Gotta charge you $110, that is the minimum fee"

Now, this was the same guy I talked to over the phone because he had a small shop. [:@] To prove how nice he was he vacuumed the fuze box. [8|]


PS....your condensor may still be working but not efficiently. [:)] You may have "condensor goiter". Check to see if the frame gets hot, that may be a sign it is working overtime to keep up

[Crackaces]

Yes, similar thing happened once when I was selling a house and I didn't know what a GFCI (Ground Fault Circuit Interruptor) was. The outlets went down in the bathroom. I checked the breakers...fine...so I called an electrician..described the problem exactly. He says "I'll be right out".


Sure enough, he shows up, walks up the stairs, bends over, pushes the red reset button on one of the outlets...et voila. He turns around and says, "Gotta charge you $110, that is the minimum fee"

I just found out the GFCI circut for the kitchen also controls the outlets by the pool. Construction workers remodling the pool deck plugged in a heavy duty electric sander for grinding concrete that takes 15 amps or something close to it but more importantly the sander had a short or least a problem because as soon as the sander starts up within seconds the GFCI in the kitchen pops.. lots of Spanish gibberish and confusied looks ... I notice that the clock on toaster oven stopped working .. when I reset the GFCI .... off into the pool goes the sander ...It seems this tool has a trigger lock or something ...I am not sure I do not speak spanish so I could not discern the conversation [:D]

However, I learned a valuable lesson that my Kitchen GFCI circults also protect the circuts around the pool. Handy knowledge if something should go wrong in the kitchen and the music stops outside [8D]

[Cap Mandrake]

That is a funny story. The sander crawled into the pool. Good test of the GFCI. [:D]

I do a similar thing when work crews for the neighbor's $10,000 mailbox park in front of my house for the 6th day (after I have politely asked them to not do that). They are parking on the sprinklers (because their is not traditional curb), trampling the grass and plants, throwing their Jack in the Box wrappers on the lawn....oh look at the time....time ot irrigate.[:)]

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

For those who don't know the test is something like 90 minutes long, in two halves. First half is a series of putting little paddles at various places from your neck to your hand and taking reading, the second half is inserting needles and doing same. Oh, yeah, the readings are taken when an electric shock is applied between two points. Almost all of it is uncomfortable, most of it somewhat painful, and some of it downright painful. But, seriously, if you haven't had worse in your life you need to get out of diapers soon.

Dood.....Abu Ghraib? Why didn't you tell us?

[Cap Mandrake]

Air losses for the day according to the intel screen. Rots of Zero Op losses. It's a rong fright from Koepang.

46 Zeroes
37 F4F,Martlet,P-40E/K

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Air losses for the day according to the intel screen. Rots of Zero Op losses. It's a rong fright from Koepang.

46 Zeroes
37 F4F,Martlet,P-40E/K

You lost a P-40K to flak?! What'd the guy do, piss off his wife or Mayan housekeeper or something?

[witpqs]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: witpqs

For those who don't know the test is something like 90 minutes long, in two halves. First half is a series of putting little paddles at various places from your neck to your hand and taking reading, the second half is inserting needles and doing same. Oh, yeah, the readings are taken when an electric shock is applied between two points. Almost all of it is uncomfortable, most of it somewhat painful, and some of it downright painful. But, seriously, if you haven't had worse in your life you need to get out of diapers soon.

Dood.....Abu Ghraib? Why didn't you tell us?

No. Nuns in grammar school. [:D]

[Cap Mandrake]

Boela is discovered to have a small "garrison", probably Korean slaves in diapers because they didn't trust them with guns. I am flying in a Marine Para Bn to Saumlaki to air drop with 503rd PIR.

Predictably, Ambon has a serious garrison. Sorong is not a push over. I think we will need armor for Sorong. Ambon will get a visit from Colorado in 2 or 3 d.

The garrison at Kopeang seems inpossibly small. Surface group spotted at Koepang, probably Ashigara or whatever that CA is called.[;)]

Flying in "fresh" P-40's to Saumalki and resting one of the carrier F4F squadrons which is down to 3 airframes. Carriers and Colorado to move north of Kai.

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: witpqs

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: witpqs

For those who don't know the test is something like 90 minutes long, in two halves. First half is a series of putting little paddles at various places from your neck to your hand and taking reading, the second half is inserting needles and doing same. Oh, yeah, the readings are taken when an electric shock is applied between two points. Almost all of it is uncomfortable, most of it somewhat painful, and some of it downright painful. But, seriously, if you haven't had worse in your life you need to get out of diapers soon.

Dood.....Abu Ghraib? Why didn't you tell us?

No. Nuns in grammar school. [:D]

Sounds like Dominicans. They were always more technologically savy. [:D]

[Onime No Kyo]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

ORIGINAL: witpqs

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake





Dood.....Abu Ghraib? Why didn't you tell us?

No. Nuns in grammar school. [:D]

Sounds like Dominicans. They were always more technologically savy. [:D]

Are you gonna start that Dominican vs Puerto Rican thing again, for shame? [:-]

[Chickenboy]

Been away for the better part of two weeks. You guys still haven't sorted out the Japs yet? [&:]

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

Been away for the better part of two weeks. You guys still haven't sorted out the Japs yet? [&:]

Well, it SEEMS like an eternity, but it is only mid January 1943(c). We are starting to get some new toys, Corsairs, torpedoes that work and LST's. Even so, we have only 2 CV's.

In Northwestern Oz, JJ's postion has crumbled completely. There are some 7,000 of the little buggers extant at Fenton, but not for long.

I have a feering..one of these days..their carriers are going to show up again, but they may be pulling back to the Gustav Line. Not sure where that it is, but they may be pulling back there.

[Cap Mandrake]

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Admiral Lord SPrior
Baron of Ceylon
Editor in Chief, Wines and Spirits, Trincomalee Tattler
Viceroy in Waiting
Kandy House, Ceylon


My Dearest Spri;


Hope Miss Fanydingway has recovered her composure. Despite her propensity to concrete thinking, she is quite a lovely girl. I completely understand why you keep her around. As Sherman said, "war is a terrible thing but that doesn't mean one can't have a lovely secretary with long legs and an ample bosom".

We were thinking about Operation Yorker. If you are to leave from Colombo, we could transfer all of the APA and AKA capable vessels there and make the conversions in the yard there. They would then be ready in the third week of March for embarkation. The first wave of the landing, perhaps two or three divisions, could embark on the APA's, allowing a quick off-load at the beaches. This would reduce the risk to the carriers. JJ is certain to have a capable aerial force in the area by day 2.

When Benkoelen is seized, the second wave could come in under land-based CAP.

A late March landing could also allow the RN carrier arriving in Panama to be on scene.


With heartfelt tepidity


Fleet Admiral Mandrake

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[sprior]

Bizarrely if you do a Google search for Miss Fay Dingway it brings you straight back to The World's Worst AAR (tm)

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: sprior

Bizarrely if you do a Google search for Miss Fay Dingway it brings you straight back to The World's Worst AAR (tm)

Curious what.



Of course, you realize that there's another ursurper out there claiming to have the another world's worst AAR, don't you?

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