I'm just wondering if there may be former shipmates on here, and not know it. I was on the USS Hunley AS-31 from 67-69, and then shore duty at Damneck VA tip 71. Any hits?
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I'm just wondering if there may be former shipmates on here, and not know it. I was on the USS Hunley AS-31 from 67-69, and then shore duty at Damneck VA tip 71. Any hits?
USS Springfield, CLG7 from '72 to '74.
USS Blandy, DD943 from '74 to '76.
MM3
USS Columbus CG-12 1968-1969
USS Eisenhower CVN-69 1977-79 (Plank Owner)
USS Ouellet FF1077 76-77
USS LaSalle AGF3 79 (TDY)
USS Coronado LPD11 81 (TDY)
Michael
CTMC(SS) Feb 75 - Feb 95
USS Bainbridge DLGN25 '66 to '69
YRBM-20, Bassac River, Vietnam '69 to '70
USS Long Beach CGN9 '75 to '77
CVA 43 USS Coral Sea.........ship's company.....75-76
CVN 68 USS Nimitz.............airwing VA-86......76-79, plank owner
Without the History of Assignments page (NAVPERS 1070/605), it's difficult to remember the dates, but the names are still with me:
USS Damato (DD-871) Newport RI
USS Fort Fisher (LSD-40) San Diego CA
VP-44 NAS Brunswick ME
USS Sea Devil (SSN 664) Charleston SC
USS Alexander Hamilton (SSBN 617) Groton CT
VF-74 NAS Oceana VA (w/USS Saratoga)
VAQ-138 NAS Whidbey Island WA (w/USS Nimitz)
USS Valley Forge (CG-50) San Diego CA
And I enjoyed nearly every month of it.
USS Orleck DD-886 '63-'66
well, as far as I can remember it went like this:
Boot 28feb74-09may74 GLakes CO-050
RM-A school and IMCO school May74-dec74
USS New DD-818 dec74-june75
USS Thomas C Hart FF-1092 june75-mar78
NAS Bermuda apr78-aug81
Thank you all for your service
USS O'Brien DD-975 1993-1996. Currently in the US Army Reserve.
San Diego - Basic Training and RM "A" School - June 1970 - March 1971.
Naval Communications Station , Newport, R.I. - March 1971 - June 1974.
RM2.
U.S. Army - June 1974 - April 1997.
Retired LTC.
Draft Notice October 1968, enlisted that afternoon in delay enlistment program. Great Lakes 20 January 1969. USS Epperson DD 719, April 1969 to 22 November 1972. Made 3 West Pac Tours and was ready for a 4th, when it was decided that about 20 of us would be reassigned to shore duty Pearl Harbor, before deciding to discharged us early. Was a BM3 and did 3 years, 9 months, 11 days active and 2 years inactive reserves.
USS Walke DD-723 out of Long Beach 1965 to 1968 Three West Pack tours to Vietnam and South Korea for the Pueblo incident.
Anybody serve on Greasy George? As a Marine the George Clymer dropped me off along with several hundred of my fellow Marines on a beach in Chu Lai Vietnam in August 1965. She has quite a battle history going back to WWII.
VP-17 74-77 AW2 2 West Pacs, home port Barber's Pt, Hawaii
I remember one operation we had a Naval Gunfire spotter(?) with us. I don't know the gun size but I do recall they were accurate as hell. I never heard the shots but did hear the swoosh and the explosions. Scared the hell out of me. Pretty close.
The George Clymer was a troop transport. I think the dropped us and left after a day or two.
I had a VA appt today with a pulmonary surgeon. About my age. We started comparing notes and discovered we were both at Nha Be in Vietnam-he a young doctor at the time. He said I was only the second person he'd ever met who had been at Nha Be. Any others here?