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OK, . . . gotta ask about when you were on the Hamner, . . . I took her to Westpac in '65 USNAUSNADD 718 USS Hamner
DD 862 USS Vogelsang
CV 18 USS Tyconderoga
Nelson
May God bless,
Dwight
OK, . . . gotta ask about when you were on the Hamner, . . . I took her to Westpac in '65 USNAUSNADD 718 USS Hamner
DD 862 USS Vogelsang
CV 18 USS Tyconderoga
Nelson
Diego Garcia...the "Footprint of Freedom".....should have been called the "Armpit of Boredom"....and nasty beer....USS Belleau Wood LHA-3. 02/1980 - 05/1983. Data Processing Tech (DP)
Homeport San Diego, CA
Two West Pac. Lots of Marines.
USS Yosemite AD-19. 11/85 - 03/89
Homeport Mayport, FL
Two Med Cruises. Both travelled thru Suez Canal, ending up in Diego Garcia in the middle of the Indian Ocean.
Both sunk for target practice and wildlife habitat.
I got lucky and never got seasick. Lots of "channel fever"
Jim
USS Holland AS32USS Sperry AS-12
USS Cape Cod AD-43 (twice)
USS McKee AS-41
Shore duties:
Subase Peal Harbor HI
NRMF Ingleside TX
Early 1970's and a WESTPAC cruise was also involved.OK, . . . gotta ask about when you were on the Hamner, . . . I took her to Westpac in '65 USNAUSNA
May God bless,
Dwight
How did sthe TiccondeerogaUSS Tyconderoga - CV18
USS Vogelsang - DD862
USS Hamner - DD718
NAS Corpus Christi & Beeville, TX (T34 and F9 flights)
VP 45 - NAS JAX (few weeks only but got to fly P3s)
Nelson
How did the Ticonderoga become CV18? When I was aboard her she was CVA14 in 1957.USS Tyconderoga - CV18
USS Vogelsang - DD862
USS Hamner - DD718
NAS Corpus Christi & Beeville, TX (T34 and F9 flights)
VP 45 - NAS JAX (few weeks only but got to fly P3s)
Nelson