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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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That isn't the first time the Big "E" ran aground. I was a Squadron member when she ran aground in Pearl Harbor in April of 1969. We had to wait for high tide that time too. To make matters worse we had just spent 3 months in Pearl having the ship rebuilt after suffering a devastating fire in January. This was our departure. The skipper stayed with us though.