Kevin

lol - every thread i post to - Andy follows me - talking about wabbits, i going to keep elephants next

me wabbits - Andy groundhogs

BUT - Andy would have told me after 12 hours that he was bored off it - lol

Evidently the incident did not hurt the young Skipper's career. In fact he was awarded a letter of commendation for the episode. The letter of commendation was from then CDR. Chester Nimitz.

"SUBMARINE 5 DAYS DISABLED REACHES HILO With Fuel Exhausted Diver Rigged Sails From Mattresses and Canvas. Rigged out with jurymasts built of steel bunk rods and(missing text) sails made out of Mattre (missing text) and canvas hammocks (missing text) Submarine (missing text) arrived at Hilo yesterday afternoon out of oil but still with electrical power in her storage batteries. As a cross between a three masted windjammer and an undersea boat she made a weird appearance. The R-14 was one of a flotilla of submarines sent out to search for the missing navy tug Conestoga, long overdue here from San Diego and virually given up for lost. In turn she herself has been on the missing list for the last five days. Reserve Tanks Empty On the night of May 10 in lat. 18 north, logitude 153.33 her fuel oil gave out it was found out that the reserve tanks when called on were empty. Lieut. A. D. Douglas, in command, sent out a general wireless call, which Rear Admiral Shoemaker, commandant of the Pearl Harbor Naval station, said today had been received by the R-12 and relayed to Pearl Harbor. But no answer was ever recieved by the R-14. Lieutenant Douglas today told the Star-Bulletin's correspondent at Hilo that he was unable to account forthe reserve fuel tank being empty and could not understand why his call for help had not been answered. The sub carried 10,000 gallons of fuel when she left Pearl Harbor. Not knowing whether his call for help had been heard or not the commander of the helpless submarine rigged two jurymasts and with thier aid and that of the wireless mast managed to spread enough canvas to make headway toward land. On the slow voyage to Hilo he sighted the Matson liner Enterprise and mistook her for a SHIPOP bringing succor, but no other vessels were seen. Food Supply Low Within five miles of Hilo the storage batteries were switched on and the R-14 rounded the breakwater and came into port on her own power. She had left only suficient rice and bully beef to last her crew of 27 men and two officers four days more. This morning the R-12 also arrived at Hilo to give the R-14 fuel. Informed by the Star-Bulletin this morning that the R-14 was at Hilo, Rear Adimeral Shoemaker said he had been expecting news of her arrival there at any moment. No anxiety had been felt, he said, because from her reported position it was evident that she would have enough power left in her storage batteries to make Hilo. The power he supposed, had been held in reserve in case the vessel got into difficulties on a lee shore and needed it to work into safe water again. Why the reserve tank was empty he did not know."

On 1 May 1921 USS R-14 (SS-91) Runs out of fuel at sea. Makes port with makeshift sails of sheets, underway on sail power for 4 days.

that's a good recovery - well done

LOL - hope you are not referring to me and Andy

lol - well done paul all the best

http://www.jotika-ltd.com/Pages/1024768/Profile.htm

if you ask for the profile and the platforms, you will not have to remove the strern, just sand down to the original hull, find the location slots are rebuild from there, soak your existing profiles to remove windows the worst jotika will say is - no can do

No Paul we want more - lots more

you could always contact jotika and ask/purchase replacements, whats the worst they are going to say?

lol - looked the same 2 me - stoooopid me

Danmark

Chuck back to the basic hull, you say you drilled holes,- Did you actually insert pins, or just drill and fill to simulate all the best

for the brass profile,on the stern i am going down the route of using a plastic strip layed flat against the hull, and one at 90 degrees to it to form a window sill, - well that is the intention at present - yes i have pinched the idea from Gil, but looking at the photo's of the real vessel, there is a defined sill under the windows that wraps around the galleries that cannot be obtained through the brass profile alone

well done - something to be very proud off all the best

Happy Birthday

happy bithday Nice photographs, great looking build

Augie your built look lovely well done i lived in Scotland for 25+ years, you could tell it was summer, the rain was warmer And for info the wabbit fleet is on operations in the Med, waiting to pick a fight, Hms Victory, Royal Caroline, and Amerigo Vespucci - All battle ready

Wayne Im happy for you to post another

there are two ships to choose from, the Prince William and the Stavros S Niarchos. The former sets sail around the fantastic coast of the UK and Ireland to take in the breathtaking coastline while the Stavros heads further afield to the Mediterranean and Canaries as well as Madeira. PRINCE WILLIAM OR Stavros S Niarchos

well done For a good start to the build and overcoming the posting issue