The USS Lipan, ATF-85 was our relief ship for shadowing Ivan. Just before we left, she signaled she was having trouble starting her crypto equipment, which receives encoded fleet-wide messages 24 hrs a day.
Yes, I was an ETR2 with 2 special crypto repair codes. The raft near her fantail was being sent over for me to go have a look at her problem. Once aboard, it took about 10 minutes to get her
"sync'ed" up to the signals, and I returned to Moctobi as the slightly damp conquering hero. Great experience.