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Bergall Greeting |
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I reported to the Bergall
while she was in wet dock at EB in 1969 - a few months before her
commissioning.
I was a seaman apprentice right out of sub school and I remember dropping/carrying my seabag down the ladder to the crew' mess. They were in the middle of the evening movie. One of the crew members (he might have been Wayne Ferris) asked who I was and I said "Murphy". He said, "Hi. What's your first name?" "Pat" I replied, which was immediately followed by a loud "FUCK YOU, PAT!" from the whole crew's mess. That was my "welcome aboard". This became the standard greeting for the new guys on the Bergall. -- submitted by Mike Brood Want to submit a humorous story? Email
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