Hal,

I don't remember hearing the term Cormso during my time. I think the L&N was the round drum with white paper.

I still remember CORMSO and God Forbide you forget to change the paper on time. Seems like only a few sites had CORMSO.

Darel -

I remember CORMSO well, and I believe someone else had previously mention it - not 100% sure, though.

I am curious if anyone knows if "serrated effect" was ever mentioned?? I tried to recall what source from one of the Rusky subs exhibited that phenonenon, but at 73 (OMG !!) my memory is not serving me all that well. Maybe someone out there knows??

Also, what about AFTAC??

Dee:
You had better sharpen up on this stuff. Your oral board is scheduled for 1300 this afternoon!!! I'm really enjoying this string.
George

Not sure but may have referred to the Type I Nuc T-E turbine?

Hey Ed -

You know, that is what I was thinking, and I think you are correct. I didn't want to put that out there without some sort of confirmational reply - thought I might get embarrassed by someone who knows the "real answer".

George - NO PROBLEM !! I am not sure why I never got my EXPERT button (I do have the certificate) when I qualified as EXPERT and was OWO in Adak (70-71). Capt. McWethy was COSP Commodore at the time - and sat in on my oral board during an ORI. Nice to hear from you. I, too, am enjoying this string of posts, must remember to thank Jim Donovan for initiating it.

Take care ............Best to all............Dee

I seem to recall that serrated effect was used in conjunction with blade rate, mostly predominant on B1 after a knee-in steadies up. (I'm having flashbacks to my early NAVFAC years....... )

I kind of remember the CORMSO. Wasn't it used for pinpointing seismic disturbances?

I concur with Jerry's comment on serrated effect being associated with blade rate.
George----I regretfully never sat for a board other than the one at NFCB to qualify for ROC OWO/CDO

Concur with Jerry. Serrated effect was on blade rate signatures; predominantly on certain classes. But we shall not go there. Probably would be too much information.

Happy to hear you say that, Jim. Exactly why I didn't get too deep in the weeds with my response. Not sure where the classified/unclassified line is these days.

MILS=Missle Impact Location System, CORMSO= Correlating/Recording & Monitoring SOFAR???
I'm not sure of the last portion SOFAR. Barbers Point, (The Showcase of the Pacific) with a putting green lawn was where I first saw and had to perform quick looks and long looks on CORMSO as well as a paper change in some sort of superhuman time period. COSP ORI's would test and time these events during the inspection cycle.
Chuck

I think it was COntinuous Recording and Monitoring of SOfar. I recall Guam's CORMSO being rather important for support of a given event. Weeks of forwarded data.

Rick,
After reading your post, you are right COtinuous is correct. These two are for DLW "Home made bearing wheel", and "Sister Ships". DLW hope you are reading these posts.
CEC

Great string, all! What memories! I have a few additional things to add.

1 - How many grams could a Master Chief stuff into a Maxwell House 2lb Keywind Coffee Tin Can?

2 - What do TOPSY and Firring YANKEE have in common?

3 - SNAP Class/FOXTROT Relay/CDO Quiz/CPX.

4 - What is a HOFN?

5 - Ditto for WIDRIO?

6 - ELINT/FOSIF/OSIS; OKEAN exercises.

7 - What are Pinetree/Bathtub patterns?

8 - FDS........

When In Doubt Report It Out - WIDRIO

Fell like a kid at a Spelling Bee.

WIDRIO was responsible for getting my T/L under control but drove my false alarm rate into the stratosphere.

I probably missed most of these....

1. Benji (Antigua bartender)

2. Section oolies

3. EOZD

4. cadillac and swab

5. 400 cycle generator

6. phase drill

7. burn pit

8. boonie pigs

9. swing back

10. Daquiris at the Kensington

11. steel band

12. duty et

13. sab alert drill

14. gram cut log

15. pomsee p.o.

At JFCOM we were have this conversation with a Navy Capt. in my office, well, just talking about acronyms. The Capt is an SSN captain, so we were talking about this and I innocently brought up FTN! He gave me a "look" then I said "Fast Tracking Nuke!" This always controlled individual, just busted out! I loved doing that ;) Actually he was very surprised with my knowledge of "submarine anatomy?" It's all Good!

Hey all (newbe compared the the other folks here)...

Was in Adak (86-87), and the term we used was coined (or used) was "wabbleation"! Worked great at the time...

S

SADR..

Trivia question: How long could you play Star Trek before SPEAR would go down?



;p

Midway---Fishballs

Adak---Instant Merchant

From Brawdy in the early 80's:

BIMAT
PGD's
1106
CND

not just 80's but mid 70's as well