Fortunately, no one was hurt. And ships, as well as reputations, can be cleaned up. Embarrassed though we were then, with the passage of enough time, well...there really was something hilarious seeing those guys getting sprayed down! Respectfully, An Officer of the 70-71 Cruise. (Reprinted...
I first learned about the dangers of the salvage operations when I visited Pearl Harbor on an NJROTC cadet training cruise in the spring of 1978. During the week we spent in Pearl between the outbound leg on theUSS Frederick LST-1184and our return to California aboard theUSS Gray FF-1054,...