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Great Lakes - Training to be a Machinest Mate70 viewsI just got promo'd to E-4/PO3 for doing so well in school. Little did I know....
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USS Shreveport (LPD-12)63 viewsView of the first ship I was stationed on from a helo on my way to report for duty - around 1975.
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Naples, Italy70 viewsUSS Shreveport docked in Naples.
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Castel Nuovo, Naples46 viewsConstructed around 1280 for Charles I d'Anjou.
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Working on ships whistle.39 viewsPerforming a PM on the whistle on the USS Shreveport (LPD-12)
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Ships Whistle48 viewsMe and some guys working on the whistle. Thats me sitting down, sight seeing.
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Sistine Chapel37 viewsA view from inside the Sistine Chapel.
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Vatican in Italy50 viewsMe outside the Vatican, Saint Peters Basilica.
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Rome 197540 views
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Helo on USS Shreveport (LPD-12)51 viewsFlight ops with helo landing.
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Underway Replenishment92 viewsWith the oiler USS Caloosahatchee (AO-98) in between us and the USS Inchon (LPH-12) in the Med late 1975.
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Breaking Away 67 viewsBreaking away after underway relenishment, you can see the line waiting for gas. Typical for the '70's.
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Anchored on USS Shreveport (LPD-12)60 views
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54 viewsUSS Inchon (LPH-12) in the background
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66 views
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79 views
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Leaning Tower of Pisa53 viewsThis is the bell tower for the Catherdral, construction started in 1173 and continued for about 200 years.
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77 views
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100 viewsMe next to my bunk with all my worldly possessions.
USS Shreveport (LPD-12)
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65 viewsA couple of shipmates at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.
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62 viewsWell Deck of the USS Shreveport (LPD-12) during ops.
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65 viewsSplash - hope it floats...
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54 viewsAttacking the beach - I think this is Vieques Island in the Caribbean
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64 viewsMarine Harrier on deck of the USS Shreveport (LPD-12)
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60 viewsJohn S. and Mike H. in front of a Marine Harrier on the flight deck of the USS Shreveport (LPD-12)
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52 viewsHarrier on deck of the
USS Shreveport (LPD-12)
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53 viewsFirst Harrier landing on an amphib ship USS Shreveport (LPD-12)
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58 viewsFirst Harrier landing on an amphib ship USS Shreveport (LPD-12)
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63 viewsUSS Luce (DDG-38) along side the USS Shreveport (LPD-12) - late 1978
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62 viewsUSS Luce (DDG-38) pulling away - late 1978 on North Alantic cruise.
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58 viewsUSS Elmer Montgomery (FF-1082)
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74 viewsEvening fights in the crew compartment.
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81 viewsEvening fights in the crew compartment.
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74 viewsAlong side the USS Austin (LPD-4)
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63 viewsPulling away from the USS Austin (LPD-4)
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Randy in Hawaii62 viewsPicture of me on the coast in Hawaii, first stop of ships heading out for a West Pac. This was in 1979.
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Shore Patrol Duty109 viewsThis is in Olongapo, Philippines where I was working Shore Patrol at one of the ships parties at a bar in the city.
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117 views
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USS Ponchatoula (AO-148)111 views
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USS Chicago (CG-11)142 viewsTaken from the USS Mount Vernon (LSD-39) during a West Pac cruise sometime around 1979.
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Beauty Contest150 viewsThe "Beauty Contest" the day before crossing the equator. They one that wins does not have to go through the "induction" ceremony. Yes - those are guys...
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Beauty Contest145 views
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The "Royal Baby"141 viewsMe eating the cherry out of the belly of the Royal Baby. Yes that is ball bearing grease spread all over his belly.
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The "Royal Bath"144 viewsMe after the royal bath which was a raft with old garbage in it filled with sea water.
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From Pollywog to Shellback.133 viewsIn the U.S. Navy, when a ship crosses the equator a time-honored ceremony takes place. This is a Navy tradition and an event no sailor ever forgets as he is inducted into the "mysteries of the deep" and transfroms from a pollywog to a shellback.
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New Shellbacks134 views
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New Shellbacks - Summer 1979117 views
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Holding a Koala Bear89 viewsWent to a Koala Sanctuary in Brisbane, Australia. Fall 1979
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