Larry W4CSC wrote:

On my ship, USS Everglades (AD-24), midrats opened up at 11PM......

No sh...errrr....kidding! My first ship was the USS Arcadia (AD-23) out
of Newport RI. From there I went to the USS Talbot (DEG-4) again at
Newport after we got it commissioned in Boston.

I was a ETN2 at my discharge, 4 years (1965-1969).

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