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Shooter · 5 December 1998, 02:35 AM

Barrett:

Slow is not the problem. Shallow draft and flat-bottomed is the problem. LST's wallow in heavy weather.

I was on the USS Fairfax County in the North Sea, enroute to Norway when she ran into a winter storm. She rolled thirty-five degrees to port and starboard as well as pitching fore & aft for the best part of the day and into the night. I am not normally subject to sea sickness, but I was on Drammamine on that cruise, lemme tell ya!

r/s

Bill

5 December 1998, 02:35 AM	#7 (permalink)
Shooter Senior Gunfighter Contributor Join Date: Sep 1998 Location: Jacksonville, NC	Barrett: Slow is not the problem. Shallow draft and flat-bottomed is the problem. LST's wallow in heavy weather. I was on the USS Fairfax County in the North Sea, enroute to Norway when she ran into a winter storm. She rolled thirty-five degrees to port and starboard as well as pitching fore & aft for the best part of the day and into the night. I am not normally subject to sea sickness, but I was on Drammamine on that cruise, lemme tell ya! r/s Bill __________________ In God we trust, everyone else keep your hands where I can see them! Only the hits count. The only thing worse than a miss is a slow miss. There is no second-place award for a gunfight. Never bring a knife.