[C320-list] Leaking portlight

[Jack McDonough]

When I think about it now, I'm astounded that the Navy is able to store that 
enormous amount of food aboard -- let alone prepare it.  I don't think it 
ever occurred to me when I was aboard. Mostly we just groused when we ran 
out of fresh milk at sea and had to put up with the powdered stuff.

I do believe the Hornet was also an Essex class carrier, same as the Valley 
Forge. Most of the carriers of that vintage were later refitted with a 
"hurricane" (i.e. enclosed) bow, but not the Valley. As a consequence of 
that lack of a refit, we had the port leading edge of our flight deck 
dog-eared by a huge wave during a hurricane while operating off Virginia. 
That earned us many weeks in the Brooklyn Naval Shipyard.

jack




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chef Adam Weiner" <esquirecatering at rcn.com>
To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 9:38 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Leaking portlight


> Check out BEEF STEW FOR 2500: Feeding Our Navy from the Revolutionary War 
> to
> the Present by Rudy Shappee.
>
> I just returned from teaching at the Naval Weapons Station in Charleston
> where I help teach the people who feed the officers and sailors for the
> nuclear vessels.  2,000 plus people per meal with nearly 3,000 at lunch. 
> An
> amazing operation and that's on land.  Intentelectually I know how they do
> it at sea, but mentaly I can't quiet fathom doing this at sea for days on
> end.
>
> They are talking about flying me on and/or off the carrier at sea.  I told
> them I would only do this if Dick Walker was the pilot.
>
> Would the VALLEY FORGE be of the same class as the HORNET?  I have been
> aboard her.
>
> Adam
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Jack 
> McDonough
> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 7:20 PM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Leaking portlight
>
> Yeh. Isn't it amazing how they do that?
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chef Adam Weiner" <esquirecatering at rcn.com>
> To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 6:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Leaking portlight
>
>
>> With 88 people in the galley and cranking out 3,500 
>> breakfast/lunch/dinner
>> and about 2,000 mid-rats.
>>
>> Adam
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
>> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Jack
>> McDonough
>> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 1:15 PM
>> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Leaking portlight
>>
>> Adam:
>>
>> I was on the USS Valley Forge from 1957 to 1960. (I was 5 years old at 
>> the
>> time). The Valley, which has long since been scrapped, was an Essex class
>> carrier. It was Christened just after WWII and saw action in Korea and
>> Vietnam. The Nimitz is much newer and much bigger, of course.
>>
>> jack
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Chef Adam Weiner" <esquirecatering at rcn.com>
>> To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 8:43 PM
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Leaking portlight
>>
>>
>>> Jack, which carrier and when?
>>>
>>> The Navy wants me to teach on the NIMITZ?
>>>
>>> Adam
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
>>> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Jack
>>> McDonough
>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 7:03 PM
>>> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
>>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Leaking portlight
>>>
>>> Warren and Martin:
>>>
>>> Thank you for that tutorial. I must travel with the wrong crowd. In a
>>> quarter century of sailing -- plus nearly three years aboard an aircraft
>>> carrier --  I have never, ever heard the term "portlight." They were 
>>> just
>>> portholes. We always assumed that the glass was part of the package.
>>>
>>> jack
>>> sure bet #947
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "warren updike" <wupdike at hotmail.com>
>>> To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 2:42 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Leaking portlight
>>>
>>>
>>>> Port: A hole in the hull of a boat for observation. When below the 
>>>> water
>>>> line, a port may have a watertight cover to prevent the ingress of
>>>> water.
>>>> When above the water line, a port may have a cover that can be opened.
>>>>
>>>> Light: is the name used in architecture for a pane of glass or other
>>>> transparent material used in a window or door.
>>>>
>>>> Thus, a port light is a transparent material used to close a port from
>>>> the
>>>> weather.
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Jack McDonough [mailto:mcdonough5 at verizon.net]
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 3:21 PM
>>>> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
>>>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Leaking portlight
>>>>
>>>> OK. I'll bite. What the hell is a portlight? A porthole with an LED? 
>>>> The
>>>> red
>>>>
>>>> running light? Or is it a potty light that illuminates the head?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "Bill MacRae" <seacalling at msn.com>
>>>> To: <c320-list at catalina320.com>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 6:40 AM
>>>> Subject: [C320-list] Leaking portlight
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I looked through the archives and could not find the o'ring size.  Does
>>>> anyone know what size o'rings are used on the latches and any tips on
>>>> replacing the gasket?   The portlights are the old style with the twist
>>>> latches.  They do not leak around the outside bedding, but the gasket
>>>> material is in bad shape and it may also be leaking around the o'ring
>>>> and
>>>> down the latch.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Bill
>>>>
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