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LOOKOUT ON THE HALIBUT

Heading out to sea from Mare Island, if the day was nice, Halibut would go around Angel Island passing Tiberon and Sausalito to get a look at
the "tanning scenery". CDR Del Taylor was the OOD, I was on the phones. One of the lookouts asked, "Permission to smoke?" Taylor says, "No, but you can chew."
He hands out his chew. Knowing that something was, up, I declined. Then when everyone else had their cud, Taylor says, "But you can't spit."

Lots of green faces. I don't think Taylor ever spit.