Submarine metal art, about 4 X 3, hanging in the man cave. Priceless.
@SSNBubblehead
My late husband was on fast attacks. My ex-husband (#1) was on the boomers. Looks like you're also a fast attack guy.
@okika_hilo Yep. 3 of them. 637, 671, 697. We did some stuff.
@SSNBubblehead I think my late husband's first sub was the Guardfish. 612. He was a plank-owner. He died last year. He did an awful lot of stuff too.
@okika_hilo I was a plank owner on 697 (Indianapolis). Quite the experience. My service then has paid me back 10 fold over the years.
@SSNBubblehead My husband had dolphins just like that. He eventually made Chief, then Master Chief and perhaps Senior Chief? (We met after he had retired). My guy used to say the same about his time on subs. He was an A-ganger. He could fix anything, jerry-rig things around the house. Very handy. He used to say, "If I can't fix it, it's not broken!"
@okika_hilo It might be coincidental, but I was an A-ganger as well. And it's true. We could fix anything, from ice cream machines to 3000lb hydraulic pumps. By the time I left the service, I was about the best at doing my job as there was in the USN. Absolutely the go-to Maytag Repairman of SSNs. 😜
@SSNBubblehead RIGHT?! You end up being the kind of person who can think outside the box. 👍 😉