We used to see the Simon lake at the navy base in Charleston, S.C. In the eighties. She took care of tending the fast attack submarines. Further down the river, we on the U.S.S. Holland (AS-32) took care of tending the Polaris missile submarines. Holland spent time in The ghost fleet on the west coast, before being scrapped a few years ago. Both of these were proud ships, and had a long history of serving the submarine fleet..
John cantrell...i was on the Hunley As 31 at Charleston in '70 a month or so awaiting Canopus As34 to take us to Holy Loch, Scotland. We relieved our sister ship the Simon Lake As 33 there. Wonderful times and great sailors. Ive only saw Canopus once in these type videos. It was heartbreaking to see her awaiting being scrapped in the UK and finally being dismantled.
@@timsebastian5758 the Hunley and the Holland were sister ships, and I saw a nice photographic presentation of the Holland at the ghost fleet in 2006 if I remember, and it was both fascinating and heartbreaking to see the ship there, and what time and inactivity had done to her. We worked too hard over the years busting that rust to see how much was on it then! 😂 And yes, like you, I saw a shot or two of the Holland sitting in some dry dock a few years ago, getting ready to get turned into razor blades. I reported on board in 85, so I never saw Holley Lock. I had heard that the tenders had at least at one time had to steam their generators 24/7 there, but was not sure if it was true. Being diesel electric, I wondered how these two old girls coped with that, as compared to the Simon Lake or the other kinds of tenders out there. Did your ship handle that very well if that was true? Always nice talking with another person from those old ships, we fixed many a sub on them. I always wondered why they could not have been used for both fast attack and surface ship tenders to extend their lives after the big birds the ships carried were made obsolete....
@@johncantrell614 john i cant remember that far back anymore to answer your question about Canopus's engines. Lol. I do know that we made it to Holy Loch without any issues. I was only a 2 year regular and after the Thanksgiving day fire we had that killed 3 people that kinda scared me out unfortunately. Ive kicked myself many times for leaving in 71 but the memories are good and many. I worked in the NDT lab mostly on polaris and a few posiedon missles on the subs. Thank you for your service!
My Grandparents saw Model T's driving over The James River one frozen winter on the ice, the whole way over. That's something I would never do on that river!! Photos were taken and it made the newspapers at least back then. Idk the year. I've seen 6 feet of ice on the shoreline and at least 40 feet out in the 70's. Saw the after-effects of the Kepone spill firsthand at that time also. That was bad. We moved.
@Paul Underwood Would you know the name of the Restaurant? It may have been before my time, but I grew up here and was the happiest of my whole life on this River. Would love to be back there now more than I'd like to admit. My heart broke when my Grandparents moved to Town, (as they were preparing for aging, but I would have taken care of them on the Farm).
@@raylinletourneau3649 that would be great to know for sure. I was only a FN and worked with first and second class guys in the NDT lab. One of them recently passed.
She arrived at Steelcoast (ex-ESCO Marine) in Brownsville, Texas, for ship recycling on 27 February 2019. Sold for 0.01 and the Japanese paid for the tear down and steel reclamation.
Idk, the metal creaking and moaning, the chains clanking and the wind whooshing or howling by.... I've been out there quite a few times and it can be eerie at times. I was raised that it's okay to look, but don't touch when it comes to these. There weren't any drones in the late 60's or 70's. We fished nearby.
Daaaaang! I was on the simons mistake in the mid 90’s. Awful command that was for that time very, very woke. This is one of those ships that could be turned into a veterans home/floating trade school…..just sayin.
This is a nice video, but you should know that operating drones around the fleet places the safety of helicopter crews at risk. The fleet is used for hundreds of training hours each year. Please consider this before flying drones around the fleet in the future.
We used to see the Simon lake at the navy base in Charleston, S.C. In the eighties. She took care of tending the fast attack submarines. Further down the river, we on the U.S.S. Holland (AS-32) took care of tending the Polaris missile submarines. Holland spent time in The ghost fleet on the west coast, before being scrapped a few years ago. Both of these were proud ships, and had a long history of serving the submarine fleet..
John cantrell...i was on the Hunley As 31 at Charleston in '70 a month or so awaiting Canopus As34 to take us to Holy Loch, Scotland. We relieved our sister ship the Simon Lake As 33 there. Wonderful times and great sailors. Ive only saw Canopus once in these type videos. It was heartbreaking to see her awaiting being scrapped in the UK and finally being dismantled.
@@timsebastian5758 the Hunley and the Holland were sister ships, and I saw a nice photographic presentation of the Holland at the ghost fleet in 2006 if I remember, and it was both fascinating and heartbreaking to see the ship there, and what time and inactivity had done to her.
We worked too hard over the years busting that rust to see how much was on it then! 😂
And yes, like you, I saw a shot or two of the Holland sitting in some dry dock a few years ago, getting ready to get turned into razor blades.
I reported on board in 85, so I never saw Holley Lock. I had heard that the tenders had at least at one time had to steam their generators 24/7 there, but was not sure if it was true. Being diesel electric, I wondered how these two old girls coped with that, as compared to the Simon Lake or the other kinds of tenders out there. Did your ship handle that very well if that was true? Always nice talking with another person from those old ships, we fixed many a sub on them. I always wondered why they could not have been used for both fast attack and surface ship tenders to extend their lives after the big birds the ships carried were made obsolete....
@@johncantrell614 john i cant remember that far back anymore to answer your question about Canopus's engines. Lol. I do know that we made it to Holy Loch without any issues. I was only a 2 year regular and after the Thanksgiving day fire we had that killed 3 people that kinda scared me out unfortunately. Ive kicked myself many times for leaving in 71 but the memories are good and many. I worked in the NDT lab mostly on polaris and a few posiedon missles on the subs. Thank you for your service!
@@timsebastian5758 and thanks for yours as well sir! 🙂
That was my last ship….Great submarine tender…made Chief while stationed aboard her……May God Bless. Master Chief out…..
I remember when the James river was crowded with WW2 ships.Now its empty almost.
My Grandparents saw Model T's driving over The James River one frozen winter on the ice, the whole way over. That's something I would never do on that river!! Photos were taken and it made the newspapers at least back then. Idk the year.
I've seen 6 feet of ice on the shoreline and at least 40 feet out in the 70's. Saw the after-effects of the Kepone spill firsthand at that time also. That was bad. We moved.
@Paul Underwood
Would you know the name of the Restaurant? It may have been before my time, but I grew up here and was the happiest of my whole life on this River. Would love to be back there now more than I'd like to admit. My heart broke when my Grandparents moved to Town, (as they were preparing for aging, but I would have taken care of them on the Farm).
Sad to see the simon lake here. I was on her sister ship Canopus in 70-71. We relieved her in Holy Loch, Scotland in 70.
I was also on the Canopus. Same era! RC Division. No doubt we crossed paths with NDT a time or two.
@@raylinletourneau3649 that would be great to know for sure. I was only a FN and worked with first and second class guys in the NDT lab. One of them recently passed.
Assigned to Canopus in Holy Loch. 1970-1972 R4 Division Antenna Shop. No regrets.
@@charlesmaroon8819 i was in the NDT lab while on Canopus
She arrived at Steelcoast (ex-ESCO Marine) in Brownsville, Texas, for ship recycling on 27 February 2019. Sold for 0.01 and the Japanese paid for the tear down and steel reclamation.
I ain't afraid of no ghosts!
Sad to see her in that condition. '66-'67 Holy Loch
Two to brownville for remelt line
Yes,seems like Brownsville was the place everything went.
s/s cape nome ex mormac sun
there is no such thing as ghosts
Idk, the metal creaking and moaning, the chains clanking and the wind whooshing or howling by....
I've been out there quite a few times and it can be eerie at times.
I was raised that it's okay to look, but don't touch when it comes to these. There weren't any drones in the late 60's or 70's. We fished nearby.
Daaaaang! I was on the simons mistake in the mid 90’s. Awful command that was for that time very, very woke. This is one of those ships that could be turned into a veterans home/floating trade school…..just sayin.
This is a nice video, but you should know that operating drones around the fleet places the safety of helicopter crews at risk. The fleet is used for hundreds of training hours each year. Please consider this before flying drones around the fleet in the future.
The drone operator would see movement, thus not flying the zone.
@@DecayUNCUT agree.
@@gwendiffenbacher1695 This assumes competence on the part of the drone operators... Lol