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  • STARK
    Lieutenant, Junior Grade
    • Nov 2009
    • 243

    Uss skipjack

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    Last edited by STARK; 08-10-2019, 10:09 PM.
    What one Man can do, YOU can do too!
  • STARK
    Lieutenant, Junior Grade
    • Nov 2009
    • 243

    #2
    Not Sure How to Change Titel to USS SKIPJACK?
    What one Man can do, YOU can do too!

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    • firemanjim
      Lieutenant, Junior Grade
      • Mar 2018
      • 29

      #3
      Nice to see my boat in that bunch of pics!

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      • STARK
        Lieutenant, Junior Grade
        • Nov 2009
        • 243

        #4
        Which one is your's Jim?
        I have one of the D&E Miniatures and what a Fun Boat to play with!

        Brian
        What one Man can do, YOU can do too!

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        • firemanjim
          Lieutenant, Junior Grade
          • Mar 2018
          • 29

          #5
          Mine's the big Deboer Skipjack-class boat that Bob is standing over.
          Bought it from a forum member and had Bob refit it for me.
          Beautiful boat but it's now in drydock undergoing repairs.
          Hoping to get her back in the water soon though.

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          • STARK
            Lieutenant, Junior Grade
            • Nov 2009
            • 243

            #6
            Nice Paintwork, I don't think I ever have seen in person one of Debore's kits. Nice Size, do a post on your repairs Jim.
            What one Man can do, YOU can do too!

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            • He Who Shall Not Be Named
              Moderator
              • Aug 2008
              • 12256

              #7
              Originally posted by firemanjim
              Mine's the big Deboer Skipjack-class boat that Bob is standing over.
              Bought it from a forum member and had Bob refit it for me.
              Beautiful boat but it's now in drydock undergoing repairs.
              Hoping to get her back in the water soon though.
              Dennis based the tooling on the flawed Wessweiser (spelling?) drawings -- but that's all that was in the public domain when he did the work. Profile is a bit off, and the model features full-flying stern planes not a fixed horizontal stabilizer and stern planes.
              Who is John Galt?

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              • firemanjim
                Lieutenant, Junior Grade
                • Mar 2018
                • 29

                #8
                The full flying stern planes is a huge design flaw alright, I already had to repair the starboard stern plane thanks to UPS, and now l have to also do the port stern plane due to a catastrophic failure of my WTC that caused my boat to completely sink to the bottom of the Frio river and crash into some rock, almost shearing off my lower rudder as well.

                Fortunately, it wasn't deep where l was at and l managed to recover it, but for anyone who does buy a Deboer Skipjack,, you definitely need to consider making fixed horizontal stabilizers for it like Ed Tordahl did for his USS Shark.

                Accurate or not, the Deboer hull makes a beautiful boat and l really loved the way she cruised on the surface.......juuuuuust before she sank out of sight......lol.

                By the way, Bob has a few videos out on YouTube that has footage of my boat including one that he made after he finished refitting it for me.
                Last edited by firemanjim; 08-14-2019, 04:50 PM.

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                • RCSubGuy
                  Welcome to my underwater realm!
                  • Aug 2009
                  • 1768

                  #9
                  Here are some great images that were emailed to me from a gentleman by the name of Tom Snowden STS3/SS. He was aboard the USS Shark from '77 through '80. Figured some of you would find these images as fascinating as I did.
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                  • QuarterMaster
                    Rear Admiral
                    • Sep 2015
                    • 1194

                    #10
                    SHARK was the first Nuc Sub I ever put foot on, she was the boat on lower base we were given a tour on during Subschool in '79. I probably met Mr. Snowden and don't even realize it.
                    Also, she was my Chiefs Qual boat in '68. I should reach out to see if he has any pic's.

                    She has a special meaning for me and that's probably why I think SKIPJACK class when the word "Sub" pops in my head. Also why that darn DeBoer is still my favorite boat. It just say's "Sub" when ghosting along.

                    You should ask Tom about "Hogans Alley", a term that refers to a section of the Enlisted Crews berthing aboard her.

                    Sadly, the only memento I have...

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                    But like I said, just "ghosting" along......


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                    v/r "Sub" Ed

                    Silent Service "Cold War" Veteran (The good years!)
                    NEVER underestimate the power of a Sailor who served aboard a submarine.
                    USS ULYSSES S GRANT-USS SHARK-USS NAUTILUS-USS KEY WEST-USS BLUEBACK-USS PATRICK HENRY-K432-U25-SSRN SEAVIEW-PROTEUS-NAUTILUS

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