Definitely some truth to that, my grandfather was on a ship that was blown up by a German U-boat in the Atlantic, he and some others were floaters for awhile, eventually rescued, also had some serious burns from the incident, he also worked on the Standard Oil ships, was and or made it to chief engineer, spent a lifetime doing this, most of the family believed those oil ships contributed to his early demise, he was only 63, my grandmother always said how those oil ships would make him sick, he had to drink a little to deal with the problems he had long after he left Standard Oil, was always said he ran a tight ship with very tidy engine rooms regardless of what he was going through, one tough irishman, eventually this started cirrhosis of the liver, he passed at the last place he came into port, of pneumonia, somwhere near the port up there in Washington State. His body was flown home, started his career here in the U.S. on Navy ships, was born in Ireland, faked his age to get in the Navy during WWI, standard oil after that, then merchant marines during WWII, saw the Korean conflict and the early to mid part of Vietnam, all on the ships, I'd stay well clear of crude unless you have appropriate safety measures, there is no doubt in my mind my granddad would have been here a lot longer, one tough irishman.
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