2020 – An Epic New Year
2020 – The year of the Fast Attack Coming Soon
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Veteran’s Day 2019 – Neptune’s Cadillac Redux
Veteran’s Day is about remembering the men and women who sacrificed so much for the country. If you asked most of us, and we were honest. We would simply say that we did our jobs This article came from the Honolulu Advertiser and was written about the USS San Francisco shortly after we made the […]
Read More Veteran’s Day 2019 – Neptune’s Cadillac ReduxUSS Bowfin – The Pearl Harbor Avenger and Patrol Number Five
USS Bowfin – The Pearl Harbor Avenger and Patrol Number Five When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, the great surface fleet that was the mainstay of America’s naval arm was badly battered. Laying in the mud and waters of Pearl Harbor, these great ships were suddenly ejected from the immediate battle plan and a new […]
Read More USS Bowfin – The Pearl Harbor Avenger and Patrol Number Five“Go forth and conquer” USS Kamehameha SSBN 642
USS KAMEHAMEHA (SSBN 642) The very first thing that hit me when I got off the plane in Hawaii is the humidity. Back in the day, we were told to wear dress blues for travel when we traveled (or at least that is what I remember the Chief saying as I left my last school […]
Read More “Go forth and conquer” USS Kamehameha SSBN 642“The Happiest Among Mortals” – USS Daniel Boone SSBN 629
Did you have a hero growing up? I had quite a few but one of my favorites was certainly Daniel Boone. Living in Western Pennsylvania, we still had a lot of “woods” near where I lived and as kids we would spend a lot of time hiking and exploring. This was in the days before […]
Read More “The Happiest Among Mortals” – USS Daniel Boone SSBN 629Post #726 – Be careful what you wish for… life of a Trident Sailor
Be careful what you wish for… life of a Trident Sailor I have an old bumper sticker someone gave me after I made Chief Warrant Officer that says “I did it the hard way… I earned it”. Another one that was given to me was ironic when I look back over the years leading up […]
Read More Post #726 – Be careful what you wish for… life of a Trident SailorSSN 697 USS Indianapolis – An unexpected stop along the journey
Post number 697 : Serving on the Indy In 1988, I had applied to the Navy’s Chief Warrant Officer program and had a good feeling about being accepted. I had taken a number of hard assignments along the way with a broad range of experience. Machinist Mate, Career Counselor, Master Training Specialist and a lot […]
Read More SSN 697 USS Indianapolis – An unexpected stop along the journeyTwo Cultures Collide and Heroes Emerge from the Sea
The United States in 1941 was tense and filled with anticipation about the war in Europe. But nothing could prepare the nation for the events that were about to transpire. The nation and the Japanese had long been on a collision course because of the nature of their two cultures. But the population at large had […]
Read More Two Cultures Collide and Heroes Emerge from the Sea21 Days Under Water – The USS Pickerel’s 5200 Mile Journey at Periscope Depth
In 1950, the US Navy was coming to terms with its peacetime role in a Cold War setting. The Russians had obtained the German submarine technology along with the rocket scientists from captured territory. No longer content to be a coastal navy, the Russians were building their own fleet of new submarines with the ability […]
Read More 21 Days Under Water – The USS Pickerel’s 5200 Mile Journey at Periscope DepthUSS George Washington SSBN 598 – First and Finest (December 30, 1959)
A short history of the first ballistic missile submarine. USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (SSBN 598) THIS SHIP has been given the most illustrious name in America. Rarely does history confirm contemporary judgment in pronouncing a man “indispensable” to his country. But there is general agreement that on three occasions, when the fate of our Nation hung in […]
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