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Topic: USS LST 692


  
  Korean War
LST 529 LST 561 LST 629 LST 692
It was scheduled to go to Korea, but another LST which was to be used in the Marshall Islands was unable to make the trip and the LST 1126 was chosen to take it's place.
USS LST-715 is on the right end of this group, which also includes LST-611, LST-845 and one other.
www.lst1126.com /Korean_War.html   (1311 words)

  
 MILITARY FIREPOWER: NAVY & SHIPS
USS Cabot (CVL-28), "The Iron Woman", will be restored to her World War II appearance as "a place that is perpetually 1945" to maintain her for posterity.
USS Iowa (BB-61) organization has the goal to inform former Iowa crew members, military personnel and battleship enthusiasts all over the world about the Iowa’s current status, its history and its contribution to the military effort over the past fifty years.
USS Lake Champlain (CG 57) has the mission to detect, classify and track hundreds of potential targets simultaneously in the air, on the surface, and under the sea.
www.olive-drab.com /od_other_navy_ships.php3   (1603 words)

  
 Ships_Log
A large hotel was taken over by the Medical Department personnel of the USS SANCTUARY (AH-16) and equipped for the screening of ambulatory patients.  The Medical Department personnel of the USS CONSOLATION established its center for the reception of the more seriously ill in a steamship ticket office adjacent to the pier.
Operating as a "floating hospital" for the Task Unit of the Fifth Fleet, the USS CONSOLATION predominated in medical consultation activities as well as treating emergency cases.  The ship' excellent equipment for diagnosis was put at the disposal of Medical Officers and Pharmacist Mates of other ships.
The year 1947 began with the USS CONSOLATION moored at Pier 8, Tompkinsville, Staten Island, New York with the Medical Staff consisting of Captain J.M. Woodward and LTJG E.G. Edwards.  The average daily patient census was five.  Early in January four more Medical Officers and seven nurses reported aboard.
www.ussconsolation.homestead.com /Ships_Log.html   (5141 words)

  
 lst association photo list
On the two flanking fl marble sections are etchings of an LST being launched, an LST beached and unloading its cargo of tanks, and a woman shipyard welder.
On the sides of the fl sections all 157 LSTs constructed at Seneca are listed The monument stands in Crotty Park in Seneca, on property adjacent to the old Chicago Bridge and Iron shipyard.
One goal of the LST Association is to reacquire an operational LST from one of the foreign countries, restore it, and put it on display as a memorial to to the sailors who manned these ships and to those who died serving their country on an LST.
www.abiz4me.com /Lstphotolist.html   (439 words)

  
 Korean War Naval Chronology, May-August1952
USS Bayonne (PF 21), while destroying 17 sampans in the vicinity of Hungnam, reported she was taken under fire by shore batteries located on the peninsula east of Hungnam.
USS Orleck (DD886) and USS Doyle (DMS34), while firing at targets in the city of Chuuronjang, south of Songjin, were caught during a turn and fired on at 6,000 yards range by 75 mm to 155 mm batteries.
USS Tingey (DD 539), while proceeding northward from the bombline on a close-in search, observed what she believed to be an enemy shore battery on island of Songdo preparing to fire.
www.history.navy.mil /wars/korea/chron52b.htm   (10474 words)

  
 The Goat Locker
USS guardfish SSN 612, and USS Trepang SSN 674.
Aboard the USS Bushnell from 1943 to 1946.
Served on USS Sailfish, SS-572 from 76-78 and on USS Darter, SS-576 from 78-79.
www.goatlocker.org /oldlogs/oldlogs2.htm   (7974 words)

  
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Proceeding to rendezvous with USS CHARA (AE 31) to rearm.‹Steaming independently off the coast of South Vietnam as a unit of TU 70.8.9 in accordance with ComSeventhFlt Fourth Quarter FY 69, Employment Schedule.
The Commanding Officer is SOPA.+Moored to Buoy F-1 in Mae Nam Chao Phraya River, Bangkok, Thailand, in twenty-two feet of water with mud bottom, using 5 fathoms of chain to the buoy.
SOPA is Commanding Office this ship.!Moored to Buoy F-1 in Mae Nam Chao Phraya River, Bangkok, Thailand, in twenty-two feet of water with mud bottom, using 5 fathoms of chain to the buoy.
www.ussorleck.com /decklogs/xls/April_1969.xls   (2214 words)

  
 USS POLLUX AKS-2 and AKS-4
Shortly after reporting aboard the USS POLLUX he was promoted to CSK (SKC) because of his former military experience as a Sergeant Major in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves and his longshore experience.
His career naval highlight was being a plank owner of the USS Arkansas and as Command Master Chief of the USS San Diego.
Chuck was a FA on the POLLUX and retired in 1967 as a BTC.
www.usspollux.com /shipmatebios.html   (19701 words)

  
 The Captain's and XO's
During World War II he was attached to the submarine SS-30 and USS Kraken (SS-370) and made a total of ten war patrols in the Aleutian Islands and in the Southwest Pacific.
From 1952 to 1954 he was executive officer of USS ZELLARS (DD-777); and from 1954 to 1956, operations officer on the staff of Commander Training Command, U.S. Atlantic Fleet.
He served in the USS ENDICOTT (DMS-35) after receiving his commission from July 1950 to October 1952, during which time the ENDICOTT was engaged in heavy shore bombardment and mine sweeping operations in Korean waters.
www.dd-692.com /captain'.htm   (6152 words)

  
 USS Holder - Links to Military related Sites
Battleship New Jersey USS New Jersey Will be an Historic Ship on display.
USS Oklahoma City CL-91 -- CLG-5 -- CG-5 -- SSN-723
USS Lexington Aircraaft Carrier Museum on the Bay in Corpus Christi, Texas
www.ussholder.com /Navylinks.html   (600 words)

  
 USS LUZON ARG 2 - US Navy - Korean War Project
Comments: I was aboard USS LUZON at Saipan in 45, WE took all the repair gear off and went to Nagoya Japan as flag ship.
CSF Doyle Capenter USN-Ret 43/45 USS Luzon ARG-2 Rt.
Comments: I was T.A.D.to the USS Luzon Diving school in 1956it was a good duty station with good food and four section liberty I loved it but I was only on her temprarly.Those were the best years of my youth.Im glad to have been there ww.
www.koreanwar.org /html/units/navy/uss_luzon.htm?set=700   (6075 words)

  
 USS George E Davis DE-357  Reciprocal Links Page
USS Preble DLG-15/DDG-46 This site is dedicated to the men that served aboard USS Preble.
Uss Arnold J. Isbell (DD-869) Dedicated to all former Isbell officers, crew, and other interested destroyer buffs.
The USS ORLECK DD-886 is a monument to the men and women who built her.
www.de357.com /de357linkspage.htm   (1272 words)

  
 U.S. Veteran Organizations Directory -- VetFriends.com
The USS Constellation CVA/CV-64 Association is a non-profit organization with membership open to all officers, crew, ships company, carrier air group, or family member of anyone who served aboard the
THE USS HARVESON DE/DER 316 IS HOLDING THEIR 17TH ANNUAL REUNION OCT.17,2005-OCT.21ST 2005 AT THE INN AT THE ISLE, LAKE CHARLES,LA. BOTH THE CREWS FROM THE US COAST GUARD AND US NAVY ARE INVITED.
Former crewmen and survivors of the June 8, 1967 deliberate attack on the USS Liberty by the combined forces of the Israeli Air Force and Navy
www.vetfriends.com /organizations/directory.cfm?state=TX   (1442 words)

  
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Standard mooring lines doubled.ºMoored starboard side to USS RUPERTUS (DD-851) at Berth Nine, Yokosuka, Japan, with standard destroyer mooring lines doubled.
SOPA is Commander, Landing Ship Flotilla One embarked on the USS VERNON COUNTY (LST-1161).C/S 25 kts., C/C 200°T.Monday, 22 June 1970 C/B/C 180°T.11261522C/B/C 210°(T).1605@Entered area of restricted visibility (500 yds.).
Maneuvering on various courses at various speeds while proceeding to rendezvous with USS NECHES (AO-47).Set the Refueling Detail.0609*Maneuvering to take station astern NECHES.063206530037 C/C to 063°T.0315 C/C to 075°T.0612 C/C to 210°T.061506190621C/C 250°T; C/C 245°T. C/C 210°T. C/C 306°.0938 C/C 301°.1010 C/S 16 kts.
www.ussorleck.com /decklogs/xls/June_1970.xls   (983 words)

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