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On the FCA boats the structure was Fishmaster/US Captain, Jap Bosun/US Bosun, 12 Jap Deckhands/12 US Deckhands. For every US guy there was a counterpart Japanese "advisor" The only guys who didn't Jap mirrors were he folks who worked on the factory deck exclusively. They were damn rough in...

It's because they are dead serious about heir job. If a guy is going to be a fisherman, his entire life is dedicated to perfection in that endeavor, anything less is unacceptable. Couple that with an amount of dislike for our cultures often times carefree attitude and it can be rough. :evil:

Working on the deck of a large dragger is possibly some of the funnest rigging a guy can do. The weather was very extreme, heavy seas were common, and the brotherhood that was forged among those of us on deck is unbreakable, for that I do thank the Japs and their style of management. Most folks...

If you mean working under the bastard, yelling obscenities at one another in different languages, and despising his being, then yes I knew him very well.

What's funny is the guy who says that Konno threw him violently. I believe the part about the prick hitting him, but unless Putnam spoke Japanese there is no way he know's wtf was said. For a fact, Konno would have not lowered himself to speak English towards in his perception, a subhuman...

That prick. Yeah, all the Japs were tough as nails and damn good at their jobs as far as deckwork goes. To say that they hated us, and us them is an understatement. :evil:

I like this picture, shows the good times on the boat. One of the best jobs I ever had was working the deck on the Ranger.

It's been a year since the Ranger sank, finally after all these years of ANYO running ops, the USCG might be looking into it.http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008901921_ranger22m.html