35. Quarantined Way Too Long On a Destroyer- Kyle Wilson, USN

Nautical Knowledge and Nonsense

This is the first episode where I get to really talk about what life was like during Covid for many of our sailors in the US Navy. It's very interesting hearing about all the difficulties and problems faced by Kyle while quarantined on his ship, and how they were dealt with. My apologies for not releasing this sooner, but one of the topics brought up in the interview was the tragic shooting down of Iranian Flight 655 in the 80s. I got lost heading down a rabbit hole and looking up hundreds of pages of documents and reports on that topic. It's a complicated event and time, and I think I must leave it at that for now. I hope you find the rest of the conversation between me and Kyle interesting and entertaining. If nothing else, we certainly cover a wide variety of topics!

BBC Article and Video on the Shooting Down of Iran Flight 655- https://www.bbc.com/news/av/stories-44614512

BBC Documentary on the Shooting Down of Iran Flight 655 (Part 1 of 3)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Onk_wI3ZVME

USS Texas: USN vessel that flooded some of it's holds to increase it's gun elevation- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Texas_(BB-35)#D-Day

Greyhound- A 2020 Film starring Tom Hanks as a destroyer captain protecting an Atlantic convoy during WWII. The perfect counter point to "Das Boot".

The Last Ship- A series mentioned in our interview with at least one episode featuring Kyle's ship.

Intro/Ending Music: Many thanks to Riggy Rackin for allowing the use of music from his Nauticas album. The intro and ending themes are the sailor song "A Roving", specifically track 1. Learn more or order his music at www.riggy.com