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Tired of reading Bobsprit
Hey, I served on the Gompers in 80-82. It was my neutral duty in lieu of shore
duty. Made 2 extended West Pac's (some shore duty). Where's she home ported now? JJ On 6 Nov 2003 07:56:57 -0800, (Joe) wrote: "Simple Simon" wrote in message ... Then read some comments from some patriots for a change. Its great to read about true patroits for a change here. Nothing like manning the rails and getting that kind of greeting at the docks. You have to be very careful not to knock someone out with a Monkeys Fist. We always took at least one greeter out everytime :0) Joe USS Samuel Gompers AD-37 Im A crowd of 100,000 welcomed the "Nimitz" home. http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/11/0...rns/index.html James Johnson remove the "dot" from after sail in email address to reply |
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Tired of reading Bobsprit
On 20 Dec 2003 17:01:44 -0800, (Joe) wrote:
James Johnson wrote in message . .. Hey, I served on the Gompers in 80-82. It was my neutral duty in lieu of shore duty. Made 2 extended West Pac's (some shore duty). Where's she home ported now? What divison? I was aboard 79-81 in 3rd division - Boats & Cranes. I was in R-6. Were you aboard when we were leaving San Diego and in the channel and there was a fire room casualty (blown fuel oil pressure switch bellows as I recall) so had to secure the boiler and lost propulsion, the anchor was late in getting dropped so we ended in the middle of the channel, one diesel generator had flat air banks, the other's output breaker blew after 20 minutes, and the battery powered VHF radios had dead batteries. What a mess that was. I had to rig a portable generator that we used to power air samplers on the signal bridge and ran an extension cord down to the bridge to power the radios. We could hear the old man scream up there. JJ She is now homeported in Davy Jones Locker. The USS Cole sent her to the bottom testing some harpoon missles. You can read all about it at www.usssamuelgompers.org Small world or a big ship eh! Joe JJ On 6 Nov 2003 07:56:57 -0800, (Joe) wrote: "Simple Simon" wrote in message ... Then read some comments from some patriots for a change. Its great to read about true patroits for a change here. Nothing like manning the rails and getting that kind of greeting at the docks. You have to be very careful not to knock someone out with a Monkeys Fist. We always took at least one greeter out everytime :0) Joe USS Samuel Gompers AD-37 Im A crowd of 100,000 welcomed the "Nimitz" home. http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/11/0...rns/index.html James Johnson remove the "dot" from after sail in email address to reply James Johnson remove the "dot" from after sail in email address to reply |
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Tired of reading Bobsprit
James Johnson wrote in message . ..
On 20 Dec 2003 17:01:44 -0800, (Joe) wrote: James Johnson wrote in message . .. Hey, I served on the Gompers in 80-82. It was my neutral duty in lieu of shore duty. Made 2 extended West Pac's (some shore duty). Where's she home ported now? What divison? I was aboard 79-81 in 3rd division - Boats & Cranes. I was in R-6. Were you aboard when we were leaving San Diego and in the channel and there was a fire room casualty (blown fuel oil pressure switch bellows as I recall) so had to secure the boiler and lost propulsion, the anchor was late in getting dropped so we ended in the middle of the channel, one diesel generator had flat air banks, the other's output breaker blew after 20 minutes, and the battery powered VHF radios had dead batteries. What a mess that was. I had to rig a portable generator that we used to power air samplers on the signal bridge and ran an extension cord down to the bridge to power the radios. We could hear the old man scream up there. JJ That must of been after the ship returned from west pack in 81. My 4 years was up in oct 81 we were still in deigo garcia and I flew back to process out. I was one of the two helsman on sea and anchor detail so I would of been on the helm or in the anchor room and do not recall that. Im glad you were in R division. While working in the oilfield in Mexico I had the bad luck to work with one of the worst capts ever. His name was James (JIM) Johnson and he was at least a 5th a day man. One day he was so wasted he let our boat drift into a platform and tore the bridge wing off the boat. Joe MSV RedCloud She is now homeported in Davy Jones Locker. The USS Cole sent her to the bottom testing some harpoon missles. You can read all about it at www.usssamuelgompers.org Small world or a big ship eh! Joe JJ On 6 Nov 2003 07:56:57 -0800, (Joe) wrote: "Simple Simon" wrote in message ... Then read some comments from some patriots for a change. Its great to read about true patroits for a change here. Nothing like manning the rails and getting that kind of greeting at the docks. You have to be very careful not to knock someone out with a Monkeys Fist. We always took at least one greeter out everytime :0) Joe USS Samuel Gompers AD-37 Im A crowd of 100,000 welcomed the "Nimitz" home. http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/11/0...rns/index.html James Johnson remove the "dot" from after sail in email address to reply James Johnson remove the "dot" from after sail in email address to reply |
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Tired of reading Bobsprit
On 22 Dec 2003 06:56:30 -0800, (Joe) wrote:
James Johnson wrote in message . .. On 20 Dec 2003 17:01:44 -0800, (Joe) wrote: James Johnson wrote in message . .. Hey, I served on the Gompers in 80-82. It was my neutral duty in lieu of shore duty. Made 2 extended West Pac's (some shore duty). Where's she home ported now? What divison? I was aboard 79-81 in 3rd division - Boats & Cranes. I was in R-6. Were you aboard when we were leaving San Diego and in the channel and there was a fire room casualty (blown fuel oil pressure switch bellows as I recall) so had to secure the boiler and lost propulsion, the anchor was late in getting dropped so we ended in the middle of the channel, one diesel generator had flat air banks, the other's output breaker blew after 20 minutes, and the battery powered VHF radios had dead batteries. What a mess that was. I had to rig a portable generator that we used to power air samplers on the signal bridge and ran an extension cord down to the bridge to power the radios. We could hear the old man scream up there. JJ That must of been after the ship returned from west pack in 81. My 4 years was up in oct 81 we were still in deigo garcia and I flew back to process out. I was one of the two helsman on sea and anchor detail so I would of been on the helm or in the anchor room and do not recall that. Im glad you were in R division. While working in the oilfield in Mexico I had the bad luck to work with one of the worst capts ever. His name was James (JIM) Johnson and he was at least a 5th a day man. One day he was so wasted he let our boat drift into a platform and tore the bridge wing off the boat. Wasn't me. I was a snipe - James (NMN) Johnson Jr. MM1/SS, LELT/ERS JJ Joe MSV RedCloud She is now homeported in Davy Jones Locker. The USS Cole sent her to the bottom testing some harpoon missles. You can read all about it at www.usssamuelgompers.org Small world or a big ship eh! Joe JJ On 6 Nov 2003 07:56:57 -0800, (Joe) wrote: "Simple Simon" wrote in message ... Then read some comments from some patriots for a change. Its great to read about true patroits for a change here. Nothing like manning the rails and getting that kind of greeting at the docks. You have to be very careful not to knock someone out with a Monkeys Fist. We always took at least one greeter out everytime :0) Joe USS Samuel Gompers AD-37 Im A crowd of 100,000 welcomed the "Nimitz" home. http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/11/0...rns/index.html James Johnson remove the "dot" from after sail in email address to reply James Johnson remove the "dot" from after sail in email address to reply James Johnson remove the "dot" from after sail in email address to reply |
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