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QUEEN OF THE SABALO PHOTOS

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Description and contribution of photos by Earl Meggison
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	The first one is a shot of a party we had in the White Hat Club at Pearl Harbor 1960. Some of us went down to a bar on Hotel Street, downtown Honolulu and fell in love with a dancer know as "Babbit Bardot" [her real name was Lulu Tuu'u]. In order to meet her, we came up with this brilliant idea of making her the "Queen" of the Sabalo. As I remember, after her publicity manager got involved and caused problems, our captain, Artie Burke, made us go through with it and took our recreational money to finance this party. Standing in the back (starting left) is Dutch Schultz, unknown, Jerry Nelson,and unknown. To the right of Bridgett Bardot is one of the Chief's(name unknown) then me, Earl Meggison. Maybe, with help from some of the others, we can put forgotten names to these faces. The list so far: near row seated l-r: Bruce King; Art Clement; Jim Miller; the "Queen"; Chief "Budda"(real name ?); Earl Meggison; Dave Thompson(nearly hidden); two men behind him ? ?.- back row seated l-r: Reed; Vernon Shaw; Albert Thurlow; J.P. Braun; Johnny Kratz; Dan Pointer; Oscar Harris; Perry Alley (just behind Harris); Don Eppinette: George Bratt; Bill Crain- standing in rear l-r: David Riley; ?; Dick Trevis; Bill Mullens
	Here is a picture of "Babbit Bardot" coming aboard the Sabalo. Again, I have forgoten their names but not their stories... You can see the Sub Barracks in the background. We were docked opposite the Arizona Memorial.
	Here she is again with a great picture of the Sabalo looking aft. You can see the "sails" of the other Boats; Tiru, Bashaw, and Tunny. Hope this sparks some memories...
	Here is the last picture. This shot is of Babbit standing next to the entrance of the forward torpedo room. The same chief that was in the crew's picture, is standing next to the top-side-watch locker and I believe that's me hanging onto the pole. We covered the after battery hatch with a tent so it would not be so hot. In those days we worked "tropical" working hours - 7am to 1pm. Then it was lunch and liberty for the lucky ones that did not have the duty!