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In Reply to: Worst Job posted by Married2Allis on November 24, 2015 at 06:29:03:
"Diving" torpedo tubes of a Diesel-electric submarine while in drydock, 1963. We used a huge high pressure air powered brush to polish the inside of all 10 tubes in the forward torpedo room. The tubes were 21" diameter and 21' long. There was barely enough room for my body and the big brush, I was the skinniest guy in the torpedo gang, so I was "volunteered". The tubes were made of gun bronze, easily sloughing off along with the detritus . The only protection we had was a cheap dust mask. My lungs soon filled with the tiny flakes of bronze and dirt. I coughed up stuff for weeks. Gun Boss gave me a day off for every tube that I dove, most of which I spent coughing and gasping for air. Could not eat, all food tasted terrible. "Those were the days, my friend..."
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