Every one that went to boot in San Diego should be a member here! She needs us!
Commissioned July 27, 1949. remained in service until NTC closure in 1997. Thousands of recruits passed her bow and learned seamanship on her decks.
USS Recruit museum effort. Sign on to show your support!
There are some of us on here that are determined to see to it that the TDE-1 is restored to it's glory days and continues to serve as a museum to all those that walked her decks! That effort requires the involvement of everyone that cares! If you went to basic or were stationed at San Diego, that means you!Currently, the Naval Sea Cadet Corp has entered into an agreement with the Corky McMillin Company, the developer of NTC. That agreement would give them use and control over the Recruit. They…
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company 200 under Winston J. Whoseclaw, signalman 1st class, met him again on a West Pac cruise as a Warrant Office for deck Division, made so many West Pac's but I believe He was on the LPD Denver
she was the first ship I had ever been, smile April 1965
Booth Camp company 047 January 60 to April 1960. Remember recruit to this day. Had to salute and graded on "request to come aboard" before graduating from booth camp.
I went to boot camp 7/72. company 72-227. Funny how 40 yrs later I still remember that. I do remember my CC saying that "you will remember your company number for the rest of your ******** lives!!!!". CC was EN1 Contreras.
I was in boot camp from 6-73 To 8-73. Company # 194
Company 80-925 Drill Division under CC ABF1 Hurricane Curry Jun-Aug 1980
I was in boot camp in Oct 1972, Co. 72-410. I remember running around on the Recruit during my time there. I made the BMC mad and he kicked me out of the Marlinspike Seamanship because I knew what he was teaching and then some. Boy Scouts and Sea Scouts sure helped me out a lot in boot. I left the Navy in Oct 1983, because I was 6 pounds over my weight limit. But I left as an AME-1, having worked on EA-6B Prowler and A-6E/KA-6D Intruder aircraft and making 6 cruises on 4 different aircraft carriers.
Greetings Shipmates, I was in boot camp in Sept of 1967 and spent some time on the USS Recruit. Classes in "Sound Powered Phones" and Marlinspike Seamanship. I know there were some members of the Boot Camp group that did not spend any time on her, when we talked to them they had not been there. Our Corps School class reunion (1968 Class 27-68) went there on part of our tour and had pictures taken. It was strange to be there after the trauma of boot camp out in the grinder, but still a familiar warm feeling to see it still there. It does hve a different superstructure than when we were in boot camp. Boot camp at the time was very large. I was in company 528 and when we graduated we had already seen Company 628, and 728. Bob Hope was at our graduation since his adopted son was in boot camp a couple of companies behind me.
Their July 1964 Company 415 All State Company from Georgia. I still remember her.
I fully agree that without a hull number she just doesn't look right. Just a glance and you know something isn't right.
Most recruits got their turn on her, and Seaman Apprentice Training got to use her even more. It was a great training tool and should never be removed for whatever reason.
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