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BB-28, USS Delaware. Launched in 1910, broken up for scrap sales n 1924.

 

[kingofnerf]

USS Hulbert, APD-28.  Formerly DD-342.

Hulbert sailed 20 June 1922 for duty on the Asiatic Station, steaming via the Mediterranean and Ceylon to Chefoo, China, 26 August. The ship patrolled Chinese and Philippine waters in the year that followed, protecting American interests during the Chinese Civil War. On the night of 28 February 1923, six crew were killed in the engine room when furnace oil flared back and trapped them. She also took part in periodic fleet exercises designed to keep her crew and equipment at maximum readiness. Hulbert took part in the evacuation of American civilians and missionaries in March 1927 and September 1928. Completing this lengthy tour of duty in the Far East, she sailed 22 July 1929 from Yokohama, arriving San Diego 17 August.

During the remainder of the year, Hulbert acted as plane guard for carriers Langley and Saratoga off California, thus helping to develop carrier-group tactics. She took part in important fleet exercises on both coasts, during the period from 1930 to 1934 and arrived Philadelphia 14 August 1934.

Hulbert was converted to a seaplane tender, recommissioning at New York Navy Yard as AVD-6 on 2 August 1940. She arrived in San Diego 24 August via Guantanamo Bay and the Panama Canal Zone, and began servicing Patrol Wing 1 on operations off the West Coast, helping to perfect America's seaplane reconnaissance capability. Hulbert sailed 8 May 1941 for Pearl Harbor, where she became headquarters ship for the seaplane wing and continued servicing and repairing her planes.

World War II

On the morning of 7 December 1941, during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hulbert was moored at the Submarine Base, Pearl Harbor. General Quarters sounded just before 08:00, and the ship's antiaircraft batteries immediately opened fire at attacking planes. This vessel went to General Quarters when the Japanese attack was first sighted by the watch aboard, and is believed to have been the first ship in the fleet to open fire. As the Japanese directed their attention to Ford Island and the battleships, she shot down one torpedo plane at 0758, shared in bringing down a dive bomber at about 0820 and damaged several other aircraft. After the attack the ship assisted in the rescue effort. After loading ammunition, she moved to Hilo 9 December to set up an advance base for the all-important patrol bombers. Hulbert was also called upon to aid aircraft at sea, as on Christmas Day she repaired a seaplane at sea and then towed it for nearly 3 days when heavy seas prevented a safe takeoff.

After sundown on 30 December 1941 Hulbert was engaged by Japanese submarine I-1 while moored. The IJN vessel claimed moderate damage and hit the adjacent pier. Hulbert returned fire, aided by a local Coast Artillery unit.

She was again underway from Seattle, Washington 8 December 1942 for Kodiak where the ship serviced patrol bombers during the first months of 1943. In May Hulbert moved to Amchitka, acting as communications ship during the recapture of Attu that spring. She moved again to Attu in June, to provide fuel and communications services for seaplanes and torpedo boats but was blown ashore in Massacre Bay during a severe storm 30 June 1943.

Hulbert's hull was seriously damaged and, after temporary repairs at Dutch Harbor, she arrived in Seattle 30 August for a major overhaul.

The ship was reclassified DD-342 on 1 December 1943, and sailed 15 January 1944 to San Diego to take up new duties as an escort ship. For the remainder of the war Hulbert acted as plane guard and screen ship for dozens of new escort carriers as they made ready to join America's striking fleet in the Far East.

The ship also served as a maneuvering torpedo target during pilot training and rescued a dozen pilots during this period. After the war's end, Hulbert sailed 30 September, escorting carrier USS Ranger to the Panama Canal Zone and arrived Philadelphia 17 October 1945.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Hulbert_(DD-342)

 

[kingofnerf]

The submarine USS S-28.

7th war patrol

The late arrival of needed spares from Dutch Harbor delayed her readiness for sea, but on 8 September, S-28 departed the western Aleutians to return to the northern Kuril Islands. On 13 September, she entered her patrol area. On 15 September, severe smoking and sparking from her port main motor necessitated 14 hours of repair work. On 16 September, she transited Mushiru Kaikyo; and, on the afternoon of 19 September, she closed an un-escorted freighter off the island of Araito. Her torpedoes missed their mark. The "freighter" turned and within minutes had delivered the first two depth charges of a 10-minute attack. The Japanese ship searched the area for an hour, then departed.

S-28 reloaded and continued her patrol. At 19:16, she contacted a second un-escorted enemy vessel. At 19:43, she fired a spread of four torpedoes. At 19:44, two of the four exploded. The target took on a 30° list and began to go down by the bow. At 19:46, the 1,368-long-ton (1,390 t) converted gunboat Katsura Maru Number Two sank, bow first, her stern vertical in the air. Five loud underwater explosions followed her disappearance. S-28 went deep and rigged for a depth charging which did not materialize.

Into October, S-28 hunted just north of Araito and off the coast of Kamchatka. On 5 October, she moved through Onekotan Strait and continued her patrol on the Pacific side of the Kuril Islands. On 10 October, however, a crewman developed severe appendicitis, and she turned toward Attu one day ahead of schedule.

Loss

On 13 October 1943, S-28 moored at Attu. The next day, she departed for Dutch Harbor, whence, in November, she headed south to Hawaii. She arrived at Pearl Harbor at mid-month, and – after overhaul – commenced training duty. For the next seven months, she remained in Hawaiian waters, providing training services. Then, on 3 July 1944, she began training operations off Oahu with the United States Coast Guard cutter Reliance. The anti-submarine warfare exercises continued into the evening of 4 July. At 17:30, the day's concluding exercise began. Contact between the two became sporadic and, at 18:20, the last, brief contact with S-28 was made and lost. All attempts to establish communications failed.

Assistance arrived from Pearl Harbor, but a thorough search of the area failed to locate the submarine. Two days later, a slick of diesel fuel appeared in the area where she had been operating, but the extreme depth exceeded the range of available equipment. A Court of Inquiry was unable to determine the cause of the loss of S-28.

The remains of the sub were found on 20 September 2017, at a depth of 8,500 feet (2,600 m) off the coast of Oahu by Tim Taylor with the support of STEP Ventures.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_S-28_(SS-133)

The US Navy has officially validated the identity of WWII submarine S-28 (SS-133) wreck located off Oahu, Hawaii, in 2017.

After almost 75 years, Tim Taylor and his Lost 52 Expedition Team officially discovered the final resting place for the 49 sailors of the US submarine.

July 4, 2019, marks the 75th anniversary of the loss of the submarine, which was conducting exercises at the time she disappeared.

“Identification of a Navy grave site is something Naval History and Heritage Command’s Underwater Archaeology Branch takes great care in doing,” said Sam Cox, Director of Naval History and Heritage Command.

“After an exhaustive review of the data provided by Tim Taylor’s team, we can positively identify the wreck as S-28.”

S-28 (SS-133) rests in approximately 8,700 feet of water, which made the location of the ship impossible due to technological limitations of the era.

After such an initial discovery, archaeologists conduct exhaustive research to ensure its identity. In the case of S-28, the location at which it was discovered offered a key clue to its identity.

Following World War II, the US tested ordnance and scuttled US and Japanese ships in the vicinity of the wreck site.  Records indicated that her sister ship, USS S-35, had been scuttled in that same area. Finding the subtle differences between the two series of S-class submarines demanded some technical expertise and analysis.

Taylor’s team utilized advanced photogrammetry to create imaging that allows them to research the site long after they have returned to the dock. The data produced by their expedition was key in helping to confirm that we were looking at the S-28 and not the S-35.

https://www.navaltoday.com/2019/07/02/us-navy-officially-identifies-wwii-submarine-s-28-wreck/

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Yep - Bob Fulton on the Radio. Hardly any games were on TV. 

It's a high... spiraling... beautiful punt...!

 

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[Blitzkrieg]

28th Division - made up of NG soldiers from Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, and New Jersey

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)

 

[kingofnerf]

Talking about these old games with Southern Cal and FSU takes me back. Back then I couldn’t watch the games very often, because they weren’t covered like now, and my dad didn’t care anything about sports, and he controlled the tv, so I never went anywhere on a Saturday during football season without a portable radio, so I could listen to Gamecock games. 

Back in the 1970s, we lived a lot closer to Greenville than Columbia and could only get the Greenville-area TV stations.

Jim Phillips, who ran the sports department for WFBC (now WYFF) was also the official broadcaster for the Tigers like Bob Fulton was for us.  There was also a companion Top 40 radio station with the same call letters that we listened to all the time, but the Carolina/Clemson game was about the only time I got to hear a Gamecock game, much less see it on TV.  They may have broadcast the Carolina/UGA games as well, but I can't remember.

We would hear about the Gamecock regular-season scores on the 11 o'clock news on Saturday night and then watch the Gamecock coach's show Sunday mornings to see the highlights.  I believe WSPA in Spartanburg carried the Gamecock show.  WSPA also had a companion radio station that played easy-listening music-only and they may have broadcast some Carolina games, but I can't remember.

I just remember mainly listening to the games on the radio on a mild Saturday afternoon and tossing a football in the front yard if the games got too boring.

Here's Bob Fulton in beast mode.  I believe that's Tommy Suggs sitting next to him.

 

[kingofnerf]

It's a high... spiraling... beautiful punt...!

Here you go.

Punter Jay Feltz' 82-yard punt that preserved a 13-9 Carolina victory over Clemson in 1979.

I was gonna say his jorts gave Feltz the power, but they're not even jorts.

LOL

 

[Blitzkrieg]

52 minutes ago, kingofnerf said:

Here you go.

Punter Jay Feltz' 82-yard punt that preserved a 13-9 Carolina victory over Clemson in 1979.

IIRC didn't time run out with the taters inside our 10 yard line?

 

[kingofnerf]

IIRC didn't time run out with the taters inside our 10 yard line?

Spencer Clark got the stop on the 5 to make it 3rd down and the Taters threw the next pass incomplete out of bounds to give us the win.

 

[kingofnerf]

Gotta see OrTre Smith make up for some lost time this year after being out last year due to Covid.

 

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[kingofnerf]

Rusty Wallace before he started driving for Roger Penske.

 

[kingofnerf]

The largest class on South Carolina’s 2021 roster is the senior class. The group of 27 players on scholarship is broken up into three categories: senior (7), redshirt senior (19) and fifth-year player (3).

https://247sports.com/college/south-carolina/Article/South-Carolina-Gamecocks-2021-roster-seniors-161009560/

 

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South Carolina Gamecocks 27'' Personalized Roundel Mat

https://www.fanatics.com/college/south-carolina-gamecocks/south-carolina-gamecocks-27-personalized-roundel-mat/o-49+t-13780899+p-147657136740+z-9-1498709799