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.
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 TH-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.
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!
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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
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.
@@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.
@@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.
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.
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!!
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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."
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 TH-cam.
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.
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.
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
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
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!!).
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.
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.
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?
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
There is a WW 2 Royal Navy training film on TH-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.
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...
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....
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 TH-cam since it's too good not to share!
This is how we dressed in '71 except for the dixie cup. We wore the ball cap instead unless for some reason you were in dress uniform of course. Although I was on a carrier (CVAN65) so that might have something to do with it.
@@deirdre108 our slacker version was the aviation maintenance turtlenecks (even though we weren't flight deck), utility pants and LOX boots. you can roll out of the rack and be ready to go in about 30 seconds
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.
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 TH-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.
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!
I watched this in boot camp in 1985.
Watched this in boot camp (SDGO) in 1973.
@@ostrich67 it was still being played when I went through in '01 too
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.
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.
am I the only one that read that in the Chief's voice?
No, you're not!
Make sure you top up the water in dog's bowl.
I watched this film in boot camp in 1978. The one thing that the instructor said was this: Don't cut corners.
They still show this on my ship in 2020!
Why not? It has an all-star cast! 😁👍
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.
Far out Dave Myers - Cool. Plankowner USS Arkansas (CGN-41) here - Nuke EM1 1977-1983. CHEERS!
Did you meet the seven sailors in the movie? LOL
Hi Dave, The Larryboat was my first ship too! 1980- 82
I was on her sister ship, Henry B Wilson, DDG 7 from 1983-87.
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...
Those ever present green floor tiles!
I clicked on this thinking no, it can't be. Yes it is. They made us sit through this film in Basic in 1989.
RTC San Diego 1987. Some things just never change. Probably a good thing, since still relevant in 2023.
I remember watching this in boot camp in 1980, great film that made a lasting impression!
Wow ... thought I'd never see this again. Thank you so much for posting a classic!
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.
That's because it's based on a royal navy video training film from WW2
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
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
They have therapy for that these days. It's called fun!😂🤣
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.
A quarter aa go
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.
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
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.
What is bravo zulu, BZ?
@@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.
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.
I too was a Signalman, 1983-2004. Good times and a great job. As we used to say "Pick your rate, choose your fate!"
I thought the film was about the Forrestal fire, not the Enterprise, but maybe both of them? I may have forgotten.
@@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.
@@cottagesofhopereception154 it is ok brother. I'll be 56 in April..
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.
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!!
I sailed on the USS Claude Ricketts DDG 5 form 1967 until 1970. Great to see the interior of a Adams Class Ship again.
Greetings fellow Ricketts sailor...
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.
I watched this in boot camp great lakes in 1999.
Good movie, reminded me of the days when I was a Navy radio operator with Malaysian Royal Navy
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
Every ship had a guy named Kowalski
WootTootZoot , I broke out laughing when I heard his name called.
There was even a Kolwalski on 'Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea'
There's always a Ski, anyway. USS Frank Cable (AS-40) we had a Gerlosky
"The Green Berets" with John
Wayne had a Kowalski too, lol
We had both, Kowalski and a Ricco, aboard USS KANSAS CITY AOR-3
They were still showing this film at basic training in San Diego in 1985. Company #199 to be exact.
1985 company 941 Great Lakes
San Dog Summer of 81! 😎👍
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.
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.
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
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."
Saw this the first time in boot camp at Sandiego 1985 company 142. My fist ship was DDG 15 same class as the Lawrence.
Saw the same film at NTC. 1985, company 945. First ship was USS Robison DDG 12. Loved the Adams class.
I saw this in Boot Camp in 1975. All of us enjoyed it and it was very informative!
They showed in 1995 too.
Thanks for uploading. I haven't seen this since OCS in 2000. Have been looking for it!
I want this Navy back!
I'd settle for having the Navy back that I left in 1990...
@@kevincrosby1760 Fine Navy!
damn, that was a good video, and everything still applies today, i wish they had shown this on our ship
Oh this is cool 😎. ⚓⚓⚓. I was on the U.S.S. SCHOFIELD FFG 3 EN3. 81/84 . Thanks For Sharing
As a former QM(SS) the role of PO Gordon was accurately portrayed, God Bless all sailors! Even when "improving their mind!"
8:45 "...here shown in blue." Uh, captain...everything is blue!
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 !!!
Boot camp '82. Love these films. Reported to her sister ship the USS Henry B Wilson, DDG 7 after ET school in Great Lakes.
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 TH-cam.
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.
I saw this movie several times before I retired in 1998.
I saw this film in an ROTC class in college, 1976.
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
Getting through a scuttle with an OBA was always fun
That's no joke. (Former DC)
Now a days we have to lube up the fat sailors and squeeze them through
lol, we'd just work them till the fat came off.
Yeah, & loved the "ASBESTOS", mitts also, smack, them & the fibers, would fly.
I saw this film in basic training in Orlando, FL summer of 1977! Training Unit 187 CC RM1 Gillette.
Thanks for the memoirs, I remember seeing this in boot camp. 1983 Great Lakes. CO.940.
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.
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
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!!
I served on the USS Dahlgren (DDG-43) Farragut class, just a model year newer. Saw this film in boot camp in 1979.
Seen this in boot camp, Great Lakes in 1976. My first ship was a destroyer, USS Parsons DDG 33!
Holy crap, I saw this movie in bootcamp back in 1995
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
Darned good. Wish I had seen it 40 years ago! Sailed on DDG-16, USS Buchannan!
Midshipman on Buchannan in 1977. That's when I decided to be a black shoe.
I think you meant DDG 14. I was on the 16, USS Joseph Strauss. fastest ship at Pearl Harbor!!
@@torpedo58 It's been 40 years. (gasp)
@@KB4QAA Hard to believe, ain't it!!??
was on ddg 15 berkley
Look at all those smut books! Gear adrift!
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!
Saw this in bootcamp in Orlando in 1975.
I watched it in 1977, in Orlando.
I saw it in 1987 in Orlando.
I don't recall seeing this training film when I was in Orlando April 1st to June 3rd 75!
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!!).
The short timer change we all had one just not from a head set
This is why DC training is so serious...especially for the DC rate.
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.
Memories!
Saw this in DC school before heading to DD845.
Saw this in '88 in boot camp at Great Lakes.
Saw this in boot camp back in 73. Great Lakes ill.
The ship depicted is USS Lawrence. The motto "Don't give up the ship"
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.
I saw this film at Great Lakes during apprenticeship training in 1985....I made sure I always closed those watertight doors!
Thank you! Great Lakes 72-190.
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.
I was in Gtmo 1982.
Served on The Lawrence 1969-70 BM 2
I am glad we changed the way we plot damage on the plates.
Was a BT on DD-890 U.S.S. Meredith, the last of the Gearings in Mayport, Fl. in early 70s'.
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?
I saw this in boot camp-Great Lakes 1981.........years latter, we used to call it "7 Shit-birds!" Hahahahah! DD
I didn't see this the film I'll never forget was 115volts the deadly shipmate.
I remember seeing this film in Coast Guard boot camp in 1971
I wanted to see the ship sink, I hate cliff hangers, when's the next season?
They were still showing this in 82
I saw that in boot at Great Lakes in '73.
I grew up near Great Lakes. Where did you go on liberty? Lakehurst Mall? The Mouse Trap?
That's cool. Forgot it was an Adam's class ship. Snipe porn for sure!
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
Very interesting
For new viewers, the ship is USS Lawrence, a Charles Francis Adams-class.
My CC in boot camp, called this " Seven Dickheads "🤣
There is a WW 2 Royal Navy training film on TH-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.
The British Navy had a simliar film about this made in the 1940's
What was the name of the Navy training film that featured "Circe"?
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?
Man, that P250 could be a pain to start sometimes, wasn't it? I served on USS Buchanan, DDG 14...
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...
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....
Where did you find this? Last time I saw this was in boot camp. About the time the film was released!
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 TH-cam since it's too good not to share!
I bet those guys were hating life after the inquiry.
I was a cryptologist, but the movie was not classified. It was a training video.
One of my family members was in this
Adams Class Tin Cans! Old sway backs! 😎👍
Saw this in ROTC in late 70s. The Seven Shitbags.
I saw this in boot camp in 1972. I wanted a destroyer. Got gator freighters instead
May God save us from ourselves!
09:40 - "obnoxious fumes"- hahaha
Yoke is no joke!
That was back when sailors dressed like sailors not marines in camos.
This is how we dressed in '71 except for the dixie cup. We wore the ball cap instead unless for some reason you were in dress uniform of course. Although I was on a carrier (CVAN65) so that might have something to do with it.
Camo uniforms blue no less.
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@@deirdre108 our slacker version was the aviation maintenance turtlenecks (even though we weren't flight deck), utility pants and LOX boots. you can roll out of the rack and be ready to go in about 30 seconds
@@telesniper2 Greenbacks lol
I'm surprised by commands being given in a way that makes them easy to misinterpret if truncated.