Art Charette

I served on four subs, a cruiser, and a carrier before mustering out in 1982. Nothing beats submarine duty. I might be the only SS qualified EWC electronic warfare specialist ever, do not know of another.

Every time we got involved with the Soviets on the surface ships I wanted to run for cover because I knew with absolute certainty what I was to a Russian sub -- a helpless target.

Somewhere in my picture boxes I have a photo of CV-12 taken thru the periscope on Spinax as we fired the green flare. Brass on CV-12 swore we could not be 1,000 yd abeam or they would have known, until the pictures became 'public'. I had to give some of mine up. They were
from a 16mm Minolta camera, at the time billed as a spy camera, I bought at A22 in Yoko on my first Westpac aboard Spinax.
 
Regards
Art Charette EWC(SS) USN Ret.
61-82