Relative Bearing
Another aspect of life on a US Navy submarine is the amusing, practical joke, which is carried out on newly enlisted personnel who have just joined the submarine force. This prank generally takes place during maintenance time. The “chief” would instruct one of the new sailors to go to the supply deck and request “relative bearing grease.”
Once the sailor would arrive, the supply officer would tell them that they already gave the last canister to another maintenance crew. This meant that said sailor had to run all over the submarine trying to find which crew got it in hopes of completing their order.