I have to mention Admiral Inglefield at this point.

Posted by Fall Guy from pool0005.cvx40-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net (216.244.42.5) on Friday, April 05, 2002 at 1:20am :

In Reply to: None of those sharks got past the Gibraltar of the Chesapeake! posted by graml from user-2iveuq4.dialup.mindspring.com (165.247.123.68) on Thursday, April 04, 2002 at 9:10pm :

He had the awesome idea of creating a "black bag and chisel" squadron. Two-man teams in little boats would search the high seas for enemy periscopes. As soon as they found one, the "black bag" specialist would pull the bag over the periscope and the "chisel" man would get to work at the lens of the periscope. This would render the submerged U-Boot blind.
Even better was Inglefield's seagull defecation scheme. The dear admiral was convinced seagulls could be trained to locate and defecate on raised periscopes. For months, Admiral Inglefield and his staff attempted to train several seagulls to deposit droppings on dummy periscopes floating in the harbor. Developing incontinence in the seagulls proved too much for him, and Admiral Inglefield was quietly placed in a position of less responsibility -- far less responsibility. The seagulls went back to defecating on everything, and the Allied navies began serious A(nti)S(ubmarine)W(arfare) planning.
Now that's what I call a seagulll mission. ;)
FG
PS: I lifted (and edited) the above text from some unfortunate site. :p
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: He had the awesome idea of creating a "black bag and chisel" squadron. Two-man teams in little boats would search the high seas for enemy periscopes. As soon as they found one, the "black bag" specialist would pull the bag over the periscope and the "chisel" man would get to work at the lens of the periscope. This would render the submerged U-Boot blind. : Even better was Inglefield's seagull defecation scheme. The dear admiral was convinced seagulls could be trained to locate and defecate on raised periscopes. For months, Admiral Inglefield and his staff attempted to train several seagulls to deposit droppings on dummy periscopes floating in the harbor. Developing incontinence in the seagulls proved too much for him, and Admiral Inglefield was quietly placed in a position of less responsibility -- far less responsibility. The seagulls went back to defecating on everything, and the Allied navies began serious A(nti)S(ubmarine)W(arfare) planning. : Now that's what I call a seagulll mission. ;) : FG : PS: I lifted (and edited) the above text from some unfortunate site. :p : : : :

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