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Subject: Re: [OM] Winterlude photos
From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:34:49 -0800
On 2/13/2013 10:34 AM, Walters, Martin wrote:
> Better that ending up in a boneyard or a firing range though.

The ship I served on in the US Coast Guard was a converted Pacific theater 
sub/seaplane tender that the navy had sold to 
the CG for $1. Not long after my stint, the CG sold it back and the Navy sank 
it for target practice.

My memories of it were not particularly fond, and I shed no tears. It seemed a 
fitting end to a long career. I have an 
old friend who is a historian by nature and training (Rhodes Scholar, PhD 
thesis published) who likes to relieve the 
past. Fortunately, the ship on which he served is now a museum piece, and he 
enjoyed visiting it recently.

The USCG is a MUCH different outfit now.

X. C. G. Moose

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