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Rob · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 2:48 pm Post subject: USS Saratoga Final Voyage

Not really fishing related but cool. She passed through the SPI jetty early this morning to be dismantled along with the USS Forrestal. USS Constellation is next... probably around December.

redfin21 · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 3:11 pm Post subject:

Farewell old girl. Always touches the heart to see a piece of American history. Too bad it's getting dismantled. Would have liked to see a tourist attraction out of her. Guess the funds are never there. Crying or Very sad

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ironmanstan · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 3:17 pm Post subject:

Good pics of an old ship. I was on the Midway. One of my duties as a qualified Helmsman was steering the ship 4 hours a day while underway. We use to steam with the Saratoga. Well once or twice, and the Enterprise. The Midway is a museum like the Lexington. LEST WE FORGET....
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FoldCatOne · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 5:00 pm Post subject:

And we should never forget, especially for those that gave their all!!!
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Hooch · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 5:35 pm Post subject: Brings back memories

I've been on deployment with the USS Saratoga shadowing the whole way. And who that has ever served in the USN can't remember the training films from the USS Forrestal?

SaltyMutt · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 8:26 pm Post subject:

That first pic is really nice!
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rodandroll · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 9:24 pm Post subject:

Sad for me to see. Sad

My tin can (DD787) plane-guarded the Sara all over the Gulf of Tonkin off the coast of Vietnam. Watched many an F4 fly off and land on her deck all hours of the day and in all kinds of weather. Really really sad seeing an old friend getting destroyed like that.
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grasscutter · Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 9:24 am Post subject:

Cool pics. Gunner, US Somers DDG-34,1977-1980. Plane guarded a carrier in the Western Pacific sometime around 1979. Believe it was the Midway. Refueled with her as well if memory serves me correctly. Photos definitely bring back memories.

5moreminutes · Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 1:39 pm Post subject:

That would have been a site to see! Thanks for sharing the pics!
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FoldCatOne · Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 5:08 pm Post subject:

DD-781 USS Robert k Huntingdon was the first ship I ever set foot on in my Naval career. She was Sumner Class and the Kies was Gearing Class. Wonderful old memories. Also served on USS Francis Marion, USS Long Beach (CGN-9), and USS Ogden (LPD-5)
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