[GreenKeys] Magic Cleaners

[Randy and Sherry Guttery]

George B. Hutchison wrote:
> GreenKeyers - - -
>
> Upon return to the shop they were immersed in a mixture of 3-in-1 Oil 
> and vaseline, tagged as cleaned and lubed, then returned to service.
>
> Folks, get real. (My little scenario is not)
>   
I don't know - save for the Nereus (Nereus never did any serious time at Guam) - I knew some people that might have done some "keel-haul" cleaning from time to time in Apra Harbor (we did sometimes water ski in the inner harbor - though we really weren't supposed to with boats in). I have in fact cleaned and restored to service stuff "accidently" slid off the deck of a boat in the harbor - including a Tektronix 545B o'scope...  So that's not as far fetched as one might think. 


Re: the Navy having "I don't have any reccollection of (fill in the 
blank: Asbestos, benzine, carbontet, etc.) --- TenderTale wound up 
giving "testimony" in the district Court of San Francisco many years ago 
- because the Navy (supposedly) couldn't find the records of one of the 
tender's yard overhaul, what yard and when... A sailor who was dying of 
mesthelioma was just trying to get medical help and "the Navy" didn't 
want to admit asbestos might be on Navy ships - or the possibility of 
exposure on a ship in the yards with lagging, etc. being torn out all 
over the ship....

Asbestos? Not in OUR Navy™

-- 
randy guttery 

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