Comments by "William Cox" (@WildBillCox13) on "The Drydock - Episode 147" video.

  1. A Snipe can best tell you what it means: Snipe: a rarely seen bird considered imaginary by most . . . just like the below decks navy* is perceived by everyone else. Moreover, a ship in the fleet on active duty has a crew that consists of four types of workers, three of them essential. These are Deck Apes, Snipes, Gunners, and superfluous types (you know-officers, specialists . . . all that). Without deck apes no ship sails. Without snipes no ship goes anywhere, unless yanked along by a tug . . . or mules. Without Gunners a ship is reclassified as a target. Without officers? Well, to be perfectly accurate, in WW2, several ships had their bridges blown away and almost all officers killed, while the ships, themselves, remained at least marginally functioned. Try that with Snipes or Deck Apes . . . or Gunners. *Boiler Techs/Stokers, Machinists' Mates, Hull Technicians/Welders.
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  2.  @ewhartiii  Amended. ETs, too. ;-)
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