USS Ticonderoga (CV/CVA/CVS-14) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was the fourth US Navy ship to bear the name.
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I served on the Ticonderoga CVA 14-----65,66,67 two west pac cruise I was in E Div. we made and control electricty for the ship. I enjoy my time on board--
I served on the Ticonderoga CVS-14 from Aug 1971 to Aug 1972. I was assigned to the Air Borne Radar Repair Shop in AIMD div. I was aboard for the Apollo 16 recovery mission. We also deployed in the South China Sea during my service as an ATR-2 there. I was officially initiated into the mysteries of the ancient deep as a Shell Backs when we crossed the equator during the Apollo 16 recovery mission.
Was on the Tico from 55 to 56. I left just after we went into the yard for angle deck conversion. My first ship and first cruise. (9 mo. to the Med.) Left for pre-com to the Uss Ranger CVA-61 in 56. On that first cruise a Banshee missed all 12 wires, bounced and came ripping through the barricade killing 12 guys on the flight deck forward. I was under the plane on the port cat hooking up for a launch. That was the last time we landed and launched at the same time on a straight deck. It still took 8 years before I realized the flight deck was a dangerous place to work. I then went to ET school for a year and switched from AB to ET. The work was safer plus I got $75 bux a mo. pro-pay.
Are you familiar with the Navy Together We Serve website? If you're interested, google NTWS. It is a free site, but there is a $20.00 annual fee to enjoy all the features. Well worth it to me. If you find your way there, look me up among the membership. I'm not selling the site, but it is a good place to look up past shipmates and keep up with Navy stuff.
Also, I have a lot of Tico photos posted there. Worth a check-out
David, It is a small world! What years were you on board? I was on '69 to Nov. 5,1970. We worked both the Aviation Hydraulics shop but also airframes and supply when needed. During conversion in Long Beach I was on team responsible for inventory of all aviation gear.
The Hydraulic shop was often called upon to fix the Dental Depts chairs, Equipment in the Bakery and even a few times assisted the Arresting Gear Group with parts. Our shop could fabricate hoses and tubing. Were you aboard when someone put the tie downs around the brake lines? When the ship met heavy swells the lines tore up. We had to fabricate new lines for most of the aircraft so they could fly that day!.
Maybe one day we can attend the Ticonderoga Assoc. reunion and meet in person!
Hope you and yours have a great holiday also! We will when those who went before us are not forgotten!
Our work station was our berthing area, the #3 deckedge aircraft elevator machinery room. Like you said, you learn to sleep. Much like the arresting gear, those elevators could make a lot of noise when they move.
Hope you and your family are having a good holiday weekend.
David,
Four years ago I took my wife to California driving from San Fransisco to San Diego! We loved what the city had become.
Almost all the bases I flew in to are gone now or changed ownership. Gone are Alameda; El Toro,Long Beach, Changed Ownership Moffett Field and Miramar.Only Lemoore and North Island are untouched! I could not believe the number of ships in San Diego compared to the 60's. I was a great city to be home-ported in back then.If I had been home-ported for the remainder of my years in the Navy would have stayed in and made it a career. Could not guarantee me that!
The Ticonderoga was a great old ship! I was in the Hydraulic shop near the fantail so it was quiet there when there were no flight operations. My bunk was just under the flight deck under the arresting gear. You learned to sleep.
If I get any more pictures will post them!
Much as I enjoy viewing photos of the ship, I also get a kick out of seeing views of San Diego in the back ground. That was my home for the entire twenty years I spent in the service, and all my kids were born there. In that twenty years I pretty much saw San Diego grow and expand into what is was to become today, WAtched the bay bridge as it was being built, witnessed the beginning construction of the Interstate Hiway system through much of San Diego County, the development of Mission Valley into a shopping mecca, forming of the San Diego Charges team, the end of the ferry and water taxis to North Island, the end of the tuna factory which eventually meant the end of the 28th street fleet landing and expansion of NASSCO.
I could go on and on, but the point is, I still miss livng in the area even after being gone these 35 years, and my years aboard Tico were the most productive of all my years in the service.
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