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Years Served: 12-1-45 to 10-5-48…8)

Years Served: 1970-1971…Made one trip to WestPac for six months, then came back to the states. The ship was in a typhoon for three days or so during the transit to Yokosuka and had to be put in dry dock to fix a cracked hull resulting from the typhoon. Lots of fun. The Hollister was to undergo a refurbishment after arrival back to the States. I transferred to the Worden as OS3 and stayed on her until my enlistment was up.

Years Served: 1969-1970…Looking for any information on the location and times that we were in Viet Nam cruise of 69. I remember we were in the Harbor on time to drop off a CPO that had leave so he could visit his brother. We also went up a river for a short time. I even remember one time that there were some friendly’s (?) on the fantail that removed some of the turn buckles. Anyway, had a great time on this ship and miss a lot of the shipmates.

Years Served: 1963 to 1964…i came aboard in 1963 when she came out of the shipyard for overhaul.i made the cruise to the far east.in march 1964 i shipped over and went to mine warfare school in charleston,s.c.retired from the navy 21 april 1967