USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37) was a destroyer tender, the first of her class, and designed to be a floating repair shop for ships of the U.S. Navy either in port or at sea. It was named for Samuel Gompers, a distinguished American labor leader during the late nineteenth century.
USS Samuel Gompers Reunion 2017 in Las Vegas!
USS Samuel Gompers AD37 Reunion 2017 in Las Vegas!August 23-27, 2017 at the Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV. For more info go to http://www.samuelgompersreunion.org
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By the way, what a great memory...Dee Dee and D'Artanyon will be impressed...my father died last year, but he too would have gave you a high-five...job well done sailor :-)
You must know me if you remember the "TD" mobile, do you remember JB? Where is your picture ID sailor? Now, I'm trying to remember who you are...hey, I will be in the chat room for a few minutes if you can make it there...it's on this website.
On the starboard side of things; when we broke down in the summer of '75, in July, we didn't go back to Pearl Harbor(as I remembered) because we were too far out...the nearest port we could dock at was in Okinawa. Why I remember this so well is because I was a shorty and requested an early out, and the captain granted it and I was told that I will be dropped off at our next port which was suppose to be Olongapo. I had planned this six months in advance, but we left San Diego sooner than I hoped, so in order to get let out in the Philippines, which was my dream, I had to request for an early-out. That's when Fat Sam decided to get a cold and I ended being left in that dull-no action-no fun Okinawa. Sailors couldn't drink or mess with the women outside the base...boriiiinnnnggg:-) Remember Fat Sam broke down twice during two Westpacs...plus we ran into a typhoon...that when the best sailors lunch ended on the decks:-)
I was kind of bummed because we didn't go back to Okinawa after the typhoon. The World Fair was there and I really wanted to see it.
Sasebo wasn't even on our itinerary, but we had to fix the other ship there before it could go anywhere. We ended up staying in Sasebo for about 6 weeks. Then we went to Yakuska for 6 more.
I was stationed in the foundry in R1 division.