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  • robert L. Scott February 19, 2013 at 4:32am

    Hi Richard,

    I don't remember you personally, but we sure floated on the same water in  DaNang harbor. Those APL's were were a mess. We were packed in those things like sardines. I was on hatch team 5.I was a seaman at the time. CHB-2 left DaNang in late 66 I think. We went to Subic(our home port) for about 30 days and then back to Vietnam.

     

  • Vincent C. LoPresti January 11, 2013 at 4:10pm

    Thanks Richard

  • Vincent C. LoPresti January 11, 2013 at 10:33am

    Hi Richard I was in DaNang from Dec67 to Dec68 and was an Engineman aboard the LCU 1475. I remember the APLs and had many friends stationed on them.

  • William O. Plaster, Jr. January 6, 2013 at 4:18pm

    No, I was at the Washington Navy Yard from 1963 until 1967. My last tour at Bethesda was from 1970 to 1974.

  • George W. Schmidt January 3, 2013 at 10:33pm

    Richard,  I enlisted in the Navy in Houston, Texas, on 28 August 1957.  Boot Camp at RTC San Diego, and then to ATU-501 at NAS Corpus Christi from November 1957 to April 1958 "stockpiled", awaiting orders to AT School.  I was in the seaplane squadron with PBM-5S2 Mariners and P5M-1 Marlins.  Since I was already a licensed Amateur Radio Operator, I was assigned to the AT Shop. I earned my keep there and gained valuable experience that actually gave me a leg up when I was in AT School. 

  • Gaylin Russell King December 27, 2012 at 6:03pm

    I was in DaNang 1968-69.  I was Deep Water Peirs one night about mid-night when I saw a big flash.  I looked over toward were the YFU's were docked and saw it blow up.  I really to this day don't know if the VC hit lu or if was just an accident.  Anyway the ammo-dump and FYU cooked off for a long time.  A Few days latter I went by there and took some black and white photos of the YFU (78) that was blown into. 

  • Walt McCoy December 27, 2012 at 4:28pm

    The YR-70 was tied up close to the YD-23 floating dry dock right below Camp Ten Shaw.While I was stationed there a large building was built that housed the new machine shop and engine repair shop. I never got a chance to work in it. The civilian hopper dredge took on a mine while I was there. My friend Marvin Anglin and I work along side Lt casle and built a coffie Dam to keep the dredge from sinking. The new shop was built on area where sand at come from dredges.

     

  • Walt McCoy December 27, 2012 at 8:53am

    The APL where not very pleasant to live on. I arrived June10th 1966 ,after being at Ten Shaw for severel days the group I was with stayed on one of the three APL's for about two weeks, that was enough for me. The rest of my year I sleep and lived aboard the YR-70 a repair barge at the repair facilities.

  • Frank Nadeau December 26, 2012 at 2:12pm

    Lucky you weren't billeted with the SeaBees in the bowling alley.  You may not have ever recovered. The Airedales were crazy but the "Bees were over the top!

  • Frank Nadeau December 21, 2012 at 9:30pm

    Richard, I followed you into Vietnam.  Arrived Da Nang 7-28-67 to man a Comm Sta. that hadn't even been built yet.  Spent a month at the White Elephant and the rest of the year at Chju Lai.

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