Thought some of you Navy guys would enjoy this. Also some good info on the heat index in the Monitor.
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How to cook an egg ironclad side up
Thought some of you Navy guys would enjoy this. Also some good info on the heat index in the Monitor.Jim Mayo
Portsmouth Rifles, Company G, 9th Va. Inf.
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Reminds me of Rommel when he tried that stunt on the deck of a tank in Afrika. He failed. Undaunted and being the clever Desert Fox, he had a torch heat the deck. With cameras rolling, the tanker then broke a fresh egg and voila! It cooked.GaryYee o' the Land o' Rice a Roni & Cable Cars
High Private in The Company of Military Historians
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There's a good reason why, some years later, the Navy started painting all of the areas above the waterline white
Quite uncomfortable at times.Jason Hamby
In memory of Thomas Jefferson Humberson, private, Waul's Texas Legion
Life is hard, even harder when you're stupid
"Don't give the pr&ck the satisfaction"
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There was a time early in the war whent here was a shortage of shoes in the Navy. Watches were relieved on the berth deck, and part of the releiving process was to pass on your shoes. The releived Sailor then got into his hammock. Even thouhg interior decks were wood, the lack of lagging (insolation) allowed the heat from the exterior of the ship and the fire rooms to pass through the entire ship. It was an excessivevly miserable life aboard the ironclads.
Sailors of the blockading fleet thouhgt they had it bad due to boredom, but they were for the most part receiving fresh food, water and even ice about every three days from logistics ships that came down from New York. Other than that, they just stared at the water for months on end.
Sailors from the river ironclads were sent to the blockaders to recover from heat injuries. Lots of fresh sea air and cooler temps. If they thouhght the surgeon would find them fit for duty (and return to their ships) they would try and fake something else to stay out at sea. Scrubbing decks and shining brass was far more preferable to broiling in a coal dust filled iron box at 135 F.
Steve Hesson
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Originally posted by Texyank View PostI spent my first summer in the Coast Guard on a black hull with no air conditioning.
Quite uncomfortable at times.
Fellers,
I was rfering to the 1880-1910 or so period, ala the "Great White Fleet". Although some vessels on the Yangtse carried white areas above the water-line, it pretty much went back to haze gray during WWI.
I can also remember how sweltering it was on the flight deck, even during ops with a strong wind over the bow. Between the black non-skid, the engine exhauts and the green flight suit and equipment, it still got pretty doggone warm.
Respects,Tim Kindred
Medical Mess
Solar Star Lodge #14
Bath, Maine
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Gray was adopted after the Great White Fleet returned from its cruise. The officers discovered that white stood out but worse, made aiming easy. It's pretty, but impractical.GaryYee o' the Land o' Rice a Roni & Cable Cars
High Private in The Company of Military Historians
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Originally posted by Texyank View PostI spent my first summer in the Coast Guard on a black hull with no air conditioning. Quite uncomfortable at times.
And I won't even go into how danged cold and damp the interior of a metal ship can get when in winter waters! :sad_smile
- Tom Green- Tom Green
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