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Re: USS Kitty Hawk CV-63
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01/16/22 01:44 AM
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kry226
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Re: USS Kitty Hawk CV-63
[Re: NORML as can be]
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01/16/22 02:46 AM
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angus1956
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She served us well, an end of an ear.
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Re: USS Kitty Hawk CV-63
[Re: NORML as can be]
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01/16/22 02:50 AM
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deerfeeder
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This is all that's left of my boat. Was on top of that sail pretty often as "lookout"
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Re: USS Kitty Hawk CV-63
[Re: NORML as can be]
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01/16/22 04:31 AM
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Sailor
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Re: USS Kitty Hawk CV-63
[Re: NORML as can be]
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01/16/22 11:30 AM
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Stub
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“I never forget a face—but in your case, I’ll be glad to make an exception.” —Groucho Marx
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Re: USS Kitty Hawk CV-63
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01/16/22 03:41 PM
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spacejunkie
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This is all that's left of my boat. Was on top of that sail pretty often as "lookout" You a Shellback or Polywog? Golden Shellback here.
Last edited by spacejunkie; 01/16/22 03:41 PM.
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Re: USS Kitty Hawk CV-63
[Re: NORML as can be]
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01/16/22 03:49 PM
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angus1956
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I still got my Shellback card.
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Re: USS Kitty Hawk CV-63
[Re: NORML as can be]
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01/16/22 04:00 PM
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spacejunkie
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Everyone on ship received one of these certificates. Had mine framed and is hanging on the bedroom wall along with a photo of my ship as we crossed that specific spot.
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Re: USS Kitty Hawk CV-63
[Re: spacejunkie]
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01/16/22 06:52 PM
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NORML as can be
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^^Cut the Cord^^
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Everyone on ship received one of these certificates. Had mine framed and is hanging on the bedroom wall along with a photo of my ship as we crossed that specific spot. I got mine on the USS Carl Vinson CVN-70
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Re: USS Kitty Hawk CV-63
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01/16/22 08:48 PM
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Biscuit
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Re: USS Kitty Hawk CV-63
[Re: NORML as can be]
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01/17/22 01:52 AM
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StephenB
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They used my ship for target practice. Took quite a bit to sink her.
"New Orleans was sunk on 10 July 2010 during the RIMPAC 2010 exercise. The ship first sustained direct hits by at least seven Harpoon missiles. After the Harpoon strikes, B-52s from 2d Bomb Wing and 5th Bomb Wing dropped five 2000-pound GBU-10 precision bombs. As the ship began to list, a joint force of the five participating nations – United States, Japan, Australia, Canada and France - struck the ship with the majority hitting above the water line. The most damage came from the Australian HMAS Warramunga (FFH 152) who hit with three of the seven Harpoon and over 70 five-inch shells. New Orleans rolled on her side and sank at about 6:15 pm 70 miles north-west of Kauai."
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Re: USS Kitty Hawk CV-63
[Re: NORML as can be]
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01/17/22 05:34 PM
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splash556
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I've crossed more than once, never Navy though. On the way to Africa from the Gulf of Mexico. We stopped and had our ceremony at 00.00 / 00.00. Everyone on ship received one of these certificates. Had mine framed and is hanging on the bedroom wall along with a photo of my ship as we crossed that specific spot. I got mine on the USS Carl Vinson CVN-70 I've crossed more than once, never Navy though. On the way to Africa from the Gulf of Mexico. We stopped and had our ceremony at 00.00 / 00.00.
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Re: USS Kitty Hawk CV-63
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01/17/22 06:29 PM
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Homer Jay
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Re: USS Kitty Hawk CV-63
[Re: NORML as can be]
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01/17/22 06:33 PM
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spacejunkie
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"I've crossed more than once, never Navy though. On the way to Africa from the Gulf of Mexico. We stopped and had our ceremony at 00.00 / 00.00."
00.00/00.00 is the only place you can cross and be a Golden Shellback. Were you in the merchant marines? DD835 Charles P. Cecil is the ship I was on when we crossed on the 19th of March, 1969. Luck was with us as we had flat seas for the initiation.
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Re: USS Kitty Hawk CV-63
[Re: NORML as can be]
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01/17/22 07:40 PM
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Re: USS Kitty Hawk CV-63
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01/17/22 11:40 PM
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deerfeeder
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Blue nose, on a short trip. No idea which move the certificate was lost during.
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Re: USS Kitty Hawk CV-63
[Re: spacejunkie]
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01/17/22 11:49 PM
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splash556
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"I've crossed more than once, never Navy though. On the way to Africa from the Gulf of Mexico. We stopped and had our ceremony at 00.00 / 00.00."
00.00/00.00 is the only place you can cross and be a Golden Shellback. Were you in the merchant marines? DD835 Charles P. Cecil is the ship I was on when we crossed on the 19th of March, 1969. Luck was with us as we had flat seas for the initiation.
No sir not Merchant Marines. I work in the offshore oil fields. Subsea construction.
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Re: USS Kitty Hawk CV-63
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01/17/22 11:57 PM
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QMC SW/EXW
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Everyone on ship received one of these certificates. Had mine framed and is hanging on the bedroom wall along with a photo of my ship as we crossed that specific spot. I got mine on the USS Carl Vinson CVN-70 I got mine on the USS Abraham Lincoln CV2-72
Retired Navy Chief NJROTC Instructor for Tascosa High School
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Re: USS Kitty Hawk CV-63
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01/18/22 03:09 AM
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beatarmy
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I was on the Lincoln from ‘02-‘04. Got my shellback on the Bunker Hill on westpac ‘00-‘01.
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Re: USS Kitty Hawk CV-63
[Re: beatarmy]
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01/27/22 01:29 AM
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QMC SW/EXW
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I was on the Lincoln from ‘02-‘04. Got my shellback on the Bunker Hill on westpac ‘00-‘01.
I pre-commed Lincoln in 1989.
Retired Navy Chief NJROTC Instructor for Tascosa High School
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