SwtM - USS Silversides Multi-Cache

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Hidden : 5/2/2016
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: large (large)

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Geocache Description:


Near the posted coordinates you will find a trail sign (or you can look at the attached sign image on this page if you wish to solve the multi from home, or have trouble finding the sign).

Using the sign substitute letters into the following coordinates to find the final location of the geocache:
   N 42 57.6AB W 085 36.4YZ

A = # of letters in the second word on the sign, minus 3
B = # of letters in first word on the sign, minus 2
Checksum on A+B=8

The number on the sign is less then one!

Y = Number on the sign + 1.1
Z = 2.9 minus the number on the sign
Checksum on Y+Z=4

This area can get muddy at times, wear approprirate footwear!


Date Designated: January 14, 1986
Location: Muskegon (Muskegon County)		 Having sunk a confirmed total of 23 ships during World War II and been awarded 12 battle stars and a Presidential Unit Citation, the Silversides is the most decorated US submarine still in existence. During the war, she patrolled the Pacific Ocean with the mission of preventing crucial supplies and material from reaching the Japanese

USS Silversides (SS/AGSS-236) is a Gato-class submarine, the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the silversides, a small fish marked with a silvery stripe along each side of its body.

Silversides's fourteenth and final war patrol began with departure from Pearl Harbor on 30 May. This patrol was spent on lifeguard station in support of air strikes on Honshū, Japan. On 22 July, she rescued a downed fighter pilot from the light aircraft carrier Independence (CVL-22), and two days later recovered a downed United States Army Air Forces airman. She ended this patrol at Apra Harbor, Guam, on 30 July. The submarine was undergoing refit there when the hostilities with Japan ended on 15 August.

Silversides was decommissioned on 17 April 1946 and placed in reserve until 15 October 1947, when she was placed in service as a training ship for Naval Reservists at Chicago. After a 1949 overhaul, she remained at Chicago in support of Naval Reserve training as a stationary training vessel for the rest of her service. The last time the Silversides was dry-docked was after the war, in 1949, when the submarine went into the reserve fleet and her solid brass propellers were removed.

On 6 November 1962, Silversides was reclassified as an auxiliary submarine with hull classification symbol AGSS-236, and on 30 June 1969 her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register. The South Chicago Chamber of Commerce promptly applied to the United States Department of the Navy for custody of Silversides to preserve her as a memorial. Normally, United States Navy submarines are dry-docked every five years while on active duty. If permanently moored in fresh water the maintenance interval can be extended to 25 years.

Volunteers restored the sub and she was moved to Navy Pier in 1979. In 1987, the submarine was moved to Muskegon, Michigan, to serve as the centerpiece of the new Great Lakes Naval Memorial & Museum.

Visit 14 geocaches in the SwtM series. At each geocache collect a letter and number combination. Insert them into the phrase FiTS LIKe A GlOVE. Use the coordinates from the phrase to find the final geocache and become a Mitten Master
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Windemere USS Silversides 2016 Mitten Master

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