| This graphic reminded me of a refit that I was
in charge of the seaman gang. One of my seaman found a ball cap with scrambled
eggs and the letters UBE. He wore the hat when doing dirty work.
One afternoon while working on missile hatch timing, I heard over the
sound powered phone, "Captain Ube Away!"
I asked the topside phone talker to repeat his last. And he said
that Captain UBE was underway.
I ran topside to see my seaman on a punt (that he was using to paint the
side of the ship) floating out to sea. It was so funny , because all he
had was a roller on the end of a pole to try to paddle back to the ship.
We had to call a tug boat to save him. |
