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Originally Posted by catskillclimber
Actually, the question shouldn't be how many it takes to man the rails, its' how many does it take to tip an aircraft carrier to port when it has run aground in the muck in bay. To top it off, coming off a WESPAC and within sight of the pier. HINT: It takes more than we put up on the flight deck. Took a rising tide to get us out.
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Alameda, right? A friend of my father's was CO of the Coral Sea out of Alameda in 1963 or so and they ran aground a half mile from the pier just like your ship. The CO lost his job and his career was ruined. I think it happened a bunch of times at Alameda.