Suez Canal
Went thru the canal 8 times. Between 1962 and 1966. On the USS Greenwich Bay AVP41. Lucky the GB was decommissioned in 66!
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Went thru the canal 8 times. Between 1962 and 1966. On the USS Greenwich Bay AVP41. Lucky the GB was decommissioned in 66!
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I transited the “Ditch” onboard USS Mount Hood AE-29 during our around the world cruise of 1986-87. Just after we entered the Med we received a message that the USS Stark was hit, and for an hour or so we were ordered towards Israel, but then ordered back on original course. We made a stop in Taormina, Sicily before steaming through the Med and into the Atlantic. I will always remember that cruise.
After flying as an aircrewman in Viet Nam with HM12 , I was sent with my squadron from Norfolk to Egypt in 74 during Operation Nimbus Star and the following year 75 during Operation Nimbus Moon. I remember Manning the Rails as we approached Alexandria, Egypt aboard the Iwo Jima. Also flying into Port Said and Ismalia to pick up crewmen or gear for operations to sweep for mines. I was discharged just afterwards in November of 75.
WENT THUR THE DITCH ON BOARD USS JOHNSTON DD-821 1966
I went through the "ditch" on the USS Truxtun CGN-35 in early 86. We were with the Enterprise Battle Group, when Kadafi made his threats - Enterprise, Arkansas and Truxtun went to the Med, as soon as we hit the Med Kadafi shut up. We got two good ports out of that detour, Toulon and Naples. We left the Med via Gibralter, so we served under all four fleets on one deployment. On the way home we had like three days in Perth.
Mark, we all make mistakes. I accept your apology, and thanks, I thought I had lost my mind. LOL.
I may have (inadvertently) figured out a way to delete the offending comment. I hope I did. Either way, my apology still stands.
@steven richmond
Upon further research, I would remove my comment if I knew how...and I do indeed offer my sincere apologies to you for my misstatement.
HM-12 was with us in Vietnam and I was certain it was the Inchon at Port Said. I flew out there from Ismailia many times dealing with administrative issues ranging from personnel to payroll.
Apparently it was the Iwo Jima, but in all honesty I don't remember the Iwo Jima in any dispatches, correspondence or messages...and I had as high a security clearance as possible at that time.
Again, my apologies. You are correct. I am most definitely wrong. I hope anyone who reads my previous comment will skip to this one immediately afterwards.
And if you know of a way that I can remove one of my own comments, please let me know because it would only be right to do so.
I was on the USS IWO JIMA LPH 2 in 1973-74 during the YOM KIPPUR war between Egypt and Israel. Israel had mined the Suez so Egypt could not get revenue from it's use. The Iwo de-mined the canal and then we were the first Americans allowed to tour parts of Egypt in 27 years as I recall.
Capt. John Piatek