INTRODUCTION TO ALL FORMER CREW
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 8:31 amHOWDY, I WAS ON THE BLACK IN 1963 AND 1964, I PICKED HER UP WHEN SHE WAS IN DRY
DOCKS, WENT ON UNDERWAY TRAINING TO PEARL, SHE BLEW A BOILER, WE WERE THERE
FOR ABOUT 6 WEEKS, WENT TO (SP)KONEOWE AND GOT SMASHED ON "HOT" BEER, MADE TWO (2) WESTPAC CRUISES, TO JAPAN, FORMOSA, HONG KONG; LOST OUR SONAR, WENT
TO OLANGAPO (SP). NEXT CRUISE THE SHIP CHANGED COMMAND FROM A 4-STRIPE CAPT.
TO A COMMANDER, RAN US INTO A DOCK, WENT TO THE SOUTH CHINA SEA ESCORTING THE
KITTY HAWK, RAN INTO THE ASHTABULA AND RECEIVED 12 ? GASH ABOVE THE WATER LINE
AND WENT TO SUBIC BAY FOR REPAIRS. MY NAME IS KEN BROOKS RM3.
I'LL SEE YA,
KEN
DOCKS, WENT ON UNDERWAY TRAINING TO PEARL, SHE BLEW A BOILER, WE WERE THERE
FOR ABOUT 6 WEEKS, WENT TO (SP)KONEOWE AND GOT SMASHED ON "HOT" BEER, MADE TWO (2) WESTPAC CRUISES, TO JAPAN, FORMOSA, HONG KONG; LOST OUR SONAR, WENT
TO OLANGAPO (SP). NEXT CRUISE THE SHIP CHANGED COMMAND FROM A 4-STRIPE CAPT.
TO A COMMANDER, RAN US INTO A DOCK, WENT TO THE SOUTH CHINA SEA ESCORTING THE
KITTY HAWK, RAN INTO THE ASHTABULA AND RECEIVED 12 ? GASH ABOVE THE WATER LINE
AND WENT TO SUBIC BAY FOR REPAIRS. MY NAME IS KEN BROOKS RM3.
I'LL SEE YA,
KEN