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1972 cruise book. - vtxcandyred - 11-19-2010
I just went through my "72" cruise book on dvd. Brought back a lot of memories. Saw some buds I haven't seen since then. Wish I had stayed in touch. When I was discharged in April 1973 I was divorced by August and I was drinking pretty hard by then and things just got away from me. Hindsight. ..............
RE: 1972 cruise book. - BallseyMalone - 11-19-2010
cruise book on dvd? I'd love to get a desert storm cruise book on dvd!
RE: 1972 cruise book. - vtxcandyred - 11-19-2010
What ship were you on and what years????????
RE: 1972 cruise book. - BallseyMalone - 11-19-2010
CVN 71 Teddy Roosevelt Carrier Air Group 8 Served from 88 to 92 Some of the Best times, some of the Worst times
RE: 1972 cruise book. - vtxcandyred - 11-19-2010
(11-19-2010, 09:10 PM)BallseyMalone Wrote: CVN 71 Teddy Roosevelt Carrier Air Group 8 Served from 88 to 92 Some of the Best times, some of the Worst timesI was aboard the ORIGINAL Roosevelt. CVA-42 long since mothballed and scrapped. Have you tried here???? http://www.navysite.de/cvn/cvn71.html You migh be able to come up with one. Mine cost like ten bucks through a site like this. You can get one from the archives but I forgot how much a page but mine would have benn a few hundred bucks.
RE: 1972 cruise book. - LH - 11-19-2010
DDG-17 U.S.S. Conyngham ...........Radioman, plankowner. What wikpedia does not tell you is that after being fitted with ASROCK capabilities in Bath Me. She was reccommisioned as a nuclear destroyer. Thus the plankowner status in 1982. She also hit a sandbar that knocked out the sonar domes and was in drydock in Marseilles France for a month. The captain was relieved of his duties. I think the XO took over and his name was I think Oldham.
RE: 1972 cruise book. - vtxcandyred - 11-19-2010
(11-19-2010, 09:22 PM)LH Wrote: DDG-17 U.S.S. Conyngham ...........Radioman, plankowner.My brother was on a couple of different tin cans too. A couple of supply ships too. One I remember was the Santa Barbra. She unreped with us once but he wasn't aboard at the time.
RE: 1972 cruise book. - LH - 11-19-2010
This was 79-83 and we were also above the circle.............gotta bluenose!
RE: 1972 cruise book. - vtxcandyred - 11-19-2010
(11-19-2010, 09:44 PM)LH Wrote: This was 79-83 and we were also above the circle.............gotta bluenose!We never went above the circle but we did do sea trials off the coast of Maine in December and January and I'm here to tell you it was plenty cold enough. We were all issued special cold weather gear and instructed to NOT touch any metal with bare skin less you become part of what you were touching. If that happened to be part of the plane on a cat for launch, shame on you. It was a trip to see the air boss. I'd just as soon been thrown off the flight deck.
RE: 1972 cruise book. - vtxcandyred - 11-19-2010
Ever try one of these. Its the only way I've been able to find any ship mats. http://www.ussconynghamassoc.org/images/ConynghamBanner.jpg I even have a page at military.comhttp://unitpages.military.com/unitpages/unit.do?id=722011 Its not much but a few of the guys I was aboard with.