In Barcelona
Ace Hunter sent me this one, taken in Barcelona. No I am not asleep, I am contemplating the near future, which is the reason for the smile. The look on the young lady's face seems to indicate a certain impatience at having to sit for a photograph. I assure you, she was a sweetie!
The Oceanograsphers Balls
This is notice to other mariners that we are dead in the water performing survey operations, and are thus easy to ram.
Number 6 Lifeboat
For some reason I had a fascination with lifeboats.
Looking Forward
The oil-fired furnace which we used to destroy classified material is on the 04 Level, just aft and below the stack. If you look closely you can see someone (it would be a Navyman) up there working. The entrance to "Old NIC" is to Starboard of the furnace. Below the furnace, on the Starboard side of the 03 Level, is the hatch to Survey Control.
Preparing for a Transponder Launch
Transponder launches and recoveries were a big deal. Recoveries especially, which were often at night and/or in rough weather
Transponder Shop
My transponder shop on the upper 'tween deck of No.5 Hold.
Sverdlov
In the North Atlantic, c. 1967. A Russian Sverdlov forces Bowditch to abandon a Survey Line. Cold War hijinks, with a rough edge. Taken with a long lens in dim light. Compare the director tower atop the forward superstructure to the Janes' photo of Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya in the next slide. Note the masts of two other ships in formation astern
Sverdlov
Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya (I've reversed the photo which is why the hull number "202" is backwards).
