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Name : Arnold Zajicek
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Shipboard Rate & Rank : SSM3
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E-mail : alzmlz ~ att. net
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Hopewell Years: 45 46
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Enlistment Years : 44 46
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Enlistment Home Town : Cedar Rapids ,IA
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Current Home Town : Lakeland, FL
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Sea Story : does any one remember the hurri cane off the caost of okinowa , 1945 or any thing about trying to explode floating mines at sea
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Name : Dennis Robello
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Shipboard Rate & Rank : GMSN
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E-mail : local ~ gciu.workfam. com
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Hopewell Years : 67 to 69
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Enlistment Years: 67 to 71
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Enlistment Home Town : Honolulu,hawaii
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Current Home Town : Kaneohe,hawaii
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Sea Story: Talking about that 56 degree roll we took that morning,i lost a whole bag of laundry comming up from the mess deck the ship started to roll hung on to the poll near the laundry dept it was either the bag or me had to let it go or i would have been washed overboard!
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Name : Bob Donlon
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Shipboard Rate & Rank : SO3/c
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E-mail : Rdonlon ~ nycap.rr. com
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Sea Story : I served on the USS Robert F. Keller DE-419 during the Korean War. I am secretary to CAP-DESA-Capital District Destroyer Escort Sailors Assoc. in Albany, NY and am a volunteer aboard the USS Slater DE-766 moored at the Snow Dock In Albany, NY. Come on down to see us!
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Name : Patrick G Rowe
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Shipboard Rate & Rank : yn3
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E-mail : fprowe ~ socal. rr. com
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Hopewell Years : 64 and 65
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Enlistment Years : 64-68
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Enlistment Home Town : tulsa, oklahoma
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Current Home Town : orange, ca
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Sea Comment ? : would like to have crew members that might remember me to get in touch with me?
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Name : Gerald Smith
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Shipboard Rate & Rank : IC3
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E-mail :
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Hopewell Years : 56/10-60/02
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Enlistment Years : 56-60
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Sea Story or Comment ? :
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Name : Michael A.Sumrall
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Shipboard Rate & Rank : LCDR
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E-mail : nrsjxo @ cnrf. navy. mil
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Hopewell Years : n/a
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Enlistment Years: 04/90 - Present
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Enlistment Home Town : Los Angeles, CA
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Current Home Town : San Jose, CA
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Sea Story or Comment ? : I am an active duty officer currently assigned as XO of the Naval Reserve Center in San Jose. My Q-deck proudly displays the USS HOPEWELL (DD 681) ships bell. It continues to shine! V/r, XO
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Name : John P. Trent
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Shipboard Rate & Rank : FN, BT3, BT2
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E-mail : jtrent7 ~ cox.net
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Hopewell Years: 60/03-64/09
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Enlistment Years : 57-70
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Enlistment Home Town : Tustin, CA.
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Current Home Town : Phoenix,AZ.
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Sea Story or Comment ? : Came on board right out of Camp Elloit (BRIDGE). Had a Court Marshall, busted to FN from BT2 in Nov. 59. Iwas told by Neely BT1, Latter BTC, that what I did from then on is what mattered. I went to BTC, by 70.
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Name : GEORGE E. RIVERS
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Shipboard Rate & Rank : RM1
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E-mail : grivers ~ sbcglobal. net
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Hopewell Years: 1964 thru 1966
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Enlistment Years : 1956 thru 1975
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Enlistment Home Town : Birmingham, Al
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Current Home Town : Carson, Ca
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Sea Story or Comment ? : GOOD TO BE ONBOARD
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Name : Mike B Bowman
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Shipboard Rate & Rank : BT3
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E-mail : MikeBBowman ~ aol. com
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Hopewell Years : 64-68
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Enlistment Years : 63-74
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Enlistment Home Town :
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Current Home Town : Coquitlam, B.C. Canada
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Sea Story : I was on the Hopewell from 1964 to 1968 out of San Diego. I was a BTFN ended BT3 - working out of the aft boiler room. Then left to go on the USS Samuel Gompers AD 37 and the onto the USS Richard S Edwards DD950 in 1970. Stationed in Sandpoint Naval Air S
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Name : David D. Hurst (Tex)
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Shipboard Rate & Rank : RD3
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E-mail : dhurst ~ houston.rr. com
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Hopewell Years: 62-64
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Enlistment Years: 60-64
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Enlistment Home Town : Odessa, Texas
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Current Home Town : La Porte, Texas
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Sea Story : The Hopewell was definitely a steamer and was my best duty.
The 62 test was an asroc atomic warhead fired @ a sled 1500 yards astern of another TinCan (empty of personnel),(all systems operating & washdown activated)which was being towed by a fleet tug
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Name : Jim Niquette
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Shipboard Rate & Rank : ETR2
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E-mail : j.niquette ~ attbi.com
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Hopewell Years yy/mm - yy/mm : 61/02 - 64/02
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Enlistment Years yy - yy : 60 - 64
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Enlistment Home Town : Denver, CO
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Current Home Town : Denver, CO
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Sea Story or Comment ? : I remember losing steam while in a line formation with Porterfield(I believe) following us and nearly clipping the fantail. Scary moments those!
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Name : Jerry Pinney
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E-mail : pc_techie_1 ~ yahoo.com
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Current Home Town : arlington tx
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Sea Story or Comment ? : My grandfather severed on this ship during WW2 I am glad to see a site that has all the information on the ship keep up the good work.
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Name : John Burtt
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Shipboard Rate & Rank : QM 2
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E-mail : jb50bmg ~ earthlink.net
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Hopewell Years mm/yy - mm/yy : 12/63-03/67
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Enlistment Years yy - yy : 63-67
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Enlistment Home Town : Presque Isle, ME
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Current Home Town : Riverside, CA
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Sea Story or Comment ? : I served on board Hopewell for two exciting West-Pac cruises with a group of the finest sailors and officers to ever put to sea. There was never a dull moment and the time I spent on Hopewell is some of the most cherished memories I have today. What a tri
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Name : mike calkins
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Shipboard Rate & Rank : bt3
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E-mail : mcalkins ~ uniteone.net
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Hopewell Years : 2years10mo.
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Enlistment Years : 59-63
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Enlistment Home Town : st.joseph,mo.
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Current Home Town : kearney,mo.
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Sea Story or Comment ? :
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Name : Bob Strassenburg
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Shipboard Rate & Rank : EM2
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E-mail : bigbobstras ~ msn. com
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Hopewell Years: 11/58 to 08/60
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Enlistment Years: 58-60
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Enlistment Home Town : Los Angeles, Ca
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Current Home Town : Myrtle Point, Or
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Sea Story : I remember cheching out shore power the wrong way, and everything electrical on the ship ran in the wrong direction.
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Name : Duane E Hogsett
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Shipboard Rate & Rank : E-2 E- 12
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E-mail : dumahogsett ~ juno. com
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Hopewell Year: 1965 1968
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Enlistment Years: 1965 1968
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Enlistment Home Town : Kimball NE
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Current Home Town : Grand Junction CO
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Sea Story :
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Name : Ed Fielding
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Current Home Town : NA
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Sea Story or Comment ? : Dear Mr. Parrish:
My father, Chief Edward Fielding was aboard the YMS-48 mine sweeper and was among the survivors who got picked up that day by the Hopewell. I doubt that he got the chance to thank your uncle for his bravery and dedication that day, but I will thank you now in my late father's name to your late uncle. The events of that day basically ended the war for my dad. He retired from the Navy in 1948 and joined the merchant marines where he served an additional 25 years. He didn't talk about the war much, but I know he served aboard the USS Rigel in Pearl Harbor when it was attacked, as well as the YMS-48. Thank all of your family from all of my family for the ultimate sacrifice that William M Parrish made on Feb. 14, 1945.
Very truly yours,
Ed Fielding
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Name : Mark Evdemon
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Shipboard Rate & Rank : RM2
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E-mail : markevdemon ~ webtv. net
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Hopewell Years - :
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Enlistment Years - : 1957-1961
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Enlistment Home Town : Toledo, Ohio
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Current Home Town : N. Huntingdon, PA
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Sea Story or Comment : Permission to come aboard? Thank you. I was on
another tin can, the USS Beale DDE-471, as RM2. Always glad to visit Destroyer
sites.
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Name : Joe Herrera jr.
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Shipboard Rate & Rank : BM
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E-mail : whurst123 ~ msn. com
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Hopewell Years : 51-54
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Enlistment Years : 1950
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Enlistment Home Town : Beckley, WV.
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Current Home Town : Beckley, WV. 25801
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Sea Story or Comment : I would like to inquire about memorabilia from the
USS Hopewell.
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Name : Dave reeves
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Shipboard Rate & Rank : SN
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E-mail : hondo6437 ~ msn. com
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Hopewell Years : Oct 54 Oct 55
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Enlistment Years : 54 58
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Enlistment Home Town : Des Moines Iowa
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Current Home Town : Lakeside OREGON
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Sea Story or Comment ? : started on Hopewell from basic..aft engine room for 5
months transfer to 1st div...then trans to Dixie ad 14..coxswain #3 motor launch then to
Capt.'s gig.
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Name : Gary Mann
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Shipboard Rate & Rank : STG2
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E-mail : garymann ~ flash. net
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Hopewell Years : 65-68
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Enlistment Years : 64-68
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Enlistment Home Town : Ft. Worth, TX
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Current Home Town : Hay farm near TX Spway
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Sea Story or Comment ? : The night I stepped over from our bridge to the most decorated ship on the west coast, USS Frank Knox and borrowed a
safety plug so we could fire our hedge hogs the next day during sea trials. We traded turkeys and canned food in dry dock to get the wiring
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Name : William Bilo
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Shipboard Rate & Rank : SM3
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E-mail : WRBILO ~ AOL. COM
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Hopewell Years: 11/1961-09/1963
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Enlistment Years: 1961-1963 USNR
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Enlistment Home Town : SANTA MONICA, CA
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Current Home Town : HEMET, CA
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Sea Story : SERVED Aboard HOPEWELL AS A TWO YEAR RESERVE. MADE ONE WESTPAC CRUISE AS MEMBER OF CREW. ATTAINED RATING OF SM3. RECEIVED EARLY OUT TO STUDY FOR CATHOLIC PRIESTHOOD IN SEPT. 1963.
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Name : Roy G. Gonzales
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Shipboard Rate & Rank : BT3
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E-mail : IBJamming2 ~ AOL. Com
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Hopewell Years: 1/55 - 3/58
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Enlistment Years: 9/54 - 5/58
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Enlistment Home Town : Amarillo, Texas
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Current Home Town : Bernalillo, NM
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Sea Story or Comment:
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Name : Billy Elliott
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Shipboard Rate & Rank : SN s
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E-mail : biell456 ~ charter. com
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Hopewell Years: 52 to 55 _ _
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Enlistment Years: 52 to 55
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Enlistment Home Town : Thomaston, Ga.
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Current Home Town : Thomaston, Ga.
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Sea Story or Comment : Had three great years aboard the Hopewell
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Name : Paul F. Martin
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Shipboard Rate/Rank : MM1
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E-mail : luapveb63 ~ juno. com
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Hopewell Years : 09/62-06/65
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Enlistment Years: 1957-1977
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Enlistment Home Town : Madera Ca.
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Current Home Town : Rio Vista ,Ca.
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Sea Story or Comment:
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Name : Trent, John P.
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Shipboard Rate/Rank : FN, BT3, BT2
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E-mail : jtrtent ~ cox. net`
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Hopewell Years : 1960-1964
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Enlistment Years: 1957-1970
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Enlistment Home Town : Santa Ana. CA.
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Current Home Town : Phoenix, AZ.
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Sea Story : Hopewell was one of my best duties in the navy.
I served in 6 ships: USS ROENOKE CL 145. USS ST. PAUL CA73. USS HELENA CA 75. USS WEDDERBURN DD 684. USS ALFORD A. CUMINGHAM DD 752. I reported aboard Hopewell Feb. 1960 as a FN, right out of CAMP
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Name : John E. Mahaffey Jr.
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Shipboard Rate/Rank : GMSN
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E-mail : johnshar ~ iowatelecom. net
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Hopewell Years : Mar.1961-Mar.1964
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Enlistment Years: 1961-1964
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Enlistment Home Town : Ottumwa, Iowa 52501
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Current Home Town : Kirkville Iowa
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Sea Story : The USS Hopewell was put into commission in 1943, and I was born in 1943. I was 17 years old when I went aboard ship. I would be more than happy to hear from my shipmates. Please E-mail me, I would like to hear from anyone who was aboard ship the same time
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Name : Jon Kolb
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Shipboard Rate/Rank : ET1
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E-mail : twojon77 ~ msn. com
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Hopewell Years : 7/677-69
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Enlistment Years: 6276
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Enlistment Home Town : Oklahoma City, OK
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Current Home Town : Phoenix, AZ
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Sea Story or Comment ? : Subic in the spring...
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Your Name : Joe Nesnidal
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Shipboard Rate/Rank : CS1
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E-mail : tatagram ~ cox-internet, com
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Hopewell Years : 1963/1965
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Enlistment Years : 2/17/47
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Enlistment Home Town : Campbell Ohio
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Current Home Town : Bull Shoals AR
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Sea Story:
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Name : Wayne Irwin
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Shipboard Rate/Rank : LtCdr. XO
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E-mail : irwin ~ sonnet. com
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Hopewell Years: 63-65
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Enlistment Years: 51-72
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Enlistment Home Town :
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Current Home Town : GROVELAND, CA
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Sea Story or Comment ? : Gad, 1963 was a long time ago. I was XO from Aug 63 to Sept 65. We were both aboard during the Hunters Point yard period; and you had gone to college before we steamed to the patrol station off Vietnam in Aug 64. I well remember the ship's party in
San Francisco. Glad you guys had a good time.
You were probably unaware that I started as a dive bomber pilot. I flew 49 strikes flying from the USS Princeton (CV-37) during the first year of the Korean War. In 1952 I flew a patrol bomber from Manila Bay. My vision had not improved and I was grounded, completing my career as a surface line officer. The Hopewell badly needed an overhaul when I reported aboard. She took part in a demonstration off San Diego in the Fall, 1963. It was put on for the incoming SecNav. He was aboard the carrier we plane-guarded while he observed flight ops. We took position off the starboard beam of the carrier for him to observe us fire a full hedgehog pattern. Then Hopewell went alongside and
high lined SecNav aboard. ( You can imagine my worry about dropping Sec Nav into the Pacific.) I took him on a tour of the ship. That was intended to show him that the WW II navy ships had been worn out fighting two wars and the cold war. Also to show that twenty-five year old designs simply could no longer be economically upgraded. Hopewell was the horrible example that
day [You guys had done such a great job].
The Fletcher class destroyer was a wonder when it was designed in 1939. It's 36 knot speed and five, five inch guns made it the most powerful destroyer in the world. Hundreds were build during the war. The fast carrier task forces that reinvented naval warfare could not have been formed without Fletcher's as ASW screen and AA umbrella.
I served in six ships. All had been built during WW II, and all have long since been decommissioned and scrapped, like me. My second career was as a community college teacher in Merced, California. My subjects were physical geography and world regional geography, a discipline I had studied at Stanford. I retired from teaching in 1988, and we built a home in the Sierra Nevada foothills near Sonora, CA, near an airport.
I resumed civilian flying in 1970, the year I retired. I made an experimental homebuilt airplane in the early 80's, flew it for ten years and sold it in 1994. I started building two Questair Venture experimental kit airplanes in 1990. I started the Venture Association in 1999. I'll use the custom signature to give you the website for that. If you have absolutely nothing else to do, check it out.
Wayne Irwin
e-mail: venture ~ sonnet. com
website: www.wallacecompany.com
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Name : Dale Taylor
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Shipboard Rate/Rank : BTC
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E-mail : dmjtaylor ~ msn. com
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Hopewell Years: 1962-1965
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Enlistment Years : 1951-71
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Enlistment Home Town : San Diego, Panama CZ
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Current Home Town : Bethlehem Pa.
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Sea Story or Comment : I came aboard sip as a white hat and a mo. later put on the chiefs
hat. I got my sea legs on the Hopewell, I had a good crew that put in a lot of hours when others were kicking back so that we could
answer that first bell. One thing that always surprised me
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Your Name : Brad Mills
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E-mail : bradmills1 ~ cox. net
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Hopewell Years: 60-61
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Sea Story or Comment ? : I served on the Hopewell from about July '60 until January 1961. I was discharged from the Navy, February 1961. The CO of the ship was "Blinky" Silvani. I don't recall his actual name. I do remember his attempting to tie up at a pier at the 32 St. Des Base (sometime during the
above time frame) and crashing the port side into the pier. The side of the
ship was caved in for 8 frames and the deck in the Goat Locker was buckled.
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Name : Thomas E. Love
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Shipboard Rate/Rank : IC2
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E-mail : telove ~ zbzoom. net
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Hopewell Years : 1965-1968
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Enlistment Years : 1964-1968
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Enlistment Home Town : Butler, Pa
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Current Home Town : Sarver, Pa
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Sea Story or Comment :
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Name : Ronald D. Ashby
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Shipboard Rate/Rank : ET-1
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E-mail : RDAshby ~ worldnet. att. net
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Hopewell Years : 08/56 - 09/57
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Enlistment Years: 53-57
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Enlistment Home Town : Fairmont, MN
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Current Home Town : Arlington, VA
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Sea Story or Comment ? : We had the best skipper in the Navy! His name was Cdr.
W. P. Tyler. To my mind and that of many others he was a person who cared for his sailors. We managed to have great liberty in all Ports of call and we worked hard as a team of some 340 to make the Hopewell seaworthy and ready as a fighter. I was fortunate to be the leading ET during my tenure. It was probably the most rewarding time of my life. The Hopewell crossed the Equator at 00 degrees latitude and 165 degrees 55 minutes W. Longitude on 17 February, 1957. I was a pollywog at the time and the experience of becoming a "Shellback" will forever be etched in my mind. We made many ports in WestPac, New Zealand, the Admiralty Is. etc. We once steamed for 58 days without any provisioning. I Hope this helps and I hope that some of my old mates can offer their 2 cents worth as well. I do my best to make the upcoming reunion.
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Name : Almando J. Cecchi
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Shipboard Rate/Rank : EM2
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E-mail : alcecchi ~ yahoo. com
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Hopewell Years: 10/54 - 12/57
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Enlistment Years : 54 - 57
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Enlistment Home Town : Green Bay, WI
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Current Home Town : Auburn, WA
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Sea Story or Comment:
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Name : john d Williams
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Shipboard Rate/Rank : MMC on retirement
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E-mail : ojisanjohn ~ webtv. com
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Hopewell Years : N/A visitor
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Enlistment Years - : 1953-73
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Enlistment Home Town : Rock Hill, sc
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Current Home Town : Chula vista ca
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Sea Story or Comment ? : operated with Hopewell in '53-57
had a couple of acquaintances from that era. in 1956, l had a good friend on the Hopewell, an MM named Newton Herbert Harris from San Angelo Texas and have been trying to locate him for old times sake; in fact, l was on the cruiser Helena CA75,(l believe) and we were operating together somewhere in
Westpac and the Hopewell was about halfway to the horizon at about 0630 when l watched a
seaplane fly right into the after stack and explode. Harris told me later that a chief and a couple of engineers were killed on the Hopewell, and the crew of the seaplane was also killed. I was an MM also and the two of us went to MM school together in
Great Lakes.
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Name : C. A. Showalter
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Shipboard Rate/Rank : SN!
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E-mail : Tabishkogescik ~ hotmail. com
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Hopewell Years : 62
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Enlistment Years : 61-62
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Enlistment Home Town : Manistee, MI
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Current Home Town : Manistee, MI
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Sea Story or Comment :
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Name : Gair Glasgow
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Shipboard Rate/Rank : RM2
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E-mail : gairbarbg ~ yahoo. com
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Hopewell Years : 08/54-55 & 57
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Enlistment Years: 54-58
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Enlistment Home Town : San Diego, CA
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Current Home Town : Livingston, TX
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Sea Story or Comment ? :
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Name : Edward Earl Kerr
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Shipboard Rate/Rank : Lieutenant, USN
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E-mail : edkerr ~ urcad. org
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Hopewell Years - : 06/43-07/44
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Enlistment Years-: commissioned 42/72
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Enlistment Home Town : Houston, TX
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Current Home Town : Davis, CA
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Sea Story or Comment: I was a career navy officer because I wanted to be one ever since I was about 8 years old. I enlisted in the Houston Naval Reserve Unit when I was 17, then finished high school and a year at Rice University in Houston. After that I went to the Naval Academy, and graduated in June '42. When I reported to Hopewell's precommissioning detail I was assigned as the ship's communication officer. It was WWII time, and some of the radio equipment necessary for sea duty was not easily found, but Hopewell's ingenious radio gang overcame.
In the Central and Southwest Pacific I spent many hours coding and decoding messages, and standing officer of the deck watches. Perhaps some will remember getting the ship ready for sea in San Pedro, and will further remember the important role she played against the Japanese at Roi and Namur Islands in the Kwajalein Atoll. She was a good ship during a very stressful time. I hope others' memories are as fond as mine.
Following my wartime destroyer duties I went into cruiser seaplane aviation, and then aircraft carrier attack aviation. In addition, I spent much time in foreign intelligence in the Pentagon and elsewhere. I retired from the Navy in '72 as a captain. My wife died 4 years ago so I left the East (San Francisco) Bay, and moved to a beautiful new retirement community in Davis
in '00. I wish you well as you continue with your self-assigned Hopewell project.
From all I can tell you are doing a great job! Ed Kerr
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Name : George, James A.
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Shipboard Rate/Rank : BM2
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E-mail : jagranch ~ theriver. con
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Hopewell Years : 04-64 to 05-65
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Enlistment Years : 1954 to 1974
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Enlistment Home Town :
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Current Home Town : St. David, AZ.
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Sea Story or Comment:
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Name : Stacey Christmann
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Shipboard Rate/Rank : Daughter James Christmann
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E-mail : "Stacey c/o Hopewell"
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Hopewell Years: Dad served during Vietnam
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Sea Story or Comment ? : Looking for information about the ship and My Dad. James Christmann served aboard the USS Hopewell during the Vietnam War. My Dad is now deceased and Mom is helping me learn about my Dad and the Ship that he served on. If any of you knew my Dad or has sea stories about the ship to tell me, I would appreciate them. I am starting a scrap book about the Ship and My Dad. Thank You. My email address is Stacey Christmann c/o Hopewell_DD681@Hotmail.com. Thank You, Stacey
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Name : W. C. (Chuck) Garrison
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Shipboard Rate/Rank : FTG2
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E-mail : lyndagg ~ netzero. net
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Hopewell Years: 62-65
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Enlistment Years: 61-67
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Enlistment Home Town : Tulsa, Ok
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Current Home Town : Alvin, TX
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Name : STEVEN E. DEARINGER
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Shipboard Rate/Rank : BTFN/BT3
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E-mail : BTCMRET84 ~ aol. com
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Hopewell Years: 62-64
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Enlistment Years: 3-28-1958 to 9-28-1984
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Enlistment Home Town : LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO
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Current Home Town : RIVERVIEW, FLORIDA
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Sea Story or Comment: We were at morning quarters in port San Diego harbor. Our first class PO a guy named Walker was standing out in front of one of the five inch guns on the fantail facing two rows of neatly dressed sailors waiting for the Chief to come and inspect us and give us any information about what was to be done that day, Etc. While we were standing there a sea gull singled Walker out and crapped right smack dab on his white hat. Here were two rows of sailors laughing so hard we like to fell over the side and I bet they heard us on the bow. Walker was so mad he was hollering at that sea gull and accusing him of being prejudice and a lot of other things because he picked him out instead of someone in the larger group. What walker said is unprintable but I still get a kick out of it to this day.
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Name : Dale W. Taylor
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Shipboard Rate/Rank : BTC
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E-mail : dmjtaylor ~ msn. com
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Hopewell Years - : 1962-1965
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Enlistment Years : 1951-1971
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Enlistment Home Town : Cristobal, Canal Zone, Panama. R. de P.
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Current Home Town : Bethlehem, PA
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Sea Story or Comment : When I came aboard ship in 1962, I was still a white hat. I had a month to go before I became Chief, so I shadowed the Chief that I was to relieve learning what a Chief does. Since leaving destroyers as a new second class six years earlier, I found it
very hard playing catch up due to lack of experience. But I wasn't the only greenhorn. One night I got several calls reporting that the forward fire room was smoking white. I went to the main deck and looked at the stack and saw nothing. I called the fire room, "Nothing going on I said." Again a call, "#1 stack smoking white." I went to the bridge and asked the officer of the deck what he was looking at and he showed me his "white smoke". I explained that the hot gases passing close to the white mast light made it look that way, but if he'd look closer he could see stars through the "smoke". No more calls!
I don't remember about anyone dying in 1962 but I will look around for any memorabilia I may have and pass it along to you. I've really enjoyed this site and commend you for your work on it. If I can be of help, please let me know.
D. W. Taylor, BTC retired
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Name : Dave McComb
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URL : Destroyers
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Hopewell Years: n/a
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Sea Story or Comment: Dear Destroyer Friends,
At long last, I’ve gotten my destroyer web sites to the point where I begin to like them—more than 1200 web pages linked via a “Destroyer Home Page” at http://www.domeisland.com/destroyers/index.html, a “Fletcher Class Home Page” (with all the color photos I can find) at http://www.domeisland.com/fletcherclass/index.html and a “DesRon 21 Home Page” at http://www.domeisland.com/desron21/index.html. New features you may not have seen before include “history in quotes” at http://www.domeisland.com/desron21/quotes.html and photos of more than half the 1500-tonners at http://www.domeisland.com/goldplater/index.html. Good writing from Capt. Crenshaw (speaker at the recent DesRon 21 and Friends Reunion) may be found at http://www.domeisland.com/goldplater/first_person.html, and if you’re curious about my own destroyer pedigree, you may even find my own grandfather at http://www.domeisland.com/flushdeck/usscraven.html.
I belabor this because this is the format in which all this material will appear for the foreseeable future. It is also amenable to capture on CD-ROM, which might make a good item for your ship’s store or a small revenue-generator at your reunions (the Nicholas reunion group charges $30, or whatever a shipmate can pay, as they don’t want to deny anyone for whom $30 would be too steep). If something like that would interest you, please let me know.
Development will continue and, as always, your comments, amendments and corrections are most welcome—these web pages are really YOUR web pages in more ways than you may individually know,
Dave McComb
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Name : Leonardo v, Delagarza
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Shipboard Rate/Rank : SFPFM
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E-mail : juno2 ~ cox. net
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Hopewell Years: 1959-1962
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Enlistment Years : 1959-1962
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Enlistment Home Town : SAN ANTONIO, TX
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Current Home Town : SPRING VALLEY, CA
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Sea Story or Comment: JUST LOOKING FOR CREW MEMBER'S ON BOARD AT OF ATOMIC TEST.
PLEASE CONTACT ME ANYTIME.
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Name : Bernie Turchin
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Shipboard Rate/Rank : RD2
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E-mail : turch ~ bektel. com
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Hopewell Years : fall 61 Dec 62
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Enlistment Years : 1959 1963
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Enlistment Home Town : Fargo ND
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Current Home Town : Driscoll ND
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Name : Holbert Dwayne Jones
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Shipboard Rate/Rank : DK3
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E-mail : bjvanjones34 ~ msn. com
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Hopewell Years - : 1951-1952
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Enlistment Years - : 1948-1952
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Enlistment Home Town : Denver, Colorado
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Current Home Town : Yakima, Washington
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Name : Paul (Wally) Wahlmeier
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Shipboard Rate/Rank : MM3
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Hopewell Years: 1967-1970
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Enlistment Years : 1966-1976
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Enlistment Home Town : Los Angeles
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Current Home Town : San Diego
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Sea Story or Comment ? : 56 degree roll seemed like it was really a 58 degree.
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Name : Jim Hunter
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Shipboard Rate/Rank : F 1/c
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E-mail (protected) : JD1921 ~ msn. com
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Hopewell Years: 43-45
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Enlistment Years: 4/40 - 1945
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Current Home Town : Hilmar, CA
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Sea Story: I wonder if any of my old shipmates on the Hopewell during WW2 remember when we were escorting some LST's to some darn island and the Captain wanted to take a closer look at a school of whales. So we wandered off to take a look. I was in the forward engine room and suddenly the whole damn ship shook. I climbed the ladder to see what had happened and here was this huge whale leaping out of the water almost cut into. We had hit him with our screw and bent it and could do no more than 9 knots anymore without shaking the ship apart. Gave us a nice warm feeling to have a ship that could only do 9 knots.
And one of the saddest memories I have is when we were in one of the worst typhoons to hit the Pacific and a buddy of mine named Olson who was a Gunners Mate who tried to make it to his watch station in the forward 5" gun turret and was swept overboard. It was at night and he wasn't missed for a while and it was impossible to look for him. I hope and pray he is resting happy in Heaven.
Or the time we were tied up to an ammunition barge on some island taking on ammunition and had an air raid. We immediately got underway and I was in the forward engine room.
My throttle man named Luster had the throttle wide open and we weren't hardly moving.
I climbed the ladder and was not pleased to see that we were still tied to the ammunition barge and were towing it along with us. We finally cut loose thank God.
I have many memories of the years I spent on the Hopewell
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Name : L. V. DELA GARZA
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Shipboard Rate/Rank : FN
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E-mail (protected) : juno2 ~ cox. net
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Hopewell Years: 1959-1962
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Enlistment Years: 1959-1962
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Enlistment Home Town : SAN ANTONIO
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Current Home Town : SPRING VALLEY, CA
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Sea Story or Comment ? : LOOKING FOR ANYONE THAT WAS ON BOARD THE HOPEWELL FOR ATOMIC TEST.
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Name : Mel Adkins
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Shipboard Rate/Rank : Signalman 3
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E-mail (protected) : TC1966SAILOR ~ YAHOO
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Hopewell Years : 0
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Enlistment Years : 63/66
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Enlistment Home Town : Reno Nevada
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Current Home Town : Sparks Nevada
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Sea Story or Comment ? : Ahoy to our sister ship Hopewell; Porterfield dd682)1963/66-and Agerholm dd826 late 66,neat pic, wish I had one like it of Porterfield or
Agerholm, just returned from Alaska on ferry Mantanuska brought back many thoughts of those Tincan days!!
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Name : John E. Mahaffey
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Shipboard Rate/Rank : GMSN
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E-mail (protected) : johnshar ~ iowatelecom. net
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Hopewell Years - : 03/61 - 03-64
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Enlistment Years - : 01/61 - 03-64
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Enlistment Home Town : Ottumwa, Iowa
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Current Home Town : Kirkville, Iowa
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Name : Charles Calloni
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Shipboard Rate/Rank : GMG 3
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E-mail (protected) : chardona ~ onecliq. net
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Hopewell Years - : 01/60 - 09/62
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Enlistment Years - : 1959- 1962
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Enlistment Home Town : Christopher Il.
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Current Home Town : Christopher, Il.
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Name : Arnold Zajicek
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Shipboard Rate/Rank : SSM. L. 3/c
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E-mail (protected) : alzmlz ~ att .net
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Hopewell Years : 44-46
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Enlistment Years : 1944-46
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Enlistment Home Town : Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Current Home Town : Lakeland, Fl.
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Sea Story or Comment ? : >"Was wondering who helped me get a promotion; aboard
>ship ? I remember one night, while I was on starboard watch, seeing a floating mine almost hit the ship, no time to report it. later we spent a day shooting
at floating mines, never did know where we were at, suppose in the south
pacific, maybe close to Okinawa, not sure? Arnie z.
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Name : John T. Natter
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Shipboard Rate/Rank : Ens
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E-mail: c/o Hopewell_DD681@ Hotmail.com
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Hopewell Years: 62-64
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Enlistment Years: 62-98
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Enlistment Home Town : Birmingham, AL
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Current Home Town : Birmingham, AL
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Name : Steve Carlson
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Shipboard Rate/Rank : USAF, 69-73, E4
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E-mail (protected) : steveca ~ netlink-tech .com
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Enlistment Home Town : Lafayette, Indiana
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Current Home Town : Lafayette, Indiana
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Sea Story or Comment ? : Great site, I relived some great info on the USS Hopewell and USS Dempsey sailing together in Feb 44. Many thanks to Noel Nichols. I have added this info to the USS Dempsey web site and also included a link to your great site. Again, Many thanks. Take care.
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Name : Robert Smith
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Shipboard Rate/Rank : RMSN/RM3
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E-mail (protected) : smithrg ~ highland .net
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Hopewell Years : 1/65-9/66
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Enlistment Years : 62-66/69-76
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Enlistment Home Town : Elgin, TN
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Current Home Town : Elgin TN
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Sea Story or Comment ? : would like to make contact with all the radio gang aboard 65-66.
Manny Padilla, James singleton(wa5bd4), Johnny Mingella, or anyone else that can remember me.
I was somewhat of a pain in the a--so might be easy to forget. ended enlistment in 76 as RM1.
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Name : Mike B Bowman
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Shipboard Rate/Rank : BT3
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E-mail (protected) : MikeBBowman ~ aol .com
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Hopewell Years : 64-68
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Enlistment Years : 63-74
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Current Home Town : Coquitlam, B.C. Canada
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Sea Story or Comment ? : I was on the Hopewell from 1964 to 1968 out of San Diego. I was a
BTFN ended BT3 - working out of the aft boiler room. Then left to go on the USS Samuel Gompers AD 37 and the onto the USS Richard S Edwards DD950 in 1970. Stationed in Sandpoint Naval Air
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Name : Lee Mc Clain
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Shipboard Rate/Rank : Seamen
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E-mail (protected) : lorbmcclain ~ centurytel .net
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Hopewell Years : Feb. 1958 to Aug. 1961
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Enlistment Years : Aug. 1957 to Aug. 12961
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Enlistment Home Town : Portland Oregon
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Current Home Town : Tygh Valley Oregon
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Sea Story or Comment ? : The ship was the best part of my life, I made 3 cruises on her, all over the Islands between Home port to
Japan, Sydney, Hong Kong, The Philippines, Formosa Patrol 3 times for a month at a time, it seemed like a year always on alert, and was there in Aug. o
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Name : Basil Ralph Steele
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Shipboard Rate/Rank : RM 3
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E-mail : onewemr ~ aol .com
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Hopewell Years : 1968-1969
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Enlistment Years : 1965-1969
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Enlistment Home Town : Versailles, Indiana
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Current Home Town : Fairland, Indiana
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Sea Story or Comment ? : Did anyone ever find out why we came under friendly fire from a coast guard ship during this cruise? Who or what went wrong? I have always wondered. A hairy moment for sure.
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Name : Forrest Burnett
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Shipboard Rate/Rank : YNSN
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E-mail : feb4e ~ atmc .net
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Hopewell Years: 09/51 - 04/53
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Enlistment Years: 1951 - 1955
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Enlistment Home Town : Alameda, CA
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Current Home Town : Myrtle Beach, SC
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Sea Story or Comment ? : Had a good time in China, Pescadores Isles, KeeLung,
Yokosuka, Mare Island, San Diego - but the best was Hong Kong. Loved singing country with guitar on fantail. Had a lot of help. Also, does anyone remember fuel lines breaking from tender to us and coloring
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