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SSN 680 Plan of the Day

Support Your Ship's Store!

The Ship's Store on the USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) was a small metal locker with a plexiglass front that hung on the forward bulkhead of the Crew's Mess. In stark contrast to the Ship's Store on a capital surface ship, which offered everything from personal hygiene supplies to gee-dunk, our Ship's Store only had room for a few lighters, a couple of Bates patches, maybe a ball-cap or two, and the occasional T-shirt. Despite it's diminutive size, all the profits from the store went into the Rec Fund, enabling the occasional party on the beach or bar-b-cue on the pier.

In the finest tradition of the Bate's Ship's Store, the SSN-680.org Ship's Store carries on the practice by being small, hard-to-notice, and a decidedly limited selection. I routinely add items of interest to the store and it currently includes books, movies, and miscellanea related to the Bates or to the submarine community in general.

Because the Ship's Store is an Amazon affiliate, it generates revenue from all Amazon sales that start their search here, even if you don't purchase an item from the Bates Store!

Let me say that again, all you have to do is visit Amazon by starting out in the Ship's Store, and we get a fraction of the sales back to the Rec Fund, even if you don't buy the merchandise offered in the Ship's Store. Simply start your search there!

For those of you that don't know, all revenue generated by the Rec Fund and Ship's Store helps defray the costs of the website, and enables continued maintenance and development as well as keeping the site ad-free!

Need I say more? Check out the Ship's Store for the latest selections of submarine related books, movies, and more!

Your patronage is appreciated.

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