Mike,

I was on board the USS Orion AS18 a submarine tender. I was a DK3 and did payroll for 12 submarines




The Orion was built in 1942 and provided torpedoes to the Pacific fleet. Our torpedoes sank many Japanese military ships in WWII

Besides Payroll I was on the Nuclear weapons watch. We provided Nuclear torpedoes to the subs, We also provided medical care, foundry, dentist and many other things to the crew of the subs. Alas the Orion is no more she was scrapped back in 92

Yep love to work from home sorta semi retired (so to say)

Deuce will go into storage after the MCF Meet in Ann Arbor MI next week-end

 

Good morning everyone!

 

Thanks Mr 'Tadd for your reply & thanks for your service to our country. Did you enjoy your time in the Navy ? If I enlisted (?), I would like to be in the NAVY & would like to try & be a Navy Seal (That would be a human challenge 4>Sure: )...I love the ocean, but don't like what people are doing to it....There's so much dumping of thrash etc that it saddens me...Thanks for your words & sharing + your picture of the Orion

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Hi 'Devin, Good Luck @ the doc's > Hope U R feeling better...
Great pic of yours & Keane's Monte @ High Point

 

Mike,

Yes I did enjoy my time in the Navy Home ported in Charleston S.C.

I got to see Cuba (was there for over a month), Hattie (off shore), Bermuda, and the Bahamas

I was in a gale in the Bermuda triangle (Yes the ship did glow green one night)
Made a lot of good friends there too. Would I do it again? Aye I would in a heart beat

I got some neat sea pictures I'll post on veterans day

The picture you posted was when the Orion was in La Maddalena Italy. I could have gone over with her but took separation leave instead. This was near the end of my 4 year hitch

I considered the Seals but I was married at the time and they where only taking single volunteers back in the 70's

 

Good Morning Everyone!

Hope you all had a nice weekend. Mine was great, went to a cousins wedding Saturday, which was a ton of fun. Spent a good portion of Sunday cleaning my garage and hanging some cabinets. Then did a little yard work. Good and productive weekend! Does it have to be Monday!? LOL

 

Thanks Mike!

 

Hi Mod Michael, I really believe that Monday is so much better then NoDay > 4> Sure (lol)
Sounds like U had a fun/productive weekend > I hope we also get a Tuesday + + + + >

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Thanks `Tadd for your reply & sharing..I've been close to Cuba many times + the Bermuda Triangle area many times...When I've been out at sea in that area with space he always thinks he's gona `be beamed up to outer space > LOL
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You're Welcome 'Devin > Keep us updated > Good Luck

 

Hey Mike...you're right, I'll take Monday over no day at all for sure...but if I had my choice, Saturday could stay on repeat forever! LOL

 

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Thanks Mr 'Tadd for your reply & thanks for your service to our country. Did you enjoy your time in the Navy ? If I enlisted (?), I would like to be in the NAVY & would like to try & be a Navy Seal (That would be a human challenge 4>Sure: )...I love the ocean, but don't like what people are doing to it....There's so much dumping of thrash etc that it saddens me...Thanks for your words & sharing + your picture of the Orion


Good Morning Spaceport and All of MCF!
Wow, that pic is a Blast from the past for me. During my first 6 years in the Navy, I was station on The USS Shenandoah, AD 44. She was a Distroyer Tender quite similar to the Sub Tender pictured. Although I enjoyed all my 10 years in the Navy, my fondest memories are from my time at sea. I've seen So many places I would not have had I not been on that ship. EGYPT, ISRAEL, GREECE and TURKEY just to name a few. I've stood in front of the Great Piramids and on Mt. Vasuvious. It was Great. And all on a ship like AS 18. I will always have those memories, and always feel Proud to have served! Thanks for the pic! And for The resurfacing of Great memories!

 

Hey JC good to see another old salt here at MCF sounds like you enjoyed your time in also.