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Years Served: 1966-1969…STG2 – made Med and WestPac cruises.

Years Served: 1970-1972…Picked up the Borie in her port in Alexandria Virginia, she was a reserve tin can at that time. We had a couple of great cruises and had a great crew. We sailed into the perfect storm in the winter of 1971 and started taking on water, ordered to Ft. Lauderdale Fla at Easter break time. She came into port still completely covered in ice. The whole city came down to see the ‘ice ship’. made all the papers, deck crew chipped ice for a week. RD gang had GREAT shore leave.She eventually had some mechanical problem and we took her to Phili to decommission her. She was sold to Argentinia and I heard she servered in the Fulken war. Had a great time on her, great RD gang on board.

Years Served: 1948-1952 Korea Sept.1950-June1951…With Reny D’Antonio Daggers raided Officers stash of booze on Med cruise and hid thruout vent system etc. Any one find it??

Years Served: 1962~1966…Tin-Can duty doesn’t get any better than this. Looking back on 20yr career it was my finest duty bar none and mostly due to the troops I served aboard with and still communicate and attend reunions with. Boats…

Years Served: May-66 to July-69…The Borie was my first home away from home. Was RD 2 when I left the ship in 69. Had great good will cruises to the North Atlantic and Mediteranian, and a not so good will cruise to Viet Nam. I also had a couple of cruises to the Caribbean. The Borie was my life for 38 months, and I treasure the memories and friendships I found there.