strikehawk
March 28th, 2013, 16:08
In late 79 and early 80 I was working the roof on the Saratoga getting ready for our Med Cruise. Part of our work ups were a series of UNREPS with ships other than our oilers and stores vessels. I remember the USS Oliver Hazard Perry pulling along our starboard side for fuel and thing how different she looked from my dad's tin can the Moore. She was brand new at the time, her power plant, a jet engine, just purring as she matched us and took on her JP5. I remember her break away song, every boat has at least one, ours was Take This Job And Shove It most of the time, hers was the opening theme from Star Wars. That song fit her too and I had never seen a ship just open up and leave us standing still. I can still remember that day.
Today I found this.....
http://www.actionnewsjax.com/content/topstories/story/USS-Klakring-decommissioned-at-Mayport/SFxA9Z6xp0KA4J9b905TjQ.cspx
At the end of the year all those fast and sexy FFG's are going to be a thing of the past and gone forever. When I was in I was an Airdale not a Tin Can Sailor, but my old man was and I grew up on his sea stories. The stories from the USS Moore were the best and the also made me appreciate a good looking Tin Can when I saw one.
Today I found this.....
http://www.actionnewsjax.com/content/topstories/story/USS-Klakring-decommissioned-at-Mayport/SFxA9Z6xp0KA4J9b905TjQ.cspx
At the end of the year all those fast and sexy FFG's are going to be a thing of the past and gone forever. When I was in I was an Airdale not a Tin Can Sailor, but my old man was and I grew up on his sea stories. The stories from the USS Moore were the best and the also made me appreciate a good looking Tin Can when I saw one.