Mark A Weber left a comment on USS Claud Jones DE-1033
"Well Bob,  I was the Deck Division, Paddle Guy, that brought the Helo to "Hover" over the Fantail....as we were NOT big enough to have that big "Gruman" Helo touch down.
 
The Helo's Props were only about two feet from "meeting the Aft…"
Aug 21, 2019
Mark A Weber left a comment on USS Claud Jones DE-1033
"Bob, WHAT is the most direct e-mail address to contact you??
 
I have gotten from a USS McMorris sailor (actually their webmaster, online) a GREAT photo for Reproduction of "Huakai Alii"  Our Escort Squadron One Emblem which was on the side of our…"
Aug 21, 2019
Mark A Weber left a comment on USS Claud Jones DE-1033
"I had been aboard about three weeks, when her Kayak was spotted floating off of closer to the mouth of Pearl Harbor, than Waikiki.  And I was part of the deck crew that rescued it. It was BM2 Brown who led the rescue And repair of the holed craft,…"
Aug 21, 2019
Mark A Weber left a comment on USS Claud Jones DE-1033
"That damn Friedhaber is Everywhere.  Rumor has it that the Claud Jones was finally cut adrift by the Indonesian Navy after ANOTHER 35 years of service...in 2009.
 
The scuttlebutt was that she should never be turned into razor blades, but rather…"
Aug 21, 2019