@USN_Submariner
I used to love the surface transit between the SPROAs and NPROAs. I would keep OOD and just run a long mic cord up to the bridge with no bridge box. Just the lookout and I up there smoking, sunning and watching the dolphins jump in front of us.
@USN_Submariner
In 1972 aboard an old DD, I recall a radio transmission I had as an OOD at the start of a submarine tracking exercise:
Me: "xx this is Moby Dick, standby, execute"
xx: "Moby Dick, Moby Dick this is xx, Roger and goodbye."
Then xx went under & we never even got a single ping...