Yeah every ship I was on we called a boat also. Then we had nicknames like USS Crisco for USS Briscoe. Tom Tug or the Gates of Hell for the USS Thomas S. Gates.
We never called em ships or boat, they were known as targets.
Yeah every ship I was on we called a boat also. Then we had nicknames like USS Crisco for USS Briscoe. Tom Tug or the Gates of Hell for the USS Thomas S. Gates.
Yep did work ups and the 1994 cruise. I was with the AirDet. I was assigned to HSL-44 Det 9. Set behind the USS George Wahington CVN-73 and watched the jets break over us while lining up for landing for 6 months.You were on the Gates? I did some TAD on her at Norfolk to help the HM out.
Yep did work ups and the 1994 cruise. I was with the AirDet. I was assigned to HSL-44 Det 9. Set behind the USS George Wahington CVN-73 and watched the jets break over us while lining up for landing for 6 months.
Loved the Destroyers and Cruisers so much more than the Carriers. Everything from chow lines to liberty and liberty ports.Cool cool. I was on Lincoln in 89. Got sent TAD, went out for some quals for a couple weeks. Was pretty tight compared to the CVN. Steve Goodman was the Corpsman. Cool dude, dunno when he got off.
Loved the Destroyers and Cruisers so much more than the Carriers. Everything from chow lines to liberty and liberty ports.
I know what you mean. I was stationed on the island of Crete. NSA Souda Bay had 175 permanent party personnel. I was aviation but my roomate was a seebee and we partied with the black shoes. It was one of my best duty stations.Just a thought, but I'd imagine that they were more like a "small town" than the "small city" that a carrier has in the way of numbers of people. Much smaller and tight-knit organization. But hey, I was in the Army, so I'm basing this idea on the fact that I was primarily stationed at small bases. (One of those bases was in a pretty sucky place.)
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