tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265043310556240776.post4286645094391603337..comments2024-03-15T02:44:55.796-07:00Comments on Recumbent Conspiracy Theorist: An Interesting Amateur Radio QSOrecumbent conspiracy theoristhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06534820082655384780noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265043310556240776.post-21320906386659845242010-09-25T08:41:29.866-07:002010-09-25T08:41:29.866-07:00I didn't know the Fox had actually served in V...I didn't know the Fox had actually served in Vietnam. Just a few days out of Norfolk, in 1968, there was a horrible "boiler room explosion" which killed three sailors and injured many more. It did extensive damage to the ship. <br /><br />We were sailing with her and the "Wilson" when it happened. We steamed flank speed, with the dead and injured to a Naval Hospital in Charleston, SC. Her decommissioning in '73 would be an explanation of those events. <br /><br />I was a Boatswains Mate on the USS Corry at that time. There's nothing more traumatic than a fire on a ship. You either put it out, or you die.<br /> <br />I still feel the suffering of those unfortunate sailors on the Fox. It still brings tears to my eyes when I think of it.Jspikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14751088160139882564noreply@blogger.com