Other Post Oddly Proud

[musksnipe]

The ship I was stationed on, had a couple odd facts that most of us were proud of.
She was the USS Sperry AS-12. A Foulton class Submarine Tender.
She was the first US Navy ship launched, after the attack on Pearl Harbor. (17 December 1941)
She is also one of the few ships, that has been on a highway. shore;

"Walla Walla Union Bulletin", Tuesday, June 13, 1967, p.3.
Sub Rams Highway Near Stella, Wash.

AP: "Traffic ground to a halt on U.S. Highway 830 about 10 miles west of Longview Monday, when the submarine Tender USS Sperry plowed into the highway breaking pavement and knocking down power and telephone lines. The 530-foot Sperry was making its way down the Columbia River enroute from the Portland Rose Festival to San Diego when its pilot lost steerage, the 13th Naval District headquarters said. Witnesses said sirens were screeching and the ships public address system was blaring an alert to the crew as the vessel sliced through the muddy bank near the little town of Stella and came to rest after chopping out half the pavement.
The Navy said the Sperry was aground for about two hours before backing off and proceeding down the river. The ship was not visibly damaged, the Navy said.
The Sperry, stationed in San Diego, is commanded by Capt. Michael M. Elliott, Manlius, N.Y.. A civilian pilot was abouard at the time of the mishap."

What's the odd thing, you were proud of about your unit?

 

[Bombardier]

My first unit was a British Army artillery unit '34 Seringapatam Heavy battery' Royal Artillery.
The battery was so named because

The Battery draws its name from The Third Mysore War and the Siege of Seringapatam in May 1799. Keen to quell the province of Mysore and its ruler, Tipu Sultan, the Earl of Mornington dispatched a sizable force against the seat of the sultan, Seringapatam. Raised in 1763 as the Third Company of the Bengal Foot Artillery, part of the Honourable East India Company, the predecessor to 34 Battery was employed in the campaign. Outwitted in the field by the skill of Lieutenant-General George Harris, leader of the Madras Army, Tipu Sultan was forced to fall back into Seringapatam, where he was besieged. It was the immense firepower of the batteries that supported the siege that broke the fortress of Seringapatam. On May 4th, 1799, Seringapatam fell after heavy fighting and Tipu Sultan was killed. In 1822 all the units that participated in the siege were allowed to wear the word 'Seringapatam' on their appointments in commemoration of their distinguished conduct.

Immensely proud of our battle honour

great post by the way Musksnipe

 

[musksnipe]

Thanks and that's an interesting history of your unit.

 

[John A Silkstone]

Great post and a lot of units have had some great achievements. However, in the medical corps we don’t count our great battles, we just watch them move away from their injuries and begain to cope with life again.

Silky