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Name: Augustlouise From: Augustlouise Website: http://augustlouise.blogspot.com E-mail: Contact	Nice security code. Does it work? Old Snipe Sez: It's works pretty well, not impenetrable but good. It's a free download from PHPJunkyard.com Look at the bottom of the screen for a link.   Added: August 26, 2008

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Name: Jimmymathilda From: Jimmymathilda Website: http://jimmymathilda.blogspot.com E-mail: Contact	This is the coolest web site I have seen for ages, excellent work and content. Old Snipe Sez: And yet another blogspot.com entry. Oddly, when I look at your blogs there is no name and the English is all fractured?   Added: August 26, 2008

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Name: Glennrita From: Glennrita Website: http://glennrita.blogspot.com E-mail: Contact	Very good site, well done. I especially like the ease of use and navigation Old Snipe Sez: Thank you, Odd, I notice the last 4 folk to sign my guest book have all listed xxx.Blogspot as their web address's. What's the deal here?   Added: August 25, 2008

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Name: Vemundruna From: Vemundruna Website: http://vemundruna.blogspot.com E-mail: Contact	Very interesting and informative site! I am looking for information on the history of textile and resilient floor coverings. If anybody can help, please let me know. Thanks! Old Snipe Sez: Sorry mate, The only floor covering Snipes know about is diamond tread plate.   Added: August 22, 2008

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Name: Mattiasalva Website: http://mattiasalva.blogspot.com E-mail: Contact	Keep up this great resource. I bookmark your site, best greetings Old Snipe Sez: Well Matt... Don't know it to be exactly a great resource but this site has not changed much since 1998 when I first put it on line. Old Snipe   Added: August 20, 2008

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Name: john Tata From: Leominster, MA E-mail: Contact

Reading this website was a fun mission. I had an XO tour on Chowanoc (ATF 100) 68-69, then in 75 went on a 4 day rescue mission on Moctobi in Puget Sound. I also noted someone from Edson. I was her first reserve XO in 78 and we went thru the Panama Canal and on to Newport RI. The NAFTS web site is a real walk thru the past. Just to keep things in perspective, I was a Chief Snope on PCR 857, and FF1054. Steam was much more exciting than diesel propulsion. Last fall I rode the newest Arliegh Burke Class (at that time), Uss Sampson(DDG 102), from Newport to Boston. Gas Turbine beats steam big time. Just to keep the older snipe in the loop, last month I was on Bataan (LHD-5), built in 97, her steam plant did not look any more advance than my Knos class FF. Keep up the good work Old Snipe Sez: I had only one steam plant. That was USS Virgo in 1968-1970. An old merchant C2 converted to an ammunition ship. 470# and very tender to operate due to all the alterations and conversions. Lots of diesels though. Most of them built in the 40's and plum worn out. ALCO's GM's, Cooper Bessemer, Fairbanks, Superior and some I don't remember what they were. No jets! Hell, they hadn't even put them on airplanes when I joined the Navy   Added: August 16, 2008

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Name: EN Rogers aka BIG TUNA From: Cleveland, oh E-mail: Contact	Bilge Rat just showing respect to those who came before him i would like to hear some stories my e-mail is crogers44054@yahoo.com Old Snipe Sez: Thanks for the signing Bilge Rat. E-mail me your postal address and I'll send you an issue of Towline with some sea stories.   Added: July 23, 2008

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Name: Doug Nelson From: Haverhill, Massachusetts E-mail: Contact

Private post. Click to view. Old Snipe Sez: Thanks for that, I'll post it as an alternative answer in the Birth of Snipes. TT   Added: The reciprocating engine was also incredibly messy. “When steaming a full speed in a man-of-war fitted with reciprocating engines,” remembered Sir Reginald H. Bacon, then a Royal Navy Captain, “the engine room was always a glorified snipe marsh; water lay on the floor plates and was splashed about everywhere; the officers often were clad in oilskins to avoid being wetted to the skin. The water was necessary to keep the bearings cool. Further, the noise was deafening; so much so that telephones were useless and even voice pipes of doubtful value.” An answer to its problems was available: an eccentric tinkerer named Charles Parsons had already invented the turbine engine, which provided direct rotary power from fanlike vanes turned by steam, had fewer parts and was therefore more dependable. It was also quiet and dry. (Sir Reginald Bacon ,1863 – 1947, British Royal Navy officer and historian) Regards & Respects, Doug Nelson, OSC, USNR-Ret.

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Name: Steve Kloch E-mail: Contact	Hi Tom, I was onboard the Peoria from 74-77. What a time that was. Glad to see you're doing well up in Orygun. I'm still down in Caly in Thousand Oaks. I'm the head track coach for the high school here dealing with 160 teenagers. It reminds me of the Nav. Old Snipe Sez: Hello Steve! Yes I remember you. The "P" boat was rough sledding for me. That's why I retired. TT   Added: April 28, 2008

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Name: Gary M. McDade From: Kansas E-mail: Contact	Hi, everyone, hope to see some familiar shipmates names here. B.T.'s rules! Old Snipe Sez: What ships did you rule on Gary?? And When? Old Snipe   Added: April 3, 2008

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