Life at sea
Mar 11, 2017 17:28:51 #
Being a tin can sailor, We used to say you guys had floating shore duty.
Mar 11, 2017 17:54:33 #
Hal81 wrote:
Yep! We played full-court basketball and volleyball in the hanger deck. When allowed, we even played flag football on the flight deck.Being a tin can sailor, We used to say you guys had floating shore duty.
Mar 11, 2017 19:09:57 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
I envy all of you guys! My four years were spent at RTC Great Lakes, "A" school at NAS Jacksonville, and 3-1/2 years at NAS Brunswick. I had to take a job in aerospace to get overseas, 1-1/2 years in Vietnam. I never got to serve on a ship and have always regretted it.Yep! We played full-court basketball and volleyball in the hanger deck. When allowed, we even played flag football on the flight deck.
Mar 11, 2017 19:30:17 #
Mar 11, 2017 22:04:51 #
Great shots, ibgrumpy! Which aircraft carrier was it? Our son served on the USS Kennedy.
Mar 11, 2017 22:12:21 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
USS America, CVA-66, 7/72 to 7/74, which included 6-months Yankee Station, Gulf of Tonkin. The America's flight deck is 90-feet above waterline, but on two occasions, we had swells breaking over the bow. I pitied the Destroyers and Escorts flanking us, because they would go over one, then under one.
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Your last post appears to be a Fletcher class destroyer. I spent parts of '58 & '59 on the USS John Hood DD-655. Google her and you will see a very similar photo. When plane guarding for carriers we had a saying that when the carrier passed the word to "secure the pool tables" we were passing the word to abandon ship. Ahhhhh the good old days
Mar 12, 2017 00:14:59 #
Mar 12, 2017 19:23:00 #
Bob Gowens
Loc: Phoenix, AZ
I was on the USS Black DD666 and did plane guard in the Pacific 1956-1961. I have a similar picture taken of the Black from the carrier! Love it!
Apr 14, 2017 13:32:00 #
I was a cook on the Sara (CVA-60). The good thing about taking on a big storm was the chow lines were much shorter, however there were other lines much longer.
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