The USS Abraham Lincoln

**Adobe** · 2026-08-21T17:04:00+00:00

Originally posted by Duckchasr

The only problem I could see is the smuggled rum rations may start running low and they have to resort to making jailhouse hooch.
I was on an AE class ship we brought the bombs,bullets, jetfuel and supplies for our fleet. Did the replenishment at sea thing.
In the early 90's they had let girls in, so our boat was a coed boat we nick- named it the "love boat"
We were smart and made sure we had heavy rum rations in case we ran into unforeseen circumstances and had to spend extended time at sea.
In the middle east we had to pull into remote ports in case we "Went Off" flat sand as far as you could see in all directions. I remember to keep the rowdy ones close to home the ship had set up the Buck Horn Saloon at the base of our gangway. They served beer until 12am. At the last call we would buy a couple of more 6 packs and wrap in our winter coats and bury in the sand to keep cool. We had a fire pit and sat around the fire till the wee hours of the morning drinking beer and BSing. Good times!
When we were anchored in the Straits of Homuz and the local service vendors came along side they would trade nudie books and bottles of whisky for ship zippos and hats.
At the time I didn't realize how vulnerable we were to the USS Cole style attack, there were small boat steadily coming and going to our ship providing various services and goods.

I love these stories. Naples Italy and many other ports the street vendors all had the Nudie books for sale. If I thought about it back then, I'd have bought a bunch and turned it into an onboard business.

The Zippo lighter with the ship insigna/logo was like gold, so was a pair of Levi's. Hell, sneak a $5 carton of Marlboros off of the ship and you'd never pay for a drink in port.

Good times indeed.

**2Ws** · 2026-08-22T12:50:07+00:00

https://youtube.com/shorts/AX1TxX4et0w?is=gFqcWhNJ2O_HCsBe

**Duckchasr** · 2026-08-22T15:09:57+00:00

Originally posted by 2Ws

https://youtube.com/shorts/AX1TxX4et...qcWhNJ2O_HCsBe

Always a great day when you wake up and gotta piss like a race horse and open the head door only to see 3" of do-do water sloshing back and forth across the floor and have to make a mad dash to another head or to the back of the boat.
A day of unclogging and sanitizing the head was a bummer duty but I've been there done that.
That's why we needed the rum rations from our speak easy to unwind after a long day of hell.
We ran it in a commandeered large rope locker storage room. We had good music, good movies and we could smoke if it way after hours. The connecting work space would bitch about the smoke especially when the smoking lamp was out.lol

**Stalkin Spots** · 2026-08-22T15:25:48+00:00

Originally posted by Marku2.0

Which one of you badasses served our military? This isn't high school football 2 a days. Where you go home to your mommy and eat dinner. You can't compare what they're going through to your easy life. These sailors and marines are basically trapped in a tin can. They don't get to go outside and throw a football on deck. They're prosecuting a war. The flight deck is going 24/7. They can't get fresh supplies due to logistics. They know every little detail about everyone they've been crammed together with. Who sneezes 3 times in a row, who talks funny, someone looks at you wrong... 6 months of young men being forced to wait. A simple fresh Apple, a cookie, or some cleaning supplies for the head and showers is all they're asking for.

I bet our troops would love to read some of y'alls replies...

You say some really stupid crap these days, and NO, I don’t feel the least bit sorry for these guys because it is what they signed up for.

My son is a submariner, and I guess there is a reason only 1% of the Navy sailors can do it…… Which would you rather do, serve on a “floating city” with sunshine and fresh air and with cell service and access to email for 210 days or serve on a real tin can far below the surface for 90 days before you get to make port.

No need to answer, the question is rhetorical.

**2Ws** · 2026-08-22T15:32:55+00:00

Sounds to me like some here have kids or partners that do and didn't expect anything to happen and now that it has are saying they didn't sign up for this when infact they DID.

**Adobe** · 2026-08-22T16:41:56+00:00

Originally posted by Stalkin Spots

You say some really stupid crap these days, and NO, I don’t feel the least bit sorry for these guys because it is what they signed up for.

My son is a submariner, and I guess there is a reason only 1% of the Navy sailors can do it…… Which would you rather do, serve on a “floating city” with sunshine and fresh air and with cell service and access to email for 210 days or serve on a real tin can far below the surface for 90 days before you get to make port.

No need to answer, the question is rhetorical.

Meaning that he was also "likely" in the nuclear program. Hats off to him - he earned it.👍

**Adobe** · 2026-08-22T16:45:18+00:00

Originally posted by 2Ws

Sounds to me like some here have kids or partners that do and didn't expect anything to happen and now that it has are saying they didn't sign up for this when infact they DID.

So when did you serve? If you did, thank you for your service👍.

**WhiteBassFisher** · 2026-08-22T19:16:34+00:00

I used to work with a guy roughly my age that started at the plant after 20 years in a nuclear sub. He didn't have complaints, but there are some unusual facts about subs and practices in them. He indicated that when first leaving out of base that diarrhea is common for the first few days because the desalinated water that the sub produced didn't have the normal minerals. The body supposedly "got used to it" after a few days. What really surprised me is the O2 level they keep in the sub. He said that when nothing was really going on, that they allowed the O2 level to be slightly lower than normal just to save on energy or for some reason. It seems like nuclear powered would have plenty of energy. They would raise the O2 level back up to standard if they were going to be active and working. He was not willing to say the max depth or max speed it can make. Also, even under water in really strong storm conditions they could feel the sub being moved around by the currents the storm caused. The nuclear material on board didn't need to be replaced during his 20 years.

**Unknownstrohsfan** · 2026-08-22T22:32:20+00:00

Originally posted by Duckchasr

Always a great day when you wake up and gotta piss like a race horse and open the head door only to see 3" of do-do water sloshing back and forth across the floor and have to make a mad dash to another head or to the back of the boat.
A day of unclogging and sanitizing the head was a bummer duty but I've been there done that.
That's why we needed the rum rations from our speak easy to unwind after a long day of hell.
We ran it in a commandeered large rope locker storage room. We had good music, good movies and we could smoke if it way after hours. The connecting work space would bitch about the smoke especially when the smoking lamp was out.lol

Always a place to piss, a good place to crap, different story, Booze and smoke readily available. Free travel to to see the world and meet new friends.

**WhiteBassFisher** · 2026-08-24T02:34:40+00:00

Originally posted by Unknownstrohsfan

Always a place to piss, a good place to crap, different story, .....

For guys in particular, truer words never spoken.

**BBCAT** · 2026-08-24T18:34:41+00:00

Just man-up, shut-up and do your job
And yes I served on CV-64 the USS Constellation.

**Unknownstrohsfan** · 2026-08-24T19:36:05+00:00

Originally posted by BBCAT

Just man-up, shut-up and do your job
And yes I served on CV-64 the USS Constellation.

Oh! Cv 63 the Shitty Kitty welcome aboard.

The USS Abraham Lincoln

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