That 12 foot boat was used for many of outings over the many years. Forget Maytag, Kenmore or Amana that little Japanese washing machine would out live all of those, the toughest machine around. It was still on board when we came back to the states, It was located on the port side aft, next to the Captain’s Cabin. Used by 30+ sailors when out at sea. Lot of time though we used to tie our clothes together with a heaving line and drag it off the fantail for awhile, then rinse the salt out of them with a bucket of water. That wore the clothes out faster, but they sure got clean. Does anyone remember what happened to that washing machine? 

Paul Wamsley

Hi Paul,

    Haven't written in a long time so decided to drop you a line.  Was thinking back the old days on the Warbler and I remember off the coast of Vietnam we ran into a fishing net and got it wrapped in one or both of the  screws .  Can't remember the year but might of been in 66??  Remember a deck hand going over the side with a knife and cutting it off the screws.  That wasn't you by any chance was it??????

   Also do you remember that 12 foot boat on the fan tail? We use it to go to the Viet fishing boats.  It had a 5 hp out board motor on it.  The motor was a Honda if I remember.  Also I remember one of the Captains let us have some beer on board but we had to drink it on the 12 foot boat tied behind the fantail.  When those two or three had their drinks we would pull it along side and put in a few more members of the crew until all had their beer.  Do you remember that??  I think it was off the coast of Vietnam also.  How about that little washing machine we had that the ship bought so we could wash cloths.  What ever happened to that washing machine after I left in Jan 1968?

   I put so much time in the engine room I missed 90 % of the action on deck.  Let you go for now and will try to remember more little things later.

Eddie Peed

Story submitted by Dick Parrish

Here's the story:
This may have been at the same time as the story about taking the  
body bag to DaNang.  It is also about Capt. Vern Paul.  We were doing  
a sonar search for a downed helo and ST1 Tapper (I think) thought he  
had it so we sent the boarding boat out to buoy it.  I was the OOD  
and Capt Paul, a phone talker, and I think Chuck Day or John Mutchler  
were on the bridge.  DC2 ? Peterson was in the boat with an engineer  
(maybe Ed Peed or EN2 Musgrove).  Anyway, everyone knew how hyper  
Capt. Paul was so Peterson decided to wind him up; I'm sure knowing  
how the rest of us on the bridge would suffer.  Capt. Paul figured he  
was the best one to vector Peterson to the contact so he got on the  
radio.  Every time the Capt would say "left" Peterson would say  
"right aye aye sir" and of course the Capt. would go ballistic to the  
point that he was ready to jump over the side and swim out to ring  
Peterson's neck.  It didn't take long for us and I to figure out what  
was going on and we could hardly keep from laughing out loud.  I  
think Peterson was shooting for a heart attack and he came close.  If  
you read this Pete, or anyone else who knows what he was doing, how  
about fessisng up about what you was really going on.

By the way, it doesn't sound like any of the "Sea Story" contributors  
(except I know Ed Peed does) remembers the buckets, wash boards, and  
drag lines we used before ENC Leonard talked the skipper into  
bringing that little washing machine aboard.  Best Market Time  
addition ever!

Great job with the website,
Respectfully,
ENS/LTJG Dick Parrish