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 | Dependents Cruise - 1981:
Port of call: Lahaina, Maui - Swim Call |
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Swimming off of the submarine or "Steel Beach" is a long standing tradition among submariners. The announcement to swim, known as "swim call", came rare on the LA and other modern submarines. Today, swim calls are almost unheard of. | 
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DBF'ers can't do - climbing the cone! The challenge of scaling a slippery sonar dome proved too much for most. | 
| Two of the LA torpedomen discuss the possibility of riding a Mark 48 up onto the beach. Skip Stuart decides he needs saving and grabs the life ring. Topside Watch, Aggie, stands ever vigilant, making sure no one steals the beach. |
 | Skip Stuart finds use for the ship's life ring. |
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| Several of the crew abandon ship in the ship's raft during swim call at Laina, Maui, Hawaii. |
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