The Seven Sailors (Navy Training Film from 1968)

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  • @tomdrouillard3015
    @tomdrouillard3015 3 роки тому +75

    I had this film declassified in the early 90s. I played the part of Ron Cramer, the guy who’s coming out of the hole with the 5 gal. can. And who took the short timers chain. That portion was filmed in M/B division compartment. I was a BT aboard the USS Lawrence DDG-4 when it was filmed in May-June of 1968.

    • @onlyfacts3101
      @onlyfacts3101 2 роки тому

      Hey Tom! Howdy, I’m interested in this commment. Is there any stories u mind sharing me that you’ve never told anyone? I know it’s pretty dumb to tell a story u never told anyone to a random person on UA-cam for others to see, but if the jobs already done and you identity isn’t jeopardized, then I say why not, but it’s all up to you.

    • @josephangiulo8601
      @josephangiulo8601 2 роки тому +3

      Mr. Drouillard; thank you, both for your service and for the additional information! I did not serve in the military, nor was I born when this film was made; I did, however, recently start working on the museum ship USS Hornet CV-12. As museum professionals without firsthand navy experience, films like this one are extremely helpful, as we better learn the ship and its systems. This is an incredible resource, and helps us immensely as we introduce modern visitors to the ship and the sailors who served in this era. Thanks!

    • @ostrich67
      @ostrich67 2 роки тому +3

      I watched this in boot camp in 1985.

    • @tomaszyeager6654
      @tomaszyeager6654 2 роки тому +2

      Watched this in boot camp (SDGO) in 1973.

    • @jaysonlima7196
      @jaysonlima7196 2 роки тому

      @@ostrich67 it was still being played when I went through in '01 too

  • @oldfool2635
    @oldfool2635 2 роки тому +9

    I was the guy in the DCC talking on the sound powered phone. I weighed137 pounds, now closer to 237.On the Larry for 3 .1/2 years as an IC man. Rest of my service in schools and boot camp. One North Atlantic cruise and I think 3 Med cruises.

  • @pciampanella
    @pciampanella 6 років тому +76

    I saw this in bootcamp in 1975. Little did I know that the USS Lawrence (DDG 4), the ship in the movie, would be my first ship when I got to the Fleet.

    • @larrygoerke9081
      @larrygoerke9081 6 років тому +3

      Far out Dave Myers - Cool. Plankowner USS Arkansas (CGN-41) here - Nuke EM1 1977-1983. CHEERS!

    • @badasshiker9637
      @badasshiker9637 5 років тому +4

      Did you meet the seven sailors in the movie? LOL

    • @DDGVET4
      @DDGVET4 4 роки тому

      Hi Dave, The Larryboat was my first ship too! 1980- 82

    • @ZOANOM
      @ZOANOM 4 роки тому

      I was on her sister ship, Henry B Wilson, DDG 7 from 1983-87.

    • @JCT442
      @JCT442 4 роки тому +1

      By the time I joined the Fleet in 1986, Lawrence was called "Leaky Larry." She looked great in '68, but was pretty worn out by the late '80s...

  • @edwardpate6128
    @edwardpate6128 2 роки тому +7

    I remember watching this in boot camp in 1980, great film that made a lasting impression!

  • @DiegoMartinez22627
    @DiegoMartinez22627 4 роки тому +35

    They still show this on my ship in 2020!

    • @raybin6873
      @raybin6873 3 роки тому +2

      Why not? It has an all-star cast! 😁👍

  • @briancullimore2893
    @briancullimore2893 10 місяців тому +2

    I watched this film in boot camp in 1978. The one thing that the instructor said was this: Don't cut corners.

  • @sebione3576
    @sebione3576 4 роки тому +36

    Damn. Now I'm gonna go check the front door to make sure it's locked, clean my lint trap in the dryer, and unplug the toaster. I'll be right back.

    • @carolina11b
      @carolina11b 4 роки тому +2

      am I the only one that read that in the Chief's voice?

    • @davidlippman6114
      @davidlippman6114 4 роки тому

      No, you're not!

    • @deirdre108
      @deirdre108 3 роки тому +2

      Make sure you top up the water in dog's bowl.

  • @douglaslally156
    @douglaslally156 3 роки тому +9

    I clicked on this thinking no, it can't be. Yes it is. They made us sit through this film in Basic in 1989.

    • @kevincrosby1760
      @kevincrosby1760 Рік тому +1

      RTC San Diego 1987. Some things just never change. Probably a good thing, since still relevant in 2023.

  • @vondumozze738
    @vondumozze738 5 років тому +10

    Those ever present green floor tiles!

  • @scottshields8220
    @scottshields8220 2 роки тому +5

    Born in 68 when made. Became a Signalman in 86 and I watched this every year my first ship USS Coronado. Its still a classic. Bravo Zulu who posted this

    • @lanceschoenbaum1358
      @lanceschoenbaum1358 2 роки тому +1

      I was a Signalman, 1983-2004. I remember the Coronado when she became MidEast For Flagship, then 3rd Fleet in Pearl and finally ended up at North Island. I knew several Signalman who served on her from 1993-2000.

    • @L_Train
      @L_Train 2 роки тому +2

      What is bravo zulu, BZ?

    • @scottshields8220
      @scottshields8220 Рік тому

      @@lanceschoenbaum1358 I left in 91 to shore duty. Yes we would releive the USS La Salle when she needed shipyards. I was on the 88 deployment. She did that once before but before my time. She also was 6th fleet flagship in Italy before she assumed duties as Third fleet in Hawaii in 86. Then later North Island as you said.

  • @airitwide
    @airitwide 6 років тому +33

    Not only the best Navy training film of all time, but one of the best training films period with regard to adhering to procedural guidance.

    • @lloydcollins6337
      @lloydcollins6337 7 місяців тому

      That's because it's based on a royal navy video training film from WW2

  • @cottagesofhopereception154
    @cottagesofhopereception154 2 роки тому +6

    I joined the Navy in 1977 a signalman. I remember this training film. This and the fire on the Enterprise are the ones that I still remember.

    • @lanceschoenbaum1358
      @lanceschoenbaum1358 2 роки тому

      I too was a Signalman, 1983-2004. Good times and a great job. As we used to say "Pick your rate, choose your fate!"

    • @waynebrown616
      @waynebrown616 Рік тому

      I thought the film was about the Forrestal fire, not the Enterprise, but maybe both of them? I may have forgotten.

    • @cottagesofhopereception154
      @cottagesofhopereception154 Рік тому

      @@waynebrown616 I looked it up. Your right. I'm 63. Memory is not as good as it used to be. I feel a little stupid now. I do remember the chief that ran toward the fire with a fire. extinguisher. The trainer told us he was brave, and stupid. Don't do what he did.

    • @waynebrown616
      @waynebrown616 Рік тому

      @@cottagesofhopereception154 it is ok brother. I'll be 56 in April..

  • @jamesecarucci2885
    @jamesecarucci2885 2 роки тому +6

    I found this Training Film by accident while surfing the web. It was good to see this Training film still alive and kicking after all these years. USS Lawrence (DDG-4) was the Third ship I had been assigned to while in the Navy. My first was right out of HM (Hospital Corpsman) "A" School in Long Beach Navy Shipyard, The USS Haven (AH-12) and the USS Forrestal (CVA-59). Seeing pictures of the crew from back then, Wow! Lt. Lane played the Captain, He was my Division Officer (N division). Brings back memories.

  • @davidmarr9722
    @davidmarr9722 7 років тому +27

    Wow ... thought I'd never see this again. Thank you so much for posting a classic!

  • @davidwindsor6001
    @davidwindsor6001 6 років тому +31

    Good morning fellow D Cmen. Interesting film. I don't recall seeing it before I retired in '77. One command I didn't hear after G Q was Recheck condition ZEBRA. Every ship ( 7 of them ) this was standard procedure. It eliminated "progressive flooding", except for that as a result of incurred damage to WT integrity. I didn't notice pad locks on personal lockers which helped with habitual closing and securing lockers. A 2 1/2 inch eductor would have helped pass the clothing , magazines and some other debris that may have been in the compartment. These were just a couple of things that caught my old eyes, it's been over 40 years since I was honored to be part of this team.....miss it every day

    • @Wormhole798
      @Wormhole798 4 роки тому

      They have therapy for that these days. It's called fun!😂🤣

    • @johncox2284
      @johncox2284 2 роки тому +1

      I noticed that in DC Central and on the bridge there was no report of zebra being set. The new SCBAs are a big improvement over the OBAs. Also there was no attempt to cool the hatch before the accessed the space. Without FFEs and gloves someone could get burned pretty badly.

    • @rodneysullivan4144
      @rodneysullivan4144 2 роки тому

      A quarter aa go

    • @JCarey1988
      @JCarey1988 4 місяці тому

      Thanks for the comments!

  • @georgesykes394
    @georgesykes394 Рік тому +2

    I want this Navy back!

    • @kevincrosby1760
      @kevincrosby1760 Рік тому +2

      I'd settle for having the Navy back that I left in 1990...

    • @georgesykes394
      @georgesykes394 Рік тому +1

      @@kevincrosby1760 Fine Navy!

  • @stephengsweet7411
    @stephengsweet7411 4 роки тому +2

    I was a plankowner of the USS Neversail….Naval Hosp, Charleston....1972-75! We saw plenty of ships depart the Charleston harbor. I did a total of 32 years between USN, USAF and Alaska Army Guard....E-3 to O-6. Met some great folks along the way. I will never forget the many good times and the few bad. Served in Saudi during the Iran-Iraq War with the USAF as a Weapons Controller. All in all...…...no major complaints and would serve again......Thanks, Steve

  • @richardnajjar2202
    @richardnajjar2202 Рік тому +2

    I saw this film in a Damage Control class at Recruit Training Command-Orlando back in 1975. I never forgot it. I was 17 years old then and would go on to Submarine School, USS Ulysses S. Grant (SSBN-631), and sea patrols in the North Atlantic. The avatar is me as a Department of the Navy civilian at Camp Fallujah, Iraq in 2006, some 31 years later.

  • @racketyjack
    @racketyjack 3 роки тому +6

    I remember watching this very film at NTC San Diego back in 1977. A chief told us then that every rule we have in the navy was usually bought at the cost of lives lost. I never forgot that. BM2 USN 1977-84

  • @robertfolkner9253
    @robertfolkner9253 2 роки тому +1

    I saw this in Boot Camp in 1975. All of us enjoyed it and it was very informative!

    • @unojsn
      @unojsn Рік тому

      They showed in 1995 too.

  • @jordanpistol4106
    @jordanpistol4106 4 роки тому +3

    Talk about a blast from the past! I saw this film in Surface Warfare Officer School, then at DCA School and showed it as a training film when I was DCA.

  • @ubee62
    @ubee62 5 років тому +6

    I served aboard the Lawrence from 1966 until 1969. I question the date of 1968 when this was made, as I was there and don't remember a training film being made. I saw a comment made that the snipes were to clean, true, but I also noticed everybody's dungarees were starched and pressed. Hollywood effect? Somebody called her "the leaky Larry"---maybe when you were aboard but she was "the leapin Larry" back then. She was a good ship and was manned by a really good crew! Sure was neat to see our berthing compartments and lockers, again.

  • @ricks1314
    @ricks1314 7 років тому +14

    Thanks, i have been looking all over for this movie!! i still talk about it even after Navy Boot Camp in Great lakes in 1976!!! Company 116, remember it like yesterday!!

  • @CaliforniaEBRDude
    @CaliforniaEBRDude 4 роки тому +6

    Excellent film. The lessons it teaches apply to many life situations in which peoples' attention to details of their duties are critical. In the IT world we call the kind of events depicted here "cascading failure."

  • @jamesbarnhart1105
    @jamesbarnhart1105 5 років тому +9

    I sailed on the USS Claude Ricketts DDG 5 form 1967 until 1970. Great to see the interior of a Adams Class Ship again.

  • @larrygoerke9081
    @larrygoerke9081 6 років тому +8

    Thanks Geoffrey Walker! I've been looking high & low for this. Remember it like yesterday - Company 135 RTC San Diego 1977. I'll forward the link to my grandsons. To civilians I know this sounds corny, but damn if this wasn't sobering.

  • @michaellong3836
    @michaellong3836 7 років тому +16

    They were still showing this film at basic training in San Diego in 1985. Company #199 to be exact.

  • @scottrice370
    @scottrice370 2 роки тому +1

    I saw this film in basic training in Orlando, FL summer of 1977! Training Unit 187 CC RM1 Gillette.

  • @BrianRLange
    @BrianRLange 2 місяці тому

    I remember watching this video in boot camp back in the 70s.

  • @meekhinglim4829
    @meekhinglim4829 5 років тому +5

    Good movie, reminded me of the days when I was a Navy radio operator with Malaysian Royal Navy

  • @CNCHobbyist
    @CNCHobbyist 6 років тому +7

    Saw this the first time in boot camp at Sandiego 1985 company 142. My fist ship was DDG 15 same class as the Lawrence.

    • @SMOBY44
      @SMOBY44 3 роки тому

      Saw the same film at NTC. 1985, company 945. First ship was USS Robison DDG 12. Loved the Adams class.

  • @miguelnavarro2092
    @miguelnavarro2092 8 місяців тому

    Wow! this is definitely a blast from the past. I found it just by luck. I also saw this during training back in '76 and little did I know that I would be reporting to my first ship USS Lawrence (the Larry Boat as we affectionally called it) in January '77. Great times. I started as a snipe (FR-FN) in the engineroom and then crossed over to a MS3
    Loved my tour of duty

  • @jonsmith4364
    @jonsmith4364 2 роки тому

    Thanks for the memoirs, I remember seeing this in boot camp. 1983 Great Lakes. CO.940.

  • @IDapto77
    @IDapto77 5 років тому +8

    I watched this in boot camp great lakes in 1999.

  • @toddrich9278
    @toddrich9278 Рік тому

    Oh this is cool 😎. ⚓⚓⚓. I was on the U.S.S. SCHOFIELD FFG 3 EN3. 81/84 . Thanks For Sharing

  • @imright9957
    @imright9957 5 років тому +3

    Saw this in basic. Fall of 1975, Great Lakes, color company 262. Then on to USS Browson DD-868, Mayport , Florida. This brought back a lot of memories. Thanks for posting on UA-cam.

  • @anthonyohl
    @anthonyohl 4 роки тому +3

    Thanks for uploading. I haven't seen this since OCS in 2000. Have been looking for it!

  • @emmanuelsavage1271
    @emmanuelsavage1271 3 роки тому +1

    I saw this film at Great Lakes during apprenticeship training in 1985....I made sure I always closed those watertight doors!

  • @WootTootZoot
    @WootTootZoot 5 років тому +24

    Every ship had a guy named Kowalski

    • @johnbattista9519
      @johnbattista9519 5 років тому

      WootTootZoot , I broke out laughing when I heard his name called.

    • @jimwjohnq.public
      @jimwjohnq.public 4 роки тому +2

      There was even a Kolwalski on 'Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea'

    • @nikburton9264
      @nikburton9264 4 роки тому

      There's always a Ski, anyway. USS Frank Cable (AS-40) we had a Gerlosky

    • @tonygee6418
      @tonygee6418 4 роки тому +1

      "The Green Berets" with John
      Wayne had a Kowalski too, lol

    • @Wormhole798
      @Wormhole798 4 роки тому

      We had both, Kowalski and a Ricco, aboard USS KANSAS CITY AOR-3

  • @samescobar1065
    @samescobar1065 4 роки тому +1

    Never seen that film , but I was in San Diego boot camp in 1965 and wound up being a Damage Control 3ed class on the USS Arlington agmr2 in 68-69

  • @Irish39100
    @Irish39100 6 років тому +4

    Last time I saw this was during a very slow weekend training session in the Reserves At NAS South Weymouth .Some one found it on 8 mm .Great Post !!!

  • @ZOANOM
    @ZOANOM 4 роки тому +1

    Boot camp '82. Love these films. Reported to her sister ship the USS Henry B Wilson, DDG 7 after ET school in Great Lakes.

  • @vinsanchez1066
    @vinsanchez1066 4 роки тому +4

    As a former QM(SS) the role of PO Gordon was accurately portrayed, God Bless all sailors! Even when "improving their mind!"

  • @sailor9890
    @sailor9890 5 років тому +3

    Good ole' Adam's Class I served on USS Lynde McCormick DDG-8. I was a MM3 and Repair Locker 3 was my GQ Station. The old A-3 O.B.A.. wore that a lot. HT1 Taft was our repair locker leader. I was #1 nozzleman. Those fireman were too clean to be SNIPES ! 1200 PSI and 965 Degrees Superheated Steam. My favorite ship good times. Company 060 - 1977 Great Lakes. DDG-8 was my 2nd Ship after A School my first ship was USS Midway CV-41 homeport Yokosuka, Japan. 77-79

    • @torpedo58
      @torpedo58 3 роки тому

      I was TAD on the Midway in 1978 from the USS joseph Strauss, DDG 16. That places us on the '41 at the same time!!

  • @leelawrence1557
    @leelawrence1557 4 роки тому +1

    I saw this movie several times before I retired in 1998.

  • @erikk77
    @erikk77 4 роки тому +4

    Look at all those smut books! Gear adrift!

  • @5kehhn
    @5kehhn 4 роки тому +3

    Didn't see this when I went in '75, but the film gives about as realistic a look on QC as I've seen. I had aft steering for a while, then the diesel room.

  • @albertmcmichael9110
    @albertmcmichael9110 4 роки тому +1

    Seen this in boot camp, Great Lakes in 1976. My first ship was a destroyer, USS Parsons DDG 33!

  • @yourolddad6407
    @yourolddad6407 5 років тому +8

    Getting through a scuttle with an OBA was always fun

    • @clintcannon1902
      @clintcannon1902 4 роки тому

      That's no joke. (Former DC)

    • @achtungbaby91u26
      @achtungbaby91u26 4 роки тому

      Now a days we have to lube up the fat sailors and squeeze them through

    • @yourolddad6407
      @yourolddad6407 4 роки тому

      lol, we'd just work them till the fat came off.

    • @charletonzimmerman4205
      @charletonzimmerman4205 3 роки тому +1

      Yeah, & loved the "ASBESTOS", mitts also, smack, them & the fibers, would fly.

  • @KB4QAA
    @KB4QAA 5 років тому +5

    Darned good. Wish I had seen it 40 years ago! Sailed on DDG-16, USS Buchannan!

    • @donaldmcmackin4137
      @donaldmcmackin4137 3 роки тому +1

      Midshipman on Buchannan in 1977. That's when I decided to be a black shoe.

    • @torpedo58
      @torpedo58 3 роки тому +2

      I think you meant DDG 14. I was on the 16, USS Joseph Strauss. fastest ship at Pearl Harbor!!

    • @KB4QAA
      @KB4QAA 3 роки тому +1

      @@torpedo58 It's been 40 years. (gasp)

    • @torpedo58
      @torpedo58 3 роки тому

      @@KB4QAA Hard to believe, ain't it!!??

    • @brucenadeau2172
      @brucenadeau2172 3 роки тому

      was on ddg 15 berkley

  • @michaelashcraft8569
    @michaelashcraft8569 4 роки тому +1

    See this my first time at NTC Great Lakes November 1970, three years later I was on DDG 5, this Ship's sister, seen it again in the Mess Hall, I was one of two Corpsmen. Every Navy has a Kowalski. Lol

  • @JGRMSTR-ts6je
    @JGRMSTR-ts6je Рік тому +1

    There is a WW 2 Royal Navy training film on UA-cam "Damage Control - A Story of Seven Sailors" that is very similar to this film, to the point that I wonder if this piece was based on the old film.

  • @jaimeosbourn3616
    @jaimeosbourn3616 5 років тому +4

    Saw this in bootcamp in Orlando in 1975.

    • @paradoxdea
      @paradoxdea 4 роки тому

      I watched it in 1977, in Orlando.

    • @docdeth904
      @docdeth904 4 роки тому

      I saw it in 1987 in Orlando.

    • @rontreen3278
      @rontreen3278 3 роки тому

      I don't recall seeing this training film when I was in Orlando April 1st to June 3rd 75!

    • @danagassaway3581
      @danagassaway3581 10 місяців тому

      Saw it in 1973 at Orlando RTC. The most important training film I remember. Co. 173 QMC (SS) Traylor (RIP) was our CC. I was an STS3 (SS) aboard the USS Simon Bolivar SSBN-641 (the BEST learning experience of my life!!).

  • @clayramsey7140
    @clayramsey7140 5 років тому +4

    I saw this film in an ROTC class in college, 1976.

  • @TimothyHolmes-p9m
    @TimothyHolmes-p9m 5 місяців тому +1

    The short timer change we all had one just not from a head set

  • @kennethschlegel870
    @kennethschlegel870 4 роки тому +5

    damn, that was a good video, and everything still applies today, i wish they had shown this on our ship

  • @idiotsandwich3713
    @idiotsandwich3713 4 роки тому +1

    Holy crap, I saw this movie in bootcamp back in 1995

  • @billhuber2964
    @billhuber2964 5 років тому +1

    Saw this in boot camp back in 73. Great Lakes ill.

  • @jesterd14
    @jesterd14 5 років тому +1

    I served on the USS Dahlgren (DDG-43) Farragut class, just a model year newer. Saw this film in boot camp in 1979.

  • @uscgrd
    @uscgrd 4 роки тому +2

    Ah memories! First time I saw this was in bootcamp in '81 then in Norfolk getting ready to hit the USS Buttercup prior to GITMO in '82.

    • @Ellecram
      @Ellecram 2 роки тому +1

      I was in Gtmo 1982.

  • @airitwide
    @airitwide 6 років тому +3

    By the way , I saw this in college in 1989 at the ROTC unit and on the Battleship New Jersey during midshipman cruise. I was an oldie but goody even back then.

  • @L_Train
    @L_Train 2 роки тому +1

    8:45 "...here shown in blue." Uh, captain...everything is blue!

  • @gerardhunt1890
    @gerardhunt1890 2 роки тому +1

    They were still showing this in 82

  • @davegossage5930
    @davegossage5930 2 роки тому

    remember this film from boot camp, 1976. my company commander, mm1, always said damage control is the #1 job in the navy. and know 2 ways out of your spaces. located my cc on facebook about 4 years ago, he's a nice guy, who knew?

  • @davidlippman6114
    @davidlippman6114 4 роки тому +3

    This is why DC training is so serious...especially for the DC rate.

    • @KariIzumi1
      @KariIzumi1 3 роки тому +1

      I was on the Fitzgerald, a few years prior to the collision in Japan. Looking back on it, I recall our DCC telling us we had too much stuff laying around, especially the shower cubbies we were allowed to stow on top of our ranks. Being that I was assigned Berthing 2 where the fatalities occurred, I think about that a lot.
      I left the Navy before that happened, but bet your ass I’d be pretty diligent about stowage after that.

  • @mtmac3769
    @mtmac3769 5 років тому +1

    Saw this in '88 in boot camp at Great Lakes.

  • @jimcrowley1856
    @jimcrowley1856 4 роки тому +3

    Thanks for posting! I've been looking for this for years. I saw this film in 1981 in USCG boot camp during Basic Damage Control class. Good times!

  • @johncox2284
    @johncox2284 2 роки тому

    I remember seeing this film in Coast Guard boot camp in 1971

  • @hornet6969
    @hornet6969 5 років тому +2

    Saw this in boot Orlando '78

  • @sailorbychoice1
    @sailorbychoice1 4 роки тому +8

    As a former BM2 (sw), I would argue, these sailors are NOT GUILTY of dereliction, the JG perhaps a bit, but not at a prosecutable degree, but perhaps a lapse.
    When the ship went to GQ, each repair section should have designated people checking and setting Zebra throughout the ship. The After Repair Party, Repair Three in this case failed to set and check Z in their area of responsibility. The most likely end result in this scenario after a thorough investigation, assuming the vessel makes it back to port:
    The C.O. would be _Relieved of Command,_ he is responsible for _everything_ aboard his vessel. His ship had not been properly manned and ready. What should have been a serious but not incapacitating hit became vital.
    The Chief Engineer and Damage Control Assistant would probably show a black mark on their performance records as Damage Control and the Training of, and performance of, fall under their Departmental Responsibilities. The Officer in charge and the Leading Chief of the Repair Party would probably never see another promotion.

  • @donlove3741
    @donlove3741 2 роки тому

    Memories!
    Saw this in DC school before heading to DD845.

  • @masterskrain2630
    @masterskrain2630 4 роки тому

    Was a BT on DD-890 U.S.S. Meredith, the last of the Gearings in Mayport, Fl. in early 70s'.

  • @sheriff0017
    @sheriff0017 3 роки тому +1

    The ship depicted is USS Lawrence. The motto "Don't give up the ship"

  • @wehlus
    @wehlus 5 років тому +4

    Served on The Lawrence 1969-70 BM 2

  • @davidnewland2461
    @davidnewland2461 2 роки тому

    I didn't see this the film I'll never forget was 115volts the deadly shipmate.

  • @Hadduck
    @Hadduck 5 років тому +2

    I am glad we changed the way we plot damage on the plates.

  • @brentoldland6649
    @brentoldland6649 4 роки тому

    Thank you! Great Lakes 72-190.

  • @dduffer
    @dduffer 5 років тому +1

    I saw that in boot at Great Lakes in '73.

    • @kenjstl
      @kenjstl 5 років тому +1

      I grew up near Great Lakes. Where did you go on liberty? Lakehurst Mall? The Mouse Trap?

  • @bjturon
    @bjturon 3 роки тому +2

    I wanted to see the ship sink, I hate cliff hangers, when's the next season?

  • @davidlippman6114
    @davidlippman6114 4 роки тому

    For new viewers, the ship is USS Lawrence, a Charles Francis Adams-class.

  • @dennisdownes9319
    @dennisdownes9319 4 роки тому +2

    I saw this in boot camp-Great Lakes 1981.........years latter, we used to call it "7 Shit-birds!" Hahahahah! DD

  • @PatBob5150
    @PatBob5150 3 роки тому +1

    Man, that P250 could be a pain to start sometimes, wasn't it? I served on USS Buchanan, DDG 14...

    • @kevincrosby1760
      @kevincrosby1760 Рік тому +1

      The secret to having a P-250 actually start and run well was to realize that it was an OMC outboard power head mounted to a pump. You then kept the Navy manual around for appearances and tuned the darn things per the service manual you picked up at the OMC dealership...

    • @JCarey1988
      @JCarey1988 4 місяці тому

      @@kevincrosby1760 Official guidelines vs. actually getting stuff to run...somethings never change.

  • @jeffreywoo9797
    @jeffreywoo9797 4 роки тому +4

    This is actually OK, I thought this is a training film on how to be a sailor, basic seamanship or mini-biography description of the seven navymen and their personal lives! This is worth watching despite the sailors' poor acting abilities

  • @davejulian4604
    @davejulian4604 2 роки тому

    I always remembered this film as, "Seven Deadly Shipmates," but maybe I'm conflating it with other training films....? Scared the crap out of me when I first came in....

  • @robertobryk4989
    @robertobryk4989 Рік тому +1

    I'm surprised by commands being given in a way that makes them easy to misinterpret if truncated.

  • @dslund817
    @dslund817 7 років тому +11

    That's cool. Forgot it was an Adam's class ship. Snipe porn for sure!

  • @davidkimmel4216
    @davidkimmel4216 Рік тому

    Very interesting

  • @donbouquet403
    @donbouquet403 5 років тому +1

    What was the name of the Navy training film that featured "Circe"?

  • @audreybullock4685
    @audreybullock4685 2 роки тому

    I was in a training movie while in the navy back in 1981 or 1982. The movie was called Phone Security. Any chance you could find this?

    • @JCarey1988
      @JCarey1988 4 місяці тому

      I took a good look but came up empty, any more information?

  • @davidlippman6114
    @davidlippman6114 4 роки тому +2

    I bet those guys were hating life after the inquiry.

  • @audreybullock4685
    @audreybullock4685 2 роки тому

    I was a cryptologist, but the movie was not classified. It was a training video.

  • @waynebrown616
    @waynebrown616 2 роки тому

    My CC in boot camp, called this " Seven Dickheads "🤣

  • @4343george
    @4343george 6 місяців тому

    The British Navy had a simliar film about this made in the 1940's

  • @kawaiikitty6969
    @kawaiikitty6969 2 роки тому

    One of my family members was in this

  • @SoapinTrucker
    @SoapinTrucker 4 роки тому +1

    Adams Class Tin Cans! Old sway backs! 😎👍

  • @edl617
    @edl617 4 роки тому

    I saw this in boot camp in 1972. I wanted a destroyer. Got gator freighters instead

  • @49woodie
    @49woodie 8 років тому +10

    Where did you find this? Last time I saw this was in boot camp. About the time the film was released!

    • @walkerwhippet
      @walkerwhippet  8 років тому +8

      49woodie One of the Deputies that I work with at Submarine Squadron Eleven had a copy of it on CD and shared it with me. I uploaded on UA-cam since it's too good not to share!

    • @hornet6969
      @hornet6969 5 років тому +1

      @@walkerwhippet Thx 4 posting this. Saw in boot, been looking 4 this one.

  • @MikeinAmman
    @MikeinAmman 4 роки тому +1

    Saw this in ROTC in late 70s. The Seven Shitbags.

  • @thatguyinelnorte
    @thatguyinelnorte 3 роки тому +1

    May God save us from ourselves!

  • @thomasjeakle5762
    @thomasjeakle5762 6 років тому +5

    Can a sound powered phone outlet short out?

    • @robertobryk4989
      @robertobryk4989 Рік тому

      Why not? Seawater is pretty conductive, so it will place low resistance across the two wires.

    • @kevincrosby1760
      @kevincrosby1760 Рік тому +1

      Absolutely. If the circuit is good you can hear yourself in the receiver of your headset when you speak into the transmitter. A short will kill even that. An open in the circuit will act like a good circuit but folks on one side of the open can't talk to people on the other side.
      With a flooded jack as shown, that would more likely be a ground than a short. Comms might still be possible, but you would be yelling over a loud 60 hz hum.
      I kept a spool of that brass chain in the IC Shop for exactly the reason shown. Got really tired of replacing chains and caps. At least Engineering was good about dropping by the shop and mentioning that they were "short", resulting in their being pointed towards the spool while we carefully didn't notice a piece being cut off of it.