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HMS Graph
HMS Graph in 1943
Career (Nazi Germany) | |
Name: | U-570 |
Builder: | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg |
Laid down: | 21 May 1940 |
Launched: | 15 April 1941 |
Commissioned: | 15 May 1941 |
Captured: | by the Royal Navy, 27 August 1941 |
Career (United Kingdom) | |
Name: | HMS Graph |
Namesake: | Graph (mathematics)[1] |
Acquired: | 27 August 1941 |
Commissioned: | 19 September 1941[2] |
Decommissioned: | February 1944 |
Fate: | Ran aground, 20 March 1944 |
General characteristics [3] | |
Class and type: | Type VIIC submarine |
Displacement: | 769 tonnes (757 long tons) surfaced 871 t (857 long tons) submerged |
Length: | 67.1 m (220 ft 2 in) |
Beam: | 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) |
Draught: | 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in) |
Propulsion: | Two Blohm and Voss Diesel engines, 1,440 horsepower (1,070 kW) each[4] One 465 kW electric motor, one 238–276 kW electric motor[5] |
Speed: | 17.7 knots (20.4 mph; 32.8 km/h) surfaced 7.6 knots (8.7 mph; 14.1 km/h) submerged |
Range: | 8,500 nmi (15,700 km; 9,800 mi) |
Test depth: | 230 m (750 ft) |
Armament: |
Service record | |
Part of: | Kriegsmarine: * 3rd U-boat Flotilla (Training) *3rd U-boat Flotilla (Front Boat)[6] Royal Navy |
Commanders: | Kptlt. Hans-Joachim Rahmlow[6] Lt. George Colvin, DSO, DSC Lt. Edward Norman, DSO, DSC Lt. Peter Barnsley Marriott Lt. David Swanston, DSC[2] |
Victories: | None |
HMS Graph (pennant number P715) was a German Type VIIC U-boat which was captured and used by the British Royal Navy during World War II. Commissioned as the U-570 in Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine in mid-1941, she was attacked and captured on her first patrol.
She provided both the Royal Navy and United States Navy with significant information on German submarines, and carried out three combat patrols with a Royal Navy crew, becoming the only U-boat to see active service with both sides during the war. She was withdrawn from service in 1944 due to problems maintaining her. While being towed to the breakers for scrapping, she ran aground on an island off the west coast of Scotland. Some of the wreck was removed as scrap but some wreckage remains there to the present day.
Design and construction[edit]
The submarine was built to the German Type VIIC design. She had a displacement of 769 tonnes (757 long tons) when surfaced, and 871 t (857 long tons) when submerged. The boat was 67.1 metres (220 ft 2 in) long, with a beam of 6.2 metres (20 ft 4 in), and a draught of 4.74 metres (15 ft 7 in). The diesel-electric propulsion system provided a maximum speed of 18.8 knots (34.8 km/h; 21.6 mph) surfaced or 7.6 knots (14.1 km/h; 8.7 mph) submerged. The U-570 had a fuel capacity of 109 long tons (111 t) which gave a range of 7,500 nautical miles (13,900 km; 8,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph).[7] The test depth of the submarine was 230 metres (750 ft).[8]
The main armament consisted of five 53.3 centimetres (21 in) torpedo tubes; four in the bow, and the fifth in the stern. A total of 14 torpedoes could be carried – five in the torpedo tubes, seven reloads inside the pressure hull and a further two in water–tight canisters outside the pressure hull.[9] The boat was fitted with a 8.8cm C/35 deck gun (with around 150 rounds of ammunition) and a 2cm Flak 30 anti-aircraft gun.[9] A 28 cm Stereoscopic rangefinder was carried for use with the anti-aircraft gun,[10] and a number of machine guns were also carried.[9]
U-570 was laid down by Blohm & Voss at Hamburg on 21 May 1940. The submarine was launched on 20 March 1941.[6]
Kriegsmarine service[edit]
The U-570 was commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 15 May 1941.[6] After a series of short testing and commissioning trips in the Baltic, she moved to Norway where she carried out short training voyages and fired practice torpedoes. By 25 July, she had moved to the German U-boat base at Lofjord,[11] part of Trondheimsfjord, around 13 kilometres (7 nmi) north of Trondheim.
In late-August 1941, B-Dienst (the German naval codebreaking organisation) became aware of a large concentration of Allied merchant ships in the region of the North Atlantic south of Iceland. Admiral Karl Dönitz ordered sixteen U-boats to the area.[12] The U-570 was to be one of these and, on the morning of 24 August, she put to sea on her first war patrol. Her planned mission was to patrol the area south of Iceland before proceeding to the U-boat base at La Pallice, France. She carried provisions for four weeks at sea.[13]
The submarine was commanded by Kapitänleutnant Hans-Joachim Rahmlow. He was an experienced naval officer, but had only recently transferred to U-boats, having previously been a gunnery and coastal defences specialist.[14] He had commanded the training submarine U-58, but had carried out no war patrols. Likewise, the First Watch Officer (second-in-command) had only served a few months with the U-boat branch, after serving on destroyers and the Second Watch Officer had little experience, having only recently been commissioned. The engineer was the only officer (and one of only four on-board) who had served on a U-boat war patrol. While the boat's petty officers had several years of navy service, many of the enlisted crew were still new to the German navy and had only a few months of U-boat training.[14]
The U-570 's inexperienced crew was not unique for the time. British interrogation of rescued crew-members of the U-501—sunk on her first patrol in September 1941—revealed that 41 out of 48 crew were on their first war patrol.[15]
On 27 August, U-570 spent much of the morning submerged. She had been four days at sea and this was to give respite to a crew that was suffering acutely from seasickness (several had been incapacitated). Earlier that morning, she had been attacked by a Lockheed Hudson bomber of 269 Squadron, flown by Sergeant Mitchell and operating from Kaldaðarnes, Iceland. However, the Hudson's bomb-racks failed to release its depth charges during the attack.[16]
The boat surfaced at position 62°15′N 18°35′W / 62.250°N 18.583°W at around 10:50 am, immediately below a second 269 Squadron Hudson. Flown by Squadron Leader James Thompson, it was patrolling the area after being summoned by radio by Mitchell.[17] Rahmlow, who had climbed out onto the bridge, heard the approaching Hudson's engines and ordered a crash-dive. Thompson's aircraft reached the submarine before she was fully submerged and dropped its four 250-pound (110 kg) depth charges—one detonated just 10 yards (10 m) from the boat.[18]
The U-boat quickly resurfaced and around ten of the crew emerged. The Hudson fired on them with machine guns, but ceased when the U-boat crew displayed a white sheet. An account of what happened was subsequently given to British naval intelligence interrogators by the captured crew members—the depth charge explosions had almost rolled the boat over, knocked out all electrical power, smashed instruments, caused water leaks and contaminated the air on the boat. The inexperienced crew believed the contamination to be chlorine, caused by acid from leaking battery cells mixing with sea-water, and the engine-compartment crew panicked and fled forward to escape the gas. Restoring electrical power—for the underwater electric motors and for lighting—would have been straightforward, yet there was nobody remaining in the engine compartment to do this.[19] The submarine was dead in the water and in darkness. Rahmlow believed the chlorine would make it fatal to stay submerged so he resurfaced. The sea was too rough for the crew to man their anti-aircraft gun so they displayed a white flag to forestall another, probably fatal, depth charge attack from the Hudson—they were unaware the aircraft had dropped all its depth-charges.
Most of the crew remained on the deck of the submarine as Thompson circled above them, his aircraft now joined by a second Hudson that had been en route from Scotland to Iceland and had broken off its journey to lend assistance.[Note 1] A radio request for help saw a Consolidated Catalina flying boat of 209 Squadron[Note 2][16] being scrambled at Reykjavík; it reached the scene some three hours later.[16] The German crew radioed their situation to the German naval high-command, destroyed their radio, smashed their Enigma machine and dumped its parts overboard along with the boat's secret papers.[20] Admiral Dönitz later noted in his war diary that he ordered U-boats in the area to go to U-570 's assistance after receiving this report[21] and the U-82 responded, but was prevented from reaching the U-570 by Allied air patrols.[19]
The U-570 's transmission was in plain language and it was intercepted by the British. Admiral Percy Noble, commander of Western Approaches Command, immediately ordered a small armada of ships to race to the scene.[19] By early afternoon, fuel levels had forced the Hudsons to return to Iceland.[Note 3] The Catalina, a very long-range aircraft, was ordered to watch the submarine until Allied ships arrived. If none came before sunset, the aircraft was to warn the U-570 's crew to take to the water, then sink her.[22] The first vessel to reach the U-boat—the anti-submarine trawler HMT Northern Chief in fact arrived at around 10pm, and was guided to the scene by flares dropped by the Catalina. The aircraft returned to Iceland after circling the U-570 for thirteen hours.[19]
The German crew remained on board U-570 overnight; they made no attempt to scuttle their boat as Northern Chief had signalled she would open fire and not rescue survivors from the water if they did this (Northern Chief 's captain, N.L. Knight, had been ordered to prevent the submarine from being scuttled by any means[19]) During the night, five more Allied vessels reached the scene, the armed trawler Kingston Agate, two anti-submarine whalers,[Note 4] the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Burwell and the Canadian destroyer HMCS Niagara.
At daybreak, there was a series of signal lamp messages between the Allies and Germans, with the Germans repeatedly requesting to be taken off as they were unable to stay afloat, and the British refusing to evacuate them until they secured the submarine and stopped it from sinking—the British were concerned that the Germans would deliberately leave behind them a sinking U-boat if they were evacuated. The situation became more confused when a small float-plane (a Northrop N-3PB of 330 (Norwegian) Squadron) appeared.[23] Unaware of the surrender, it attacked the U-570 with small bombs and fired on the Northern Chief (which returned fire).[24] No damage was done and Burwell ordered the aircraft away by radio.
The weather worsened; several attempts to attach a tow-line to the U-boat were unsuccessful. Believing the Germans were being obstructive, Burwell's captain, S.R.J. Woods[25] ordered warning shots to be fired with a machine gun, but five of the German crew were accidentally hit and slightly wounded.[23] With much difficulty, an officer[Note 5] and three sailors from the trawler HMS Kingston Agate reached the submarine using a Carley float (a liferaft). After a quick search failed to find the U-boat's Enigma machine, they attached a tow line and carried out the transfer of the five wounded men and the submarine's officers to the Kingston Agate.[23] The remaining crew were taken on board HMCS Niagara, which by this time had come alongside the U-boat.[23]
The ships began slowly sailing to Iceland with the U-570 under tow, and with a relay of Hudsons and Catalinas constantly patrolling overhead. They arrived at dawn on 29 August at Þorlákshöfn. There, the submarine was beached as she had been taking on water and was thought to be in danger of sinking.
Salvage and repair[edit]
Two days after the submarine's arrival, a British submarine commander—Lieutenant George Colvin—together with a team of engineering warrant officers and civilian technical experts arrived at Þorlákshöfn from Britain to carry out the initial examination and salvage of U-570.
The submarine was then lying broadside on to the surf and listing heavily to starboard... The interior of the submarine was unlit and was in a chaotic state; leaks of oil and water from the broken gauge glasses of internal tanks had combined with vast quantities of provisions, flour, dried peas and beans, soft fruit, clothes, bedding, and the remains of scores of loaves of black bread to form a revolting morass that in places was knee-deep. It was subsequently discovered that in this ship the crew's W.C. had been converted into a food locker and overturned buckets of excrement added to the general noisome conditions.
—Lieutenant GR Colvin, RN, Ex-German Submarine "U 570" - Report of Proceedings (3 October 1941)[26]
Colvin's team was able to restore lighting and buoyancy; U-570 was refloated and towed around the coast to the British naval base at Hvalfjörður, where she was docked to the depot ship HMS Hecla for repair so she could make the trip to Britain under her own power.[26]
The British discovered that the depth charge damage to the U-boat was not critical—there were leaks in some of the ballast tanks and a small leak in a fuel tank. Around one third of the battery cells were cracked and the bow had been buckled. Water had leaked in through a valve that had been unseated by the explosions and through glass gauges that had broken; other damage was minor and no evidence of chlorine gas found. In his report, Colvin stated his opinion that there was no evidence of any damage control being carried out and that an experienced submarine crew would have been easily able to improvise repairs, stay submerged and likely evade the air-attack.[27] After their surrender, the German crew had attempted to destroy instruments and fittings, but, with the exception of the wrecked radio and the damaged torpedo firing computer, the attempt appeared half-hearted and the damage was not significant. Also, useful papers had missed destruction. Copies of encrypted signals and their corresponding, plain-language, German texts were found—material of use to the British Enigma code breaking effort.[28] A significant discovery was the U-boat commander's handbook, which provided context and background information for decrypted messages.[29] The British, unfamiliar with German naval procedures, abbreviations and jargon, sometimes found German naval traffic hard to understand even when decrypted.
U-570 spent three weeks at Hvalfjörður, being repaired and taking short sea trials to test the engines and steering. Between 23 and 26 September, she was carefully inspected by two US Navy officers who had been sent from the United Kingdom to Iceland for that purpose;[30] one of the submarine's G7a torpedoes was off-loaded, handed over to the Americans and later sent to the United States.[31] An eye-witness recalled that at one point, a Hudson bomber flew low over U-570 and HMS Hecla, signalling with a Morse lamp, "This ****** is mine."[32]
On 29 September, the submarine set out for the UK, manned by a Royal Navy prize crew under the command of Lieutenant Colvin.[33] Escorted by the S class destroyer HMS Saladin and the trawler HMS Kingston Agate, she sailed on the surface as her diving planes had been damaged by the beaching at Þorlákshöfn.[34] Her arrival at Barrow-in-Furness on 3 October was filmed by Pathé News newsreel cameras,[35] and reported in the press.[33] The capture would later be featured in British propaganda.[36] The capture of several other U-boats, such as the U-110 (which had sunk whilst under tow) was kept secret to conceal the seizure of their code-books and Enigma machines. U-570 's situation had been reported to the German high command. Also, so many ships, aircraft and personnel had been involved in her capture that any attempt at secrecy would have been futile.
She was placed in a dry-dock in the Vickers shipyard in Barrow. Her repair was complicated by depth-charge damage to her bow—her plating had been buckled, trapping four electrically powered G7e torpedoes in their torpedo tubes. Two officers from the Royal Navy's Department of Torpedoes and Mines Investigations had the task of retrieving them for examination. The dock was evacuated while a volunteer shipyard worker cut the armed torpedoes free with an oxyacetylene cutter under the officers' supervision. One of the officers—Lt Martin Johnson—then removed the Magnetic pistols (detonators) from the torpedoes and made them safe—a dangerous task as the pistols were sensitive mechanisms and quite large enough to produce a lethal explosion. For this act, he was awarded the George Medal on 8 December 1942.[37][38]
Squadron Leader Thompson, his navigator/bomb-aimer—Flying Officer John Coleman—and the pilot of the 209 Squadron Catalina- Flying Officer Edward Jewiss were all awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross on 23 September 1941.[39][40] The captain of the Kingston Agate, Henry L'Estrange, was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his part in the capture.[41][42]
German response[edit]
Initially, all the German naval high command knew of U-570 's situation was her radio message, saying she was under air-attack and unable to submerge; they only learned of her capture from later British press reports. They were concerned for the security of their communications and Vizeadmiral Erhard Maertens, the head of navy communications, was ordered to report on this. He concluded that in the worst-case scenario—that is, the British had secured U-570 's codebooks and Rahmlow had revealed to them his memorised, secret keyword—communications would be compromised until a new list of Enigma machine settings came into force in November. However, he believed this worst case to be unlikely and that the U-570 's crew would have almost certainly destroyed their secret material. Even if they had not, the additional security of the commander's secret keyword would defeat British cryptanalysis.[43]
In fact, the British code-breakers at Bletchley Park found the extra security of the keyword procedure to be simply of "nuisance value".[44] The U-570 's crew had indeed destroyed their Enigma machine and code-books but the Germans were unaware of the Royal Navy's earlier capture of the U-110's secret material, thanks to which the British had been breaking German naval cyphers since June 1941. British code-breaking would not be seriously impeded until February 1942, when a new naval Enigma cypher would remain unbroken for ten months—the so-called "Shark Blackout".
Apart from Rahmlow, the U-570's officers were taken to an officers' prisoner–of–war camp at Grizedale Hall in Cumbria.[45] This was nicknamed the U-boat Hotel by the British as, during the early part of the war, the majority of prisoners were naval officers rescued from sunken U-boats.[46] There, Rahmlow (in absentia) and the U-570's other officers were tried by a "Court of Honour" convened by other German prisoners, including captured U-boat ace Otto Kretschmer. Rahmlow and his second-in-command, Bernhard Berndt, were found "guilty of cowardice"; the other two officers were "acquitted". On the night of 18/19 October, Berndt escaped from the camp. However, he was soon apprehended by a detachment of Home Guard and was shot when he tried to escape.[28]
According to some sources, he had escaped from the camp with the stated intention of redeeming himself by making his way to the U-570 's dockyard at Barrow–a distance of only 22 miles (35 km)–and somehow destroying her.[28][45] Another source states he was forced to make an escape attempt by a group of senior German prisoners, who enforced a brutal regime of punishing those who held anti-Nazi views or who co-operated with the British, and that Berndt only broke away and ran from the Home Guard when he realized they were returning him to Grizedale Hall; they shot him dead after he ignored warning shots.[47] The British placed Rahmlow in a camp with German Army and Air Force prisoners to avoid further incidents of this kind.[Note 6]
The German high command recognized the U-570 's loss could be partially blamed on the crews lack of training and experience (during the early part of the war, U-boat training had been cut down to two months).[48] Both this and mounting U-boat losses (including many boats sunk on their first patrol) prompted the Germans to put more resources into training. Also, existing veteran crews were broken up and dispersed amongst the U-boat fleet, so the crews of all newly commissioned boats would include a core of experienced, long-serving crewmen.[48]
Months later, the German command was still trying to discover the fate of the U-570 's codebooks. A system of coded messages, hidden in the text of apparently ordinary, personal letters, was used to order Otto Kretschmer to report on this. However, they were unaware that this channel of communication with German prisoners had been discovered by the Allies.[49]
The disposition of the boat was initially uncertain. Winston Churchill was in favour of handing her over to the Americans for repair, both for propaganda and as a means of deepening then-neutral America's engagement in the Battle of the Atlantic.[50] The Americans were eager to have her, but the Royal Navy objected both to this and to Churchill's other idea-to have her serve in the Mediterranean with a Yugoslav crew.[50] Instead, she was commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Graph on 19 September 1941, and assigned the Royal Navy pennant number P715. She was given a name beginning with a 'G' to signify German, i.e., denoting that Graph was a captured vessel. The name Graph was also chosen owing to the extensive testing carried out on her (and therefore the many "Graphs" drawn up),[45] but was also a play on the German word Graf meaning "Count".
Once seaworthy, meticulous trials were conducted to measure every aspect of Graph's sailing and diving characteristics. Even the Zeiss binoculars found on board were carefully tested.
Graph's safe diving depth was discovered to be 230 metres (750 ft)—much deeper than the British thought for this kind of boat. At the time, Royal Navy depth charges had a maximum depth setting of 170 metres (560 ft) so the Germans could dive out of their reach. Depth charges were soon modified to take account of this.[8] The boat's acoustic and magnetic characteristics were examined by different Admiralty research establishments.[51][52]
The Allied technical experts found much to praise about her design and construction. Graph's auxiliary machinery was on rubber mountings, making the boat more stealthy by reducing sound transmission into the hull.[53] In particular, her Zeiss periscope was singled out for praise by both the British and the Americans who examined the boat. The American officers who carried out her initial inspection in Iceland recommended it be copied as quickly as possible for possible US Navy use.[54] Her underwater acoustic equipment was found to be a sophisticated array of hydrophones that was significantly better than the British equivalents.[50] The main criticism of the boat was poor and cramped crew accommodation, which would degrade crew performance on long patrols.
In mid-1942, Graph was carefully studied by the US Navy, which then had an interest in a new, smaller submarine that would be roughly her size – around two–thirds the length and half the displacement of the Gato class boats that formed the bulk of the US submarine fleet. She was considered superior in many ways to the two, experimental Mackerel class submarines, the existing class of small US Submarine, but the project was dropped.[55]
Full-scale models of her pressure hull were constructed, and used during the summer of 1942 for underwater tests of experimental Shaped charge anti-submarine bombs.[56] In a highly secret British project, Graph was also used as a model for the construction of three, full-sized, mock-ups of the control compartment, wardroom and radio room of a Type VII U-boat. These were used to train specialist groups of sailors, who would form boarding parties whenever a damaged U-boat was blown to the surface. They were trained to operate a U-boat's ballast-tank valves, to reverse any scuttling attempts by the crew, and were taught where to quickly search for cryptographic equipment and documents.[45][57]
Active service[edit]
After completing trials under the command of Lieutenant Commander E.D. Norman, Graph was placed under the command of Lieutenant Peter Barnsley Marriott, who had assisted in the trials. She departed from Holy Loch for her first Royal Navy war patrol on 8 October 1942, with the intention of patrolling the Bay of Biscay.[58]
On the afternoon of 21 October 1942, about 50 nautical miles (90 km; 60 mi) north-north-east of Cape Ortegal (44°31′N 7°25′W / 44.517°N 7.417°W), Graph dived to evade a German Focke-Wulf Fw 200 long-range patrol aircraft. A loud hydrophone contact made Marriott believe a nearby submarine had likewise dived and, twelve minutes later, he observed its conning-tower against the setting sun. After a pursuing the German boat, Graph fired four torpedoes. Explosions were heard, and also banging noises, leading the British to believe they had hit the other submarine and the banging noises were caused by her breaking up as she sank.[59] In early 1943, Marriott was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for "great courage, skill and determination in a successful submarine patrol".[60]
It was only after the war that examination of German records showed the submarine attacked was the U-333, badly damaged after being rammed by the Flower-class corvette HMS Crocus off the coast of West Africa. The torpedoes' tracks were seen by German lookouts, the U-boat successfully evaded them[61] and the torpedoes then self-detonated for unknown reasons.[59] The commander of the U-333 was Peter-Erich Cremer. In his post-war account of the attack, he suggested the rattling and banging noises heard by Graph's crew were due to the severe damage previously inflicted on the U-333. His route back to France closely hugged the Spanish coastline, a pattern followed by other U-boats, and he also believed that Marriott was aware of this and had been lying in wait.[62]
Graph's second war patrol was from 19 November 1942 to 8 December 1942, also in the Bay of Biscay. During the patrol, she was ordered to intercept the Italian cargo ship Cortellazzo, which was passing through the area en route from Bordeaux to Japan with a cargo of 2000 tons of machinery. However, Graph failed to find the ship and the patrol was without incident.[58] The Cortellazzo was sunk within days by HMS Redoubt, one of the destroyer escorts of an Allied troop convoy, after the destroyer had ordered her crew to abandon ship and had picked them up.[63]
Graph departed from Lerwick on her third war patrol on 24 December 1942 with three other Royal Navy submarines, their task was to patrol the waters off the coast of Norway, in the area of Altafjord. At 1am on 1 January 1943, at the position 70°51′N 21°56′E / 70.850°N 21.933°E, she sighted the German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper, returning from the unsuccessful attack on convoy JW 51B, better known as the Battle of the Barents Sea. However, the Hipper was too far off and travelling too fast to be attacked.[64] At 4:23am, she sighted two German destroyers; the German vessels were moving erratically and at low speed.[58][Note 7] Graph closed to a range of 7,000 yards (6,400 m) and fired four torpedoes. Again, explosions convinced the British that hits had been scored and a destroyer probably sunk, but again all the shots had missed.[58][64] She returned to Lerwick on 13 January 1943.
Graph undertook no further war patrols. In 1943, she was assigned for training duties and command of her passed to Lt. D. Swanston.[58][58] Peter Marriott went on to command HMS Stoic, where he was awarded a DSC.[Note 8]
Defects, exacerbated by a shortage of spare parts, led to her being placed in reserve. Also, her batteries and her MAN diesel engines had a comparatively short service life; German submarine batteries required annual replacement, unlike British batteries which were intended to last for the lifetime of the boat.[65]
She was decommissioned from active service in February 1944. She saw some use as a target, to determine the damage caused by depth charges in full-scale trials.[66] After surviving these experiments, she was to be towed by the Royal Navy rescue tug HMRT Growler from Chatham to the Clyde for scrapping. But on 19 March 1944 her tow–rope broke in gale-force winds[64] and, driven by wind and waves, she ran aground at a position 55°48′06″N 6°28′30″W / 55.80167°N 6.47500°W, near Coul Point, on the west coast of Islay, Scotland. Growler was unable to re-float the submarine and she was abandoned.[67]
Graph was partially salvaged and scrapped in 1947. In 1966, the salvage diver Keith Jessop and others removed some more of the wreck. However, they did so without the permission of the individual who owned the wreck's salvage rights; they paid £400 in compensation to the owner, but were still prosecuted and fined £50.[68] Some remains of HMS Graph still remained visible at low tide on the rocks near Saligo beach in 1970, with the pressure casing of the conning tower and periscope tube clearly visible (the cladding, railings and other parts had all broken off in the Atlantic storms many years before).[65] Today, the remains of the wreck lie in about 5 metres (20 ft) of water;[65] the site has been visited and photographed by recreational divers.[69]
One of the Kriegsmarine battle flags of the U-570 was presented to Squadron Leader Thompson and is now part of the collection of the RAF Museum. Other surviving relics from the boat include her typewriter, held by the museum at Bletchley Park,[29] a small celestial globe, used for navigation, that is owned by a private collector.[70] and a German sailor's cap, that was taken as a souvenir by one of the officers of HMCS Niagara and is in the Canadian War Museum.[71] Another battle flag is claimed to have come into the possession of a young, apprentice fitter at the Vickers Barrow shipyard and still survives.[72][Note 9]
See also[edit]
- HMS Meteorite – Formerly, the experimental, German Type XVII submarine U-1407; used by the Royal Navy post-war.
- HMS Seal (N37) – Royal Navy submarine, captured and taken into service by the Germans.
- HM Submarine X2 – Italian submarine captured and taken into service by the Royal Navy.
- U-1105 – German Type VII-C/41 U-boat that was commissioned as the Royal Navy submarine N2 between 1945 and 1946.
- ^ The Imperial War Museum's collection includes a recorded interview of former RAF Flying Officer Hugh Eccles, who was one of the crew of this aircraft.
- ^ The aircraft was Catalina number AH553, flown by Flying Officer Edward Jewiss see Conyers Nesbit 2008, p.74. Jewiss had been partially responsible for sinking the U-452 just two days earlier. See Blair (1996), p.342
- ^ Upon his return to Kaldaðarnes, Thompson wrote-off his Hudson in a landing accident, but without serious injury to any on board, see Blair, 2006
- ^ The lake-class armed whalers HMS Wastwater and HMS Windermere
- ^ Lieutenant H.B. Campbell, see Conyers Nesbit 2008, p.75, Blair 1996, p. 344
- ^ These events may have formed the basis for the 1970 film The McKenzie Break, in which a German PoW, played by Horst Janson, is victimized by his fellow prisoners in a Scottish PoW camp, while others escape and are subsequently recaptured.
- ^ Six German destroyers took part in the Battle of the Barents Sea, one was sunk.
- ^ After the war ended, Marriott commanded a second U-boat, the surrendered U-776, during a lengthy tour of British ports, when it was displayed to the public in order to raise money for the King George's Fund for Sailors. See: Peterson (2012).
- ^ While it is quite possible the apprentice fitter was the volunteer who cut the torpedoes free and the flag was his reward, this is not explicitly stated in the sources.
- ^ Terrell (1958), p.144
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- ^ Gröner 1985, pp. 72-74.
- ^ Report On The German Submarine U-570 Class p.52
- ^ Report On The German Submarine U-570 Class p.53
- ^ a b c d Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type VIIC Uboat U-570". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- ^ CB 4318 p. 4
- ^ a b Macintrie, Donnald (2004). U-Boat Killer: Fighting the U-Boats in the Battle of the Atlantic. Rigel Publications. ISBN 1-898799-78-4.
- ^ a b c CB 4318 p. 5
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- ^ CB 4051, p. 4
- ^ Blair 1996, p. 340
- ^ CB 4051, p. 5
- ^ a b CB 4051, p. 2
- ^ Blair 1996, p. 362
- ^ a b c Conyers Nesbit 2008, p.74
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- ^ CB 4051, p. 6
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- ^ CB 4051, p. 7
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- Weisse Flagge, 269 Squadron RAF Website. A 1956 article from the German magazine Kristall, translated by Gerry Raffé. Includes an account of Bernhard Berndt's prison camp escape and Rahmlow's own description of the circumstances of the boat's surrender.
- U-570 269 Squadron RAF Website, Pictures of the U-570's capture and her beaching at ?orlákshöfn.
- Helgason, Guðmundur. "The Type VIIC boat U-570". German U-boats of WWII - uboat.net. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- U-570 at ubootwaffe.net[dead link]
- U570 at submariners.co.uk, Submariners Association, Barrow in Furness Branch
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Newbie Orientation
I was just assigned the task of "newbie orientation."
We currently have an orientation program set up for new firefighters to complete to have a base to build on for training. Newbies are assigned a "mentor" by me now, that is a senior member. Together they complete a packet of information with all kinds of things to go over to help them fit in and understand whats what. This consists of basics of operations, vehicle orientation(response and tools), communications, command structure, tax and insurance info, station rules etc. As they go over these items in this packet, they sign off saying they understand. The senior firefighter signs off as well saying that the new person went through this part of the training and understands as well. When the packet is complete, it is put in the "newbie's" personnel file. Seems to be working fine and promotes comeraderie with the new people too. All the officers have a specific assignment that they are untimately responsible for and this has been assigned to me now, along with my existing stuff.
Just wondering what everyone else uses and maybe incorporate new things to make ours better. If anyone wants more info as well, drop me an e-mail.
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New Rookie
New Rookie
I talked to a devastated candidate at a written test. This paramedic had been hired with four other medics by a good fire department. After four months he was fired. He said he thought things were going fine. Then, the captain started telling him that the other firefighters didn't like some things he was saying, starting counseling and documenting him for not taking down the flag, rolling up the hose, etc. He said he was busy doing other assignments. The writing was on the wall.
I asked him what the other new rookies were doing? He said they were too busy kissing ***. My only reply was, "I hope you learned that if you were too busy kissing ***, you wouldn't be trying to get another job!"
What you do when you first start out will set your reputation and follow you throughout your career. If you don't start out on the right foot, they will show you the door. The crew already knows more about you before you show up than you think.
Use these standards during station visits and your interview process to demonstrate you already know what to do when hired:
You're a snotty nose rookie. Keep your mouth shut. Be cordial, friendly and humble. You have no time or opinion until you earn it. You can't force it. That will come with a lot of calls and a few fires.
Cel phones and pagers are causing problems for candidates and rookies. I can't believe the stories I'm hearing. Candidates are carrying their cel phones and pagers to written tests. A candidate was in a department academy and his cel phone starts to ring. He told the training officer, can you hold on a minute, I have a call. Yea, right. The training officer told the class the next time he hears a cel phone go off, they were going to play who can throw the cel phone the furthest.
On an emergency call, the BC was trying to raise dispatch without success on the radio. The rookie took his cel phone, speed dialed dispatch and handed his cel phone to the BC. Cute? Smart? Innovative? That's not the reception he received.
Rookies are carrying their cel phones and pagers on duty. Their phone rings, they answer it and go right into cel yell with their friends and relatives. Wives, girl friends and dysfunctional others call all day long with "Important Stuff" and to do pillow talk. Cel phones are ringing in locker rooms. Some try to be cool by putting their cel phones and pagers on vibrate. Even though they might not answer them when they go off, they still pick them up to check the caller ID or the text message. Then when they think no one is looking, they slip off and return the call. THIS IS DUMB! These are not part of your emergency issue.
This will not get you off on the right foot. Big clue here. Leave the electronic leashes off and in your vehicle along with your piercings until a time where all your duties are complete. No matter what you might think and how friendly everyone seems to be, you are being watched! It could hurt you big time.
If you have an emergency situation, ask your officer if you can carry your phone because you are expecting an emergency call.
Call your new captain before your first shift and ask if he wants you to bring anything in. Bring a peace offering of donuts and desert your first day. Home made is best. Arrive early and ask the off going firefighter what you should know at that station. Your new captain should meet with you to outline his expectations. If not, ask him.
Unless you're told differently, put up and don't forget to take down the flag. If the phone or the door bell rings, make sure you're the first one running to answer it. There will be certain duties on each day of the week. Tuesday could be laundry day, Saturday yards. Keep track. Stay busy around the station. Always be in a clean proper uniform. Always be ready to get on the rig and respond.
Check out the gear on the rig each morning. Make sure the 02 gage and the reserve bottle shows enough to handle a long ems call.
Firefighters usually have "Their" place to sit at the table and in front of the T.V.. Don't hog the newspaper. The off going shift has the first crack at the newspaper. You probably have probation tests. Don't park yourself in front of the T.V., you have a test coming up. Stay busy. No matter what the atmosphere is, you're being watched. "Just because you're paranoid . . . doesn't mean there not after you."
Though you might be a good cook, don't volunteer to cook until asked or rotated in. Make sure your meals are on time. The old adage "Keep them waiting long enough and they will eat anything" doesn't apply here. Be the last one to serve your plate. Don't load up your plate the first time around. Wait to go for seconds.
Always have your hands in the sink doing the dishes after a meal. Be moving out with the garbage and mopping the kitchen floor after each meal.
Learn how to help the officer doing response reports.
Don't tell jokes until you're accepted.
Don't gossip.
Don't play "Your" music on the radio. Don't be a stupid generation X'er and always ask why when told to do something. Help others' with their assignments when you finish yours.
Ask how you're doing. Volunteer for assignments. Keep track of these to present at your evaluations.
Don't start pulling hose and other equipment at a scene until the captain tells you.
Always get off the rig before it backs up. Stand to the rear side to guide the rig. Never turn your back on the backing up rig.
It's not uncommon to move to one or more stations during your probation. At your new station, don't act like you already have time. Unfortunately, you have to start all over again as the new rookie.
You will have an elated feeling rolling out on your first calls. There is nothing like it. It could last your whole career. Enjoy and saver it. You earned it. You're the last of Americas Heroes.
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That was beautiful! Your words should be handed to every probationary firefighter prior to walking through the door, whether they be call, volunteer or career. It will weed out the wannabees and whackers and leave us with those people who really want "da job!""The education of a firefighter and the continued education of a firefighter is what makes "real" firefighters. Continuous skill development is the core of progressive firefighting. We learn by doing and doing it again and again, both on the training ground and the fireground."
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That brought a tear to my eye!!!!! Capt.Bob
12-29-2002, 09:48 AM #5Call your new captain before your first shift and ask if he wants you to bring anything in. Bring a peace offering of donuts and desert your first day.
Towards the end of the academy time we are to spend a weekend in a station to get aquatinted with firehouse life. The Training Officer hinted that it would be a good idea that we do something like this to "break the ice". So on my way into work I stopped at Dunkin Donuts to pick up a dozen to bring as a peace offering. Once I get there, I leave the donuts in the car til I introduce myself and get situated on the days events. Once this is done, I go out to my car, bring the donuts in and plop them down on the table. What happened next still horrifies me to this day. The LT just gives me a blank stare and the rest of the crew starts cracking up. I'm thinking, Oh Sh** what did I do? Turns out the the LT owns a bakery in town that just happens to make donuts and his crew was always busting his balls about how his donuts would make great ventilation tools by tossing them through windows. The LT thought that his guys put me up to it, I assured him I had no idea. I think the fear on my face explained it all.FTM-PTB-EGH-RFB-KTF
For new members we have an orientation and then pre-basic class that they must complete is 6 months. It is very similar to what Dickey is talking about. There is a lot of things that have to be discussed and accomplished before your mentor will sign off on you. Then you also have to go in front of the board and get their signature. When a new member joins they are assigned a mentor to assist them with any questions and to help them get aquatinted with the rest of the department. It seems to work well, better than just throwing a new person out there and hoping that they make it through.
Bob, That was awesome! I printed it out and will give to our "Propaganda Officer" to pass out to the Newbies.
Thanks for the replys guys, gives me more ideas to work with.
I appreciate it.
Lt.Jason Knecht
Altoona Fire Rescue
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Thanks! Since I'm hoping to be a "Newbie" soon, this has provided a lot of insight for me. Thanks again!
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Station Visits and Ride Alongs
Since you're trying to be a newbie, this might also help you:
Ride Alongs
Ride alongs can help you or destroy you! Candidates want the opportunity to do ride alongs as a way of showing interest, gain information for their oral, and can say in their oral they had been to the stations. Often they don't know the culture and etiquette.
We had a candidate in one day for a ride along. He had an opinion on every topic that was brought up, including sports and the current movies. When it came time for lunch, he was the first one on his feet to fill his plate. His mother would have died if she had seen it.
Let me be blunt here. Dummy Up! You don't have enough time to have an opinion! In this situation you have to be humble, have your questions already written down and realize you are a snotty nose rookie. Too many candidates come in wanting the badge so bad they act like they already have time and want to impress the guys with all of their knowledge. BIG ERROR!
Because, this information will spread like wild fire and destroy you with those who will be making the decisions. Too many candidates tank themselves here and they never know what happened. This applies even if you're already a firefighter applying for another department.
Don't take the bait. Even if you have a friend in the station. If the guys want to joke around and play games, don't do it. You are not part of their family yet. You have not time!
Some departments don't allow ride alongs during test time. If you're lucky enough to do a ride along, show up on time with a desert. If it's ice cream, make sure it's the round stuff; not the square stuff. We had so much square stuff during one of test we had a contest in the back yard to see who could throw the square stuff the furthest.
After giving this information at a college fire program a candidate shows up at my station the next day. He didn't make an appointment, have desert, or have any questions ready. McFly?.
One candidate told me in another class that he had made an appointment and had to wait a half hour when he got there. Poor baby. Understand this is our home. We spend more time at the fire house than with our own family. So here you come waltzing into our home with not knowing what to do.
If you're fortunate to get a ride along stay for lunch if offered. Offer to pay your share and do the dishes. Leave before dinner and never spend the night. You might interfere with the kick back time during and after dinner.
Should you go to as many or all the stations in a department? Please spare us this part. Don't turn yourself inside out trying to cover all of the stations hoping the word will get back that you did. It will make you look anal and compulsive, which you probably are if you're doing this. This will raise its ugly head in the psychological test if you get that far. One or two stations is fine. If you try to do them all only increases the chances of saying or doing the wrong thing or catching a shift of malcontents that will bad mouth you.
If you're bent on doing a ride along, first make an appointment. During test time things get crazy. Be patient. Act like you would if you were the new rookie in the station.
"Absolutely Nothing counts until you have a real BADGE . . . Nothing!
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Dear Captain Bob
Sound advice...from someone who obviously cares about the fire service and those who seek to make it a career choice.
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Since I'm getting into the fire service a little on the late side (I'm 26), I've had the time to realize that it's never a good idea to walk into any new career thinking you know everything. I'm a good listener, and if I don't understand something, I ask... especially if my life may be on the line.
Ride Alongs:
How do you go about getting in on this program? I know I asked at the FT department in my town (they don't do it), but I don't thik I did at the POC station. Is this fairly common practice to allow possible future hiree's to see what it's all about?
I've somehow ended up being the first person to stop at car accidents (they seem to happen in my presence more than I like), so I know I can handle blood, but I'm curious as to how I'll react to fire. As for the grunt work, I'm fine with that as well... it comes with the territory. I want the badge once I have proven that I can do it, not just to have as a decoration.
Some info...
I just found this, some guy sent it to me awhile
Congratulations and welcome to the American Fire Service!
This may be more than any of you bargained for, but, take it for what
its worth to you. This is a combination of ideas from Appleton Fire
Officers, Drivers, and senior firefighters, and also some suggestions
based on my own experience as a probationary firefighter. Be sure to
view another excellent resource: the web site of Captain Bob Smith, a
retired 25-year veteran of the Hayward, California Fire Department,
(www.eatstress.com) who has devoted his retirement to advising
candidates and probationary firefighters.
Be advised that these tips do not reflect official AFD policy, nor do
they reflect the opinion of all AFD officers across the board. They are
simply food for thought-enjoy!
1)-Don't wait to be told to get things done around the station. If your
day slows down and your officer is preoccupied, there's a long list of
station maintenance always available to you. Wash blue rags, change roll
towels, organize what's disorganized, clean what's dirty.
2)-Along the same lines, if you see something in the station that is
obviously wrong, fix it. Something that needs to be put away, or picked
up, or repaired. Don't wait for someone else to do it, or wait for an
officer to tell you to do it. Take pride in making the buck stop with
3)-You will have many questions during your first year. A good habit
to get into when you have a question is follow the chain of
command-starting with yourself. Do the research yourself first, then
ask a senior firefighter, then your driver, and only then, your officer.
Don't get me wrong-most folks are happy to answer questions, but this
is a good habit to get into.
4)-If you have thin skin, thicken it. Sarcasm is the breakfast of
champions in the firehouse.
5)-If you can't cook, learn.
6)-Even if you see other firefighters doing otherwise, address officers
by rank and last name until they personally instruct you to do
otherwise. Even then, remember that addressing an officer by last name
and rank is a sign of respect need I say more?
7)-When the rig is backing up, only the officer and driver should be on
board. Only one firefighter should be in contact with the driver as the
rig backs up, but the second and third firefighters can act as another
set of eyes.
8)-If you can't find your sheets and pillow-case in the morning, look
in the freezer. You forgot to take them off the bed your last shift and
they're frozen into a bucket of water.
9)-Every interaction you have with the public, no matter how small, is
a chance for public education and relations. To a little kid, you are
practically a movie star. Know where stickers and handouts are on your
rig-or carry some with you on inspections or grocery trips.
10)-Always leave things the way you found them. (Does not include
broken or dirty) Locked, Closed, Ready to use, for example.
11)-When you go the city garage for fuel, don't sit on the rig and
wait. Get out and be ready with the nozzle in the fuel tank as the
driver gets out.
12)-All of the above may have you wondering about all this info ! This
brings me to a theory I've developed. There are unfortunately only two
types of probies in the eyes of many senior firefighters:
"Suck-up/Brown-nosers" or "Cocky Mouth-offs." It may sound like you
lose either way in this situation, however, here's my take on it. It's
very bad form get too comfortable in your attitude and start mouthing
off. On the other hand, if you are consistent in treating everyone with
respect, you will be labeled a suck up. This is just a test to find out
what you're about. The difference between a suck-up and a good
probationary firefighter is motive.
13)-A probie knows when to be first and when to be last.
Times to be first:
Answering the kitchen phone, and, as you settle in to the place,
any phone.
Answering to door bell.
Doing dishes after a meal.
Helping out in any way.
Times to be last:
Serving yourself at a communal meal or ice cream.
Voicing your opinion.
14)-Arrive a half an hour early to work everyday. You'll be getting
moved around from station to station, and this takes more time. The
person you're relieving can't go home until you are in service.
15)-Ask your officer's permission before washing your car or doing
personal projects at work. Using stand-by time for personal projects is
a privilege, not a given.
16)-Never stop learning. Each night, the T.V. lounge will tempt you.
You always have the choice to veg out or develop your skills as a
firefighter: read, tie knots, practice skills, go over equipment. It is
a choice. Although a majority of citizens respect the profession, there
are those that see firefighters as overfed slugs that watch TV and sleep
on the taxpayers tab. Prove them wrong.
17)-Some of you may be coming to the job with previous fire service
experience. Some volunteer, some paid-on-call, and some may have been
on other union/professional departments. On these departments, you may
have years of experience, and even been ranking officers or drivers.
Well, I've got bad news for you, and this is just the way the fire
service is: even your experience as a Battalion Chief means very little
with the members of your new department. As Captain Bob says, "You must
leave your rank and experience hanging in the locker of your old
department." (www.eatstress.com) Don't let this confuse or anger
you-your officer would much rather have a probie who has proven
herself/himself on the fireground, rather than worry if you are going to
soil yourself the first time he drags you into a working fire. But be
warned-resist the temptation to talk about your experiences while on
probation. You will appear to be tooting your own horn, sounding cocky
and over confident, and you will, with lightning speed, develop a
reputation all over the department as a big mouthed know-it-all.
Remember that actions speak louder than words.
-(Footnote to the above: Here's a challenge for you, and it's hard to
practice: If your officer is teaching a new skill, or a senior
firefighter wants to show you something, and you already know everything
about it, don't say anything. If you keep quiet, you may learn a new
way to do something, or see a point of view you never considered. Even
if you know more about the subject than anyone in the room, keep your
lip zipped and it will be a good review for you. Obviously, if you know
some fancy-pants rescue knot in an emergency and your officer is looking
for ideas, now would be an appropriate time to speak up.
16)-This next point has been given to me by several Appleton officers
and senior firefighters. Your probation-all 18 months of it-is a golden
opportunity to make an impression on your coworkers. Because this
opportunity lasts over a period of months, its effects will last for the
duration of your career. If you work your butt off, are respectful, and
listen more than you speak, you will develop an image as a darn good
firefighter. On the contrary, for the rest of your career, your will
never work hard enough to shake a reputation as a slacker or bigmouth.
17)-Find one aspect of the job that is particularly interesting to you,
and research the hell out of it. If you like it and you become
knowledgeable, you become an asset to your crew in that area. Some guys
love extrication, and have become informal experts because of their
interest. Rope rescue, haz-mat, EMS, anything. No sympathy is available
for bored probies.
18)-In the beginning of your probation, your crew takes you on and
knows nothing about you. You will make mistakes, believe me. All of
this advice is not intended to make you terrified of screwing up. But
it is my opinion that I (as a rookie) am a liability to my crew. Sure,
it is their responsibility to look out for you-but you have the
opportunity to return the favor by thinking of ways to make your
presence a blessing not a burden. Any lughead can bring in ice cream,
but how about the previous point-- How can I be an asset to my crew?
Know your equipment, know the way your officer likes to operate. All
this takes time, by the way.
19)-Firefighters can be a gossipy bunch. You will inevitably be told
things about the business of others, but just remember that the business
of others is none of your business. Resist judging people you may or may
not know based on this sort of low-quality information. This is a hard
one for a new guy because joining in on talking smack seems like a
shortcut to being buddy-buddy with your crew, but it will lead to bad
things. Remember, "Speak only well of others and you need never
20)-The same goes for racist and sexist comments & jokes-just because
it happens, doesn't make it acceptable. There's no need for you to
express disapproval, but don't join in. It's the 21st century, and
there's no place for that anymore. As public service pros, we can set a
positive example even in the firehouse, out of earshot of the public.
Chief Alan Brunacini says "What we practice on the inside, we deliver on
the outside." Choose to practice respect.
21)-Get to know your driver and what makes him/her happy. If the
driver isn't happy ain't nobody happy. Offer to help them if there's
nothing else to do-the driver is responsible for the rig AND every last
piece of equipment on it. If you're back from a call and the officer is
back in bed, but your driver is getting your rig back in service, help
22)-Don't swear or talk smack in front of a Battalion Chief. If I need
to explain this, you're in the wrong profession.
23)-Don't complain. Give me a break-you are getting paid over sixteen
dollars an hour to do a job you already love-you should be smiling all
the time. If your officer assigns you to pick up dog poop, clean the
underside of the rig, or you go a few shifts without calls, suck it up.
You can take it-you're a tough firefighter, remember?
24)-Let me re-iterate the last point: DON'T COMPLAIN ABOUT CHORES for
crying out loud!
I'm shocked by this when I hear this coming from the mouth of a new
firefighter. I actually heard a 4 month firefighter complaining that he
had to clean the dish of a 15 year fire veteran. Cry me a river,
smartypants. This is part of a probie's job.
25)-If you're ever unsure of what to do or how something goes, don't
ever fake it. Your crew is depending on you with their lives, so when
in doubt, ask first. Given the choice between bugging your officer with
a question, or having you make a mistake, your officer would gladly
answer your question.
26)-Your driver owns the rig you are assigned to. If you mess with,
alter, adjust, or break anything on it without telling your driver,
prepare to deal with his/her wrath. Imagine going out to your car in
the morning and finding it wrecked or otherwise out of commission.
Well, this is worse. Your driver is staking his/her reputation and your
safety on the knowledge that the rig is as exactly as he/she left it.
27)-Even if your crew seems to be really tight, and everyone acts
buddy-buddy and jokes around with each other-don't get too casual with
your crew; and don't argue, talk back to, or question your officer.
This may seem obvious to you-but I've seen it happen. All of these
tips are based on real experiences or observations.
28)-In my life, when things get challenging at work, my motto is, "look
on the bright side, you could be in Navy Seal training." The point
being, be thankful of your position at all times. Probationary
firefighters have it relatively easy in Appleton. Some larger
departments run recruit schools just like Army boot camps. Madison
doesn't allow probies in the TV lounge for 18 months. Milwaukee starts
chopping at first light, every morning for the duration of recruit
school. West Allis firefighters refuse to even speak to probies at all
for 18 months. So smile.
29)- Avoid having a chip on your shoulder, or something to prove.
30)-Some firefighters are funny about accepting help. If someone cooks
dinner for the crew and there is a sink full of dishes, there's no need
to ask whether there's anything you can help with. Jump in! Want to try
a fun experiment? Try sitting in the TV lounge while a senior
firefighter cleans the pots and pans from the meal he just cooked for
the crew and you.
31)-About sarcasm and jokes and pranks around the firehouse-you can
tough it out. It is kind of an unspoken method the see how you deal
with stress. You think this is bad, try the stress of a fireground at
three in the morning.
32)-About pranks and practical jokes-use your best judgement about the
necessity and severity of your prank, stick to your own recruit
classmates for the majority of your probation, and never, ever mess with
someone's emergency equipment.
33)-Remember, after hearing all of this, as well as advice from other
firefighters, remember one thing-everyone on the whole department is
senior to you right now, and they've got a lot of things to say about
what you are doing, but they want you to succeed. They want your
probation to go smoothly. So don't get overwhelmed by criticism or
other feedback.
34)-Remember to turn your handheld radio down or off before your
officer transmits to avoid Jimi
Hendrix-like feedback. Its an easy way to bug your officer. You will
forget this one, trust me.
35)-Even though you are the lowly firefighter, don't get lulled into
the sense that you should do nothing but run to the rig when the alarm
comes in. Though you may not be a driver for some time, pay attention
to and remember the address when the dispatch comes in-for that one time
when the driver says "What was that?"-it'll be worth it.
36)-When the day finally arrives that you've been waiting for-finishing
probation-you will be tempted to suddenly act like a veteran towards
more new hires and other firefighters. This spells trouble-hopefully
you have formed good habits during probation, don't let go of a good
thing now.
)-Be prepared for a senior firefighter to get a hold of this and say,
"You're taking advice from Austin Treehugger Powers?? That guy is a few
sandwiches short of a picnic!" These are just some of the lessons we've
all learned our first year. You may choose to ignore all of this and
learn from your own experience. Just know that I do not aim to preach,
but simply to share knowledge that may make your probation easier, and
in turn, will set the scene for a good career.
-And finally, be thankful and proud. You've got the best job in the
whole darn world. Hold onto that thought alone and you'll succeed.
Off to bed now for me-got to be rested and ready for the big one.
-Sincerely Austin J. Treehugger Powers
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this information is AMAZING!! i know most of it is common sense, but it is still great to hear from some of you out there are very willing to help us newbies with tips. thanks a lot!
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I couldn't agree more. Thanks a million!
I disagree with ME...
LOL....I went back and looked at the article
I pasted up here and disagree with one of the
items. The statement that says a four month
rookie should get the plate of the 15 year
I say no way...If I am a fire service veteran,
I should be getting my own damn plates vs.
expecting some new person to wait on me. EVERY
one should work and pull their weight or go
find another job where you can be lazy and
and have other wait on you/me.
My 2 cents...i like to work, no one should have
to feel they need to bend over for me....
I agree with CALFFBOU......
I am a 12 year vetran now and I still act like a rookie when it comes to work being done. I guess I should say MOST of the time...
I always clean up my own mess and don't expect to be waited on by the newbie. Likewise, a newbie should not be expected to wait on a vetran like that either. If the newbie is on dish duty, then yes, they wash all the dishes. Where I come from, everyone helps with dish duty, not just the newbies.
Gotta be a Wisconsin thing then I guess.
Lt.Jason Knecht
Altoona Fire Rescue
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Guest chapter 12 . 8/17/2014 I haven't forgot about your story. I'm dying for another chapter or two. Jk |
Spirit-Skater chapter 12 . 8/18/2014 I was so sad, no, HORRIFIED to see that you haven't updated in over ONE YEAR! This is one of the best Scarlett/Rhett stories out there, so you HAVE to update too, or I'll die of suspense! I'm sure you don't want my death on your conscience... |
littlemsstrawberry chapter 12 . 7/25/2014 You have to update this this year! |
1life2ROCK chapter 12 . 7/23/2014 I'M LITERALLY OBSESSED WITH THIS STORY! I think it might be one of my favorites I have read so far. I know you haven't updated in a while but pleaseeeeee tell me you haven't given up on this. I love how you write Rhett and Scarlett. And in particular how you spin the canon events of the novel so that they fit and occur in this lovely AU you have created! Ughhhh soo much love for this story. |
Tohru12 chapter 12 . 7/22/2014 It's been a while since you've updated and I wonder if you still have the post it notes with the ending! I've enjoyed reading what you have here and hope that some day it will be completed! |
katiekat641 chapter 12 . 6/26/2014 I absolutely adore this and hope you continue this, even though I see it has been quite a while. I can't wait to see more! |
Jamistarme1 chapter 11 . 5/28/2014 I know it's been quite a while between updates. I hope you return to this soon. It's such a good twist on the Rhett/Scarlett relationship. |
Scarlett Rhose chapter 12 . 5/22/2014 Please update. |
Silverfairy22 chapter 5 . 5/18/2014 This is the first you've mentioned Wade, is he there or at Tara? |
starlite22 chapter 1 . 5/18/2014 Wondering whee Wade is, would he not be a baby at this time as he's older the Beau |
Guest chapter 12 . 4/11/2014 Please please please update your stories! |


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Amazon Web Services Adds an Un-Cloudy Option to Its IaaS
What does that mean? It means you can get dedicated hardware within Amazon's cloud. I am not surprised by this. Since I've been involved in infrastructure, there will always be someone who needs a dedicated option. This doesn't mean the end of the cloud: far from it. Alot of infrastructure currently dedicated does not have to be and mostly sits idle alot of the time. However in some instances, the best and only option is have a piece of that shared infrastructure saved for yourself. For more on this, see: Amazon Web Services Adds an... [More]
Reducing the cost of mobile development
As more and more organizations look to developing mobile apps, more and more people will also be looking at the cost of doing so. Between iOS, Android and more, this becomes more challenging and more expensive. What happens next is that companies will start looking at developing integrated development environments (IDEs) to bridge the gaps and automate that. One looking to do that is Mobile Boilerplate . I am not sure how good it is, but I expect it will be one of many to provide IDE tooling for developers.
The business case for app development (2011)
Adam Schwabe (@adamschwabe on Twitter and a former colleague at IBM) has a good rundown on the cost of developing an app here: The Race to the Bottom for Native Apps | Teehan+Lax. Any organization considering developing an app would do well to read this first in order to better understand what they are getting into. Adam is not just passing on what he has read elsewhere: he has strong experience with developing mobile apps, including the successful Rocket Radar. Take a look.
How to build a better boss, at Google and elsewhere
Google came up with this: Like alot of IT shops, I believe, they thought being a good manager meant being more technical than the staff you manage. It turns out that isn't it. The list above is more important. To see how Google came to it, see: Google's 8-Point Plan to Help Managers Improve - NYTimes.com (which is where the list above came from).
My new favorite todo list manager? A spreadsheet!
I am a big user of Todo lists, as well as a big user of todo list tools. I use Remember the Milk, Workflowy, Yahoo! widgets, Lotus Notes todos, Tiddlywikis, Blackberry todos, text files…you name it, I try to use it if it helps. Recently, though, I have settled on a new way of managing all my todos in one tool: a spreadsheet. I did this for a number of reasons: It was not easy integrating any one tool with all the others. I need to maintain different formats, depending on who I am working for. I need an easy way to focus on specific... [More]
A great tool to clean up your Windows PC is CCleaner
It gets rid of temporary files, cleans up your registry (and backs it up), helps you get rid of old system backups, etc. Very easy to use as well. Highly recommended.
Why I think Fortran (and this article by Grady Booch) is great
Fortran is great. For those of you not so old, you might find this particularly difficult to believe. If so, I recommend this article, FORTRAN , by Grady Booch, written up as part of IBM's Centennial celebrations. The article is well worth a read, but I would like to add my two cents. Before Fortran, if you wanted to program a computer, you had to write in assembly language. For computer programmers, this may have not been a big deal, but even for them it would be time consuming. What was magic about Fortran was that an engineer,... [More]
Upgrading from Windows 1 to Windows 7 – a demo on one virtual machine!
This is incredible and impressive. Using a virtual machine, this video shows the upgrade of a single machine from the original Windows all the way up to Windows 7! Remarkably, most settings hold over all that time! I love this video, since I have been using PCs since before DOS. Indeed, I can remember DOS 5 being advanced . Here's a link to the video: Upgrading through every version of windows (Found at kottke.org.)