Fleet Plan of the Day
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- Brad Williamson
- POD - Fleet
Circumstances of the past six months have made it easy to neglect my routine updates regarding the progress that has been made on the coldwarboats.org website.
Work on the site has continued, with most of the effort directed toward completing the sites for 218 smoke boats and installing their basic menus. Currently, all the Gato class are done, as well as all the newer diesel classes: Albacore, Mackerel, Sailfish, Grayback, Darter, Barbel, and Dolphin. That leaves Balao, Tench, Barracuda, and Tang classes, which are about half the diesels left.
But at least all the nukes are done, both attack and missile, which should cover the bulk of all of you, and that is definitely good news.
The only site that has already fully absorbed it's standalone version, is the USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680)(SSN 680), it being my qual boat and all, and, as the builder of the original Bates site, made it easy to port into Cold War Boats.
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- Brad Williamson
- POD - Fleet
Nothing like going to your favorite submarine website and finding, well, nothing!
"I looked, and there it was, gone!"
I feel your pain, and even more so.
If you happened to visit the Cold War Boats site since yesterday afternoon, you found that the site wouldn't even load, which is a big deal for you, and a major headache for me. I was busy adding more smoke boat menus to the site when the menus started going wonky and nothing I could do made it better. I restricted access to the site, and worked unsuccessfully to get it turned around. Finally, the whole menu system collapsed into gibberish, roughly 3500 individual menu items, which may not sound like a lot to you, but it kept me busy for much of the last 24 hours!
The good news is that the site is back on-line, and ready for your access and perusal. Persistence paid off, and the reward is access to 396 boats, thousands of photos, sea stories, and boat records.
Another lesson learned on the boat pays off.
"Never give up, never surrender!" Even if you're just sorting out software!
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- Brad Williamson
- AMOEBA RACES 21 - 680
Just a quick update on this years Amoeba Races 21, at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort in Orlando, FL, scheduled for 1000 30 AUG 2021 until you decide to give up or the end of the USSVI Convention on 03 SEP 2021.
Those who have already registered and paid include:
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- Brad Williamson
- AMOEBA RACES 21 - 680
It turns out that I am not going to be able to get away for the Amoeba Races or the USSVI Convention in Orlando, FL.
Just one of those years...
I have two rooms reserved at the Rosen Shingle Creek Resort from 8/29 to 9/03 at the group rate, one double queen, and one king suite. I have to release these in the next few days so I don't pay for them.
If you need a room at the Shingle Creek, let me know so we can work out a swap with the hotel. If I don't hear from you by 1800 on 20 AUG 2021, I'll release these back into the general USSVI room pool.
If you are interested, email me at bradwmson@coldwarboats.org.
See you at REGROUPEX 22!
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- Brad Williamson
- POD - Fleet
For those of you haven’t heard, the USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) reunion, the AMOEBA RACES 21, is happening shortly at the USSVI convention in Orlando Florida.
Here’s what you need to know:
WHERE: The Rosen Shingle Creek Resort, 9939 Universal Blvd, Orlando, FL 32819.
WHEN: From Monday, 30 August 2021 at 10:00 until Wednesday, 01 September 2021 at 11:00. Some will be staying for the duration of the USSVI Convention which runs through Friday
WHAT: The reunion kicks off with an all-day outing and sea-story swap at Wekiva Island, just north of Orlando, in Longwood, FL, with seats, shade, beverages, and a bar-b-que. There will not be a hospitality suite at the Resort, as we will be using the common USSVI spaces during the convention.
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- Brad Williamson
- POD - Fleet
Another step forward in the evolution of the Cold War Boats website!
Reunions are one of the many ways that shipmates from years ago can reconnect, and no one can deny the pleasure of sitting around the campfire (or air-conditioned hospitality suite) and swapping stories with shipmates from back in the day. So it is and always will be, that helping make reunions happen directly supports the Cold War Boats core mission triad:
- Assisting shipmates from years ago in reconnecting, simply, easily, and without compromising their privacy,
- Preserving the unclassified history of Cold War submarine crews and their boats in the form of photographs, stories, artifacts, and audio or video recordings, and
- Honoring the sailors and families who sacrificed so much to help bring an end to the Cold War.
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- AMOEBA RACES 21 - 680
The preparations for the USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) AMOEBA RACES 21 are in full swing.
AMOEBA RACES 21 kicks off Monday morning, 30 AUG 2021 at 1000 with our main event, the Wekiva Island Outing, and continues for the first day or so of the USSVI Convention, where thirteen other boats are also having reunions.
