Collision at sea
I was with a squadron (RVAH3) on a ten day carrier qual sometime around 70-72 out of Norfolk. Anyway we had a collision with a foreign vessel and I believe it was on the port side but I am not sure. I recall hearing that the fuel lines had been cleared and vented before impact and that it was our fault for not yielding the right of way. We knew the hit was unavoidable about twenty minutes prior. Anyway, the damage wasn't too extensive and was above the water line. Does anyone happen to remember…
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Ahoy mates. ETR2 Cole, OE Div., Sept 1969 - July 1972, just checking aboard here to see if I recognize any names...;o]
The picture to the left is the AMERICA docked at Cubi Point Subic Bay August 1972.I took the picture from a helo as I was leaving the ship and squadron VA82.
I did two Cruises on board one Med and one Vietnam. Things went well on yankee station until the engines craped out. we had a lot of liberty in Po-town.
http://youtu.be/Mp7xAM-vB1c
I was aboard America for the 1973-74 Med cruise as an ADJ3 with VF 142 phantom squadron. Got to see so many great places including sailing up the straights of the Dardenells to Istanbul. Pretty wierd as I remember looking down on farm fields and WWII monuments on both sides of the ship! I also remember one "stand down" day on the flight deck we had a barbecue for entire ships company and football game. A Soviet destroyer came up fairly close and we saw the crew on deck with telephoto lenses photographing us... so we all ran to that side of the deck and mooned em!!LOL
was on America with vaw-124 77-80 and vaw-123 83-86. Have alot of memories on that old girl.
I was on board as an IC in E division from 93-95. Did the med cruise (operation provide promise/deny flight,Operation restore hope), survived Hurricane felix (think that was the hurricanes name) And was there for Haiti Ops (Operation restore democracy).
hey chief nadeau. murf from A-div, assigned to ops for Quarters. remember Cpt. repoggle siticking us in the mud. good times had by al. (6-73 / 4-76)l
i was on america 73 through 77 in va 15 was tad to galley as cook
On America from 10/68 through 09/71 in OP, then OZ, then OE divisions, as a Data Systems Technician, made part of the 68 Nam Cruise, all of the 70 Nam Cruise and most of the the 71 Med cruise.
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