Any word on her drydocking?

[Lance Dean]

Has anyone heard how her drydocking is coming along?

[AtoZ]

Yup, she's on her way to the Bklyn Navy Yard for a  minor drydocking and then back home across from the Intrepid in early November. Clickety click on the below for the details and pic:

http://gothamist.com/2008/09/25/submarine_in_the_east_river.php

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[AtoZ]

Latest word is that she returns to Pier 86 on 6 Nov. [subject to change of course]

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[Lance Dean]

So the Growler is back now?  How does she look?

[AtoZ]

Here's some photos courtesy of Bob McManus - NYC Base USSVI. Just clickety click the link:

http://www.pbase.com/bobmac/growler

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[JTheotonio]

Nice pictures, glad she's back.  That one of a "line handler" - I hope that he did not intend to throw that hand line the way he was holding it!!  whole coil of line and the monkey's fist in one hand? 

[Darrin]

He must be a former TM or A Ganger, personally I used to have half of the line in one hand and the other half in the other hand.. Now there were exceptions when trying to see who could toss a heevy line the farthest and then it was just like that, won a few lost a few doing it like that though

[JTheotonio]

One of these days we need to sit pier side and see who can tie a monkey fist fastest.  I have one in my gararge to use when I need to get a line up over the roof for a hand line when doing weather station maintenance,  old people need support when walking on roofs.

spent time in the deck gang and learned lots o' knots

[Darrin]

How about we just set on the pier and drink some nice cool beverages together and talk about ports past, never really learned how to time a monkey's fist because in the "supposed modern Navy" we used the orange rubber ball and now they use that with a throwing bag so that the line doesn't get tangled up onto intself while being thrown.

[JTheotonio]

We drink and I teach... Orange balls are for ...

[Darrin]

Well I know that blue balls are because of   and that orange balls have been caused by eating too many cheeto's and then   but I never heard that orange balls are because of being a glow boat sailor