184 - December 1, 2006 5:00 pm

Name:

Terry P. Abts

Tender:

Emory Land

Comments:

A good friend of mine, Chris Miller, is currently serving on "39". His father sent me the link and it is great!. Being an old navy man, I have enjoyed touring this site. To all those who serve on our Navy's tenders "God speed".

185 - November 28, 2006 3:49 pm

Name:

Melissa Vaughn

Tender:

Proteus

Comments:

My father, William "Bill" Kolb, served on the USS Proteus in the early 1960's and the Bainbridge as a missile officer. I am looking for anyone that knew him. Any replies would be appreciated. Thanks

186 - November 24, 2006 12:51 am

Name:

Costello Charles EM3

Tender:

Bushnell AS-15

Comments:

Aboard Nov.55 TO June59 Worked in outside repair shop

187 - November 21, 2006 12:29 am

Name:

Jon

Tender:

AS-19

Comments:

I served on the pig (proteus in guam)from 77to78 ,I managed to survive with my sanity working in the optical shop and later shop 38a .I remember the guys throwing wrenches at the marines on drills in their shorts and m16s and them not missing a stop. I also remember the missle hatches opening up for inspections (
kind of hard to miss)and later realizing what it was all about . Looking to hear whats happening Leroy,Ed and the rest

188 - November 19, 2006 9:56 am

Name:

Dick Moe

Tender:

USS Proteus AS-19

Comments:

I was on the Proteus early 70 - late 73 while in Guam. I worked in the Optical shop with Chief Murray and crew. One higlight was when the Cheif brought Tex Ritter through the shop. What a day that was. I had a lot of good times while on board. I remember my first ride in a typhoon, never thought a ship that big would bounce that much! The yard period in California, the shake down cruise back to Gaum, going through the Golden Shell Back intiation was a memory I'll never forget. Sydney's Kings Cross was interesting, as were the articles in the paper about the noisy gray US ship parked below the goveners house. I'm glad to see the Proteus survived into the 90's.

189 - November 13, 2006 8:19 am

Name:

Reid Welch

Tender:

Orion AS 18

Comments:

Onboard 2/73-1/74,
mostly Radcon Division, but started in the carpentry shop. Dave Herring. Walter Crowe. Tex--are you ticking still? Ben Gex, Walter Hinkley, David Schermer, and so many other good guys. Ben Gex, N'awleans deviler.
Drop me a note. Remember Rickover's visit? Remember the time I set off sirens and bells over the ship--the Air Particulate Detector Alarm! And all I'd done was open the crystal face of a radium dial wall clock of 1943, down in the decon room. That's some sensitive detector! Greg Hartsock. Glenn Detro. Danny Shellenberger. Frank Prochaska.
Hey, Frank--I just made you into a poem about that damned Poinciana tree you Orioned back from Ft. Lauderdale, and -thought- you could plant successfully in your Charleston back yard. I still laugh. We all had a good time, at times. It was a growing time for young men. We saw the last of the old diesel boats shuffle off to Iran. In the Orion's library I found one night a science fiction book, "The Nightmare Reader". The card jacket in the back of the book was rubber stamped
USS SCORPION.

Weep for the dead.

190 - November 10, 2006 9:49 pm

Name:

Michael Bankson

Tender:

USS H.W. Gilmore (AS-16)

Comments:

I was on the Gilmore from May '79 until decom. I worked in the tech library and then in R-3, 51-B

191 - November 7, 2006 11:26 pm

Name:

COL(R) William(Bill) L. Bentley, Sr, US Army(formerly Seaman First Class(S1/c), USN)

Tender:

USS Proteus(AS19)

Comments:

We had an outstanding Reunion in San Diego, CA, 26-29 Oct 2006; hosted by LT Paul Castle, USN(Ret), I enjoyed seing old friends and meeting new friends!

192 - November 6, 2006 9:48 pm

Name:

Henry G. Spenceley

Tender:

USS Griffin AS13

Comments:

Enjoying the new format and would like to note that there is a minor omission in the time line. Between the Griffin's went from Newport to New London and then departed for Panama and then Fiji to Brisbane.

In November of this year had the pleasure of returning to Brisbane and meeting Peter Nunan one of the authors of U.S. Subs Down Under, Brisbane 1942-45. Toured on the River and went past where we established the Submarine Base. Would welcome any communications from any Griffin Sailors out there or relations.

193 - November 6, 2006 5:03 pm

Name:

Thomas L. Heritier

Tender:

USS Bushnell AS-15

Comments:

I served on the Bushnell from Sept. 1967 to Oct. 1968, had the duty the day Detroit beat St. Louis to win the world series. Made one trip around the Caribbean and one trip to New Orleans