DSK wrote in message .. .
What's an AD?


Joe wrote:
It's a class of destroyer tender.
Mine now lays at the bottom of the Atlantic
http://www.usssamuelgompers.org

Sunk by the USS Cole!

Yeah that made us all feel a little better about her going deep 6.

It was the first trip out for the USS Cole after she was repaired.


Ah well the ship had a good life and served well.

Yes she did. I still think they pulled the trigger a little to soon.


I have memories (some good, some not so much) of being alongside tenders
in a few places like Catana Sicily.

Must of been the Dixie eh?

DSK

Joe

I have memories (some good, some not so much) of being alongside tenders
in a few places like Catana Sicily.


Joe wrote:
Must of been the Dixie eh?

Hate to admit, I don't remember for sure. It might have been the
Yosemite. I remember many of the people, for good & bad... a female JG
who could not get a clue... an MR1 (shipboard machinist) who agreed to
make me a few custom parts and went an extra mile to make sure "his"
stuff worked properly... the female bos'un's mate crane boss swinging a
turbine forced draft blower between ships... it's been a lotta years.

Regards
Doug King