tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657347751045557115.post5962562131972003563..comments2024-03-25T10:30:24.579-07:00Comments on Dan The Navy Man: ‘Missing Ship’s Movement’Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657347751045557115.post-17753334667284406202020-09-22T16:59:34.418-07:002020-09-22T16:59:34.418-07:00My sleepy gal kept saying "Just a few more mi...My sleepy gal kept saying "Just a few more minutes," but my ship was departing for Westpac at 8. A cab would have to drop me at the pier then take her on to school. "I can't miss Vietnam," I cried. "Leave me alone," she said. Glass of tap water did the trick. She never forgave me and that one incident of "water torture" was of course a major complaint for the next 55 years. Fred Birchmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13991559884518183812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657347751045557115.post-57978440204897527302015-04-22T08:57:42.977-07:002015-04-22T08:57:42.977-07:00Actually I was staying behind for dental work but ...Actually I was staying behind for dental work but still had to report to the baglady and told to stand on the pier until she pulled out....i started walking past the gate on the pier and there I see Pat sitting in his car with the family saying goodbye like he was early!...Hehehehe i yelled at him Dude..your late...she's leaving......man that white boy ran like jesse owens down the pier and scrambled up the side of the ship.....I will never forget his face that morning.....too funnyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02609372546277612631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657347751045557115.post-59178775839057492992015-03-29T07:10:00.668-07:002015-03-29T07:10:00.668-07:00I had a similar story - the USS Lockwood was leavi...I had a similar story - the USS Lockwood was leaving San Diego and one of the deck apes from 2nd division was running down the pier as the lines were being pulled in. The guys on sea and anchor detail kept feeding out one line as their wayward shipmate shimmed across the line monkey style. I kept looking at the capstan as they paid out the line looking for the end - but he made it. Everyone on the ship cheered as he was pulled aboard. The skipper was very easy on him as his heroic effort prevented him from committing a mortal sin for any crackerjack. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657347751045557115.post-15521758131694968952015-03-28T16:56:04.126-07:002015-03-28T16:56:04.126-07:00I was snuggled up to my sweetie at a movie house i...I was snuggled up to my sweetie at a movie house in Olongapo when my buddy came in and told me we had to get back to the ship because she was leaving out early. Boy was I pizzzzed at him. I had a perfectly good excuse to be left behind in Subic, and he decides to do a good deed and come drag me home. Thanks pal. Boogernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657347751045557115.post-37740292150953868422015-03-28T12:15:18.846-07:002015-03-28T12:15:18.846-07:00Bunch of us got left behind in Hong Kong when the ...Bunch of us got left behind in Hong Kong when the Prairie pulled out on emergency deployment. They said hunker down at the Embassy but none of us did. Had a full night of fun and drinks, boarded the Zelima next a.m. and they stuck us in a reefer room for the 2 day cruise to Pratas Reef. Frostbite in SE Asia in August.Kelly G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10867230053151520527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5657347751045557115.post-37316901518954652302015-03-28T07:02:41.004-07:002015-03-28T07:02:41.004-07:00Excellent story - thanks!Excellent story - thanks!Gerry Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10899646185833351259noreply@blogger.com