Gender
Male
Vallejo, CA
Birthday: August 13
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Gender
Male
Location
Vallejo, CA
Birthday:
August 13
Rank
Petty Officer First Class
Where were you or your family stationed?
uss navasota ao-106 1961 long beach. uss burton island agb-1 1963, operation deep freeze . danang vietnam 66-67. uss amphion ar-13 norfolk va. 1968. uss salish ata mayport fla 69. uss barnstable county lst-1197 71-72. usns dutton acunit 2 73. uss holand.as. brementon wash 73-74. uss nagra falls afs-3 76-79
Veteran of Foreign War
Vietnam
Current Status with the US Navy
Retired
Start date of your service
December 23, 1958
End date of your service
February 23, 1979
Comments
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.
Thanks Richard
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.
No, I was at the Washington Navy Yard from 1963 until 1967. My last tour at Bethesda was from 1970 to 1974.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.