The U.S.S. DENVER is attached to TASK FORCE 39 (Rear Admiral R. HAYLER, USN, Commander CRUISER DIVISION 12, U.S.S. Flagship) in the THIRD FLEET.
U.S.S. DENVER moored starboard side to Pier 22 South, Mare Island Navy Yard, Mare Island, California, undergoing battle repairs and extensive alterations.
1655 U.S.S. SMITH stood in and moored in berth assigned 1810 U.S.S. CASSIN stood in and moored in berth assigned.
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side to USS JOHN R. CRAIG (DD-885) at buoy #21, San Diego Harbor, California, with bow line and stern lines, fwd and aft bow springs, fwd and aft quarter springs, all 6" manila lines doubled, and 1" wire rope from the stern to buoy #22.
There is a 1¼ inch wire rope to the buoy, a 1-1/8 inch wire rope to the USS DELTA (AR 9), and a 1½ inch spring lay rope to the USS PERKINS (DDR 877).
USS FLOYD B. PARKS (DD-884) and USS PERKINS (DDR-877) are steaming in near vicinity.
Was transfered for a short period in an emergency deployment to the USS Bordelon to be on the blockade of Cuba as a radioman, transfered back to the Luce afterwards.
I attended the funeral of President John F. Kennedy while in DC.My last duty was aboard the USS Salish out of Mayport Fla. We were the prime ship that fought the fires aboard the cruise ship Vi king Princess as she burned in the Carribean.
Subsequently, I was assigned to USS Indepen- dence CVA-62 at NOB Norfolk.
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USS Benevolence AH-13--I am writing an oral history and am seeking survivors and their dependents who were aboard the hospital ship USS Benevolence AH-13 on Aug. 20, 1950 when rammed within the Golden Gate and sunk by civilian freighter--Dusty Rhodes, 7801 Pebble Hill Dr., Tallahassee, FL 32317-9665; (850) 671-3832; dlrgad@aol.com.
USS Allen M. Sumner DD692 (Feb '59-July '63)--Seeking fellow shipmates who filed a claim with the VA of asbestos exposure due to working in engine room or fire room.
USS Indianapolis (Aug 6, 1942)--Seeking anyone who served on ship during raid on Attu Island and who recalls premature shell burst (either 5" or 8" gun) that was damaging to several crew members' hearing--John A. Atchley, Box 309, Sprague River, Ore. 97639.
Ships present: USS Floyd B. Parks (DD-884), USS Bumper (SS-333) and HMAS Bataan (I-91) with SOPA ComDesDivELEVEN in USS Floyd B. Parks (DD-884).¿ USS Bumper (SS-333) submerged, commenced scheduled competitive exercises Y-41-AW, Y-52-AW for USS Floyd B. Parks (DD-884).
Ships present: USS Mocking Bird (AMS-31), and USS Partridge (AMS-27) with SOPA in USS Orleck (DD-886).
9 YO-47 underway from alongside USS John R. Craig (DD 885). Underway on various courses at various speeds to clear buoy at berth D-9 and in conformance to buoyed channel, Captain at the conn, Navigator on the bridge.
I then reported aboard the USS Jack and remained with her until June of 1968 when I reported to the Submarine Base at New London, Conn. for shore duty.
Was then assigned to the USS Odax.Served aboard the Odax until early fall of 1952 and was trasferred to Bethesda Naval Hospital.Had back operation in late November and honorably discharged on March 3, 1953.
Transferred to the USS NIMITZ (CVN-63) for their 9 month-world cruez, two months after cruiz finished I was so missing the sea life that I cross-decked to the USS Eisenhower (CVN-69) for their 6 month deployment to the Med.
Tickets for the combined tours are $8.50 for adults, $7.50 for senior citizens 62 years and older, $7.50 for students 12-18 years old and $6.50 for children 5-11 years old.
Features tours of the USS Silversides submarine and the former US Coast Guard Cutter McLane.
The LST was used during World War II and the Allied invasion at Normandy, France.
The Hank and her sister ships were tabbed “The Galloping Ghosts of the Korean Coast” due to their rapid movements and shore bombardment of the east coast of Korea north of the 38
During WWII Bud served on the USS Palmer DMS-18 which was sunk in the Philippines, he was then transferred to the USS Cornwall YMS-356 at Jacksonville, FL which took him to the Normandy, France invasion on D-Day 5 June 1944.
Bud's Naval career continued on the PCE-869, USS Montague AKA-18, shore duty at Balboa, CZ, USS Hank DD-702, USS LST-400 (which was later turned over to the Chinese navy), USS Russell County LST-1090, USS Pocono AG-616, Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, IL (training recruits), and the USS Tortuga LSD-26.
Guardfish's skipper misidentified and sunk USS Extractor in a torpedo attack,
Daniel Madsen, C,O, This book looks at the massive salvage effort that followed the attack on Pearl Harbor, beginning with the damage control efforts aboard the sinking and damaged ships in the harbor on December 7th and ending in March 1944 when salvage efforts on the USS Utah were finally abandoned.
Numerous photographs, many unpublished, give reader a real appreciation for the momentous task involved, from the raising of the USS Ogallala in 1942 and the USS Oklahoma in 1943 to the eventual dismantling of the above-water portions of the USS Arizona.
