Posted by William R Hadley William R Hadley CTC(SS) LT USN Ret
on 11/16/2002, 11:45 am
208.8.50.116
Captain Beach did not care for any pictures such as Playboy centerfolds to be posted around the boat. He would get upset when he found any sailor with what we would call croch novels. So you would notice officers sitting in the wardroom studying technical manuals (Playboy Mag inside). Most of the cheesecake photos the crew had were kept on the inside of their personal locker or inside tool and equipment storage lockers. The officers eventually discovered where all these pinups were located in the engineering spaces, thus as part of the inspection prior to assuming the watch would inspect all the hidden pinups. Finally Chief Kennedy (ENC) asked me for a bunch of 8x10 pictures of the skipper. I asked why and he explained that he wanted to replace the pinups in all the engineering storage lockers. Later I was informed how the joke went. It seems that as each officer made his rounds and opened one of these storage lockers, he would display total shock at what he found. Then he would quickly look around to see if anyone noticed him. Of course the crewmembers were hidden from view. What was really funny is that not one of them would alert his relief what had happened. So the crew had a few days fun watching as each of them was caught. Later, after the trip, Capt Beach had a bunch of visitors touring the boat and some of the engineering spaces. One of the visitors opened one storage locker with a picture of the captain still posted and supposedly looked very strangely at the Capt. I always wondered what went through that persons mind at that moment. In the Chiefs quarters we had a mural on one bulkhead separating two curtains. Unbeknown to the Captain, we had a few porno pictures hidden behind these curtains. When the Captain showed them the Chiefs quarters, they remarked about the mural and asked what was behind the curtains. Before any chief could respond, the skipper pulled one curtain back and WOW! I think the visitors had a completely different opinion of our chiefs after that incident.
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