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Years Served: 1974…Reported aboard January 1974 from USS PARSONS (DDG-33) and GM/GMT A school and assigned to Weapons Dept., W Division. First time on this great ship and a CVA. Different environment than the tin-can navy and had quite a fun time on her for the year. Was a member of the Rodeo team as a bull rider and great time in Subic at the rodeo. One thing not memtioned in her bio was in 1974, she went to the Tonkin Gulf when President Nixon resigned from office. Should have re enlisted then :( Was in San Diego when she came back from her last deployment and retirement. The USS CONSTELLATION (CV-64) detachment used her retirement banners and assistance from her (CV-61) detachment for the arrival from Philly and SLEP. Good luck to all shipmates and God Bless. Kris A. Hobbs CWO4 (USN RET)

Years Served: 1959-1962…Served in OE division. Made 2 Westpacs. Great ship, great duty.

Years Served: 1982-1986…Hello all! Just wanted to post to see if anyone out there remembers me and what everyone is doing.

Years Served: 1980 thru 1984…Hello to all my shipmates from P-1 Division MMR1. Just dropping a line to anybody who served down in the hole. Send an e-mail so we can correspond.

Years Served: 1968-1970…Greetings, shipmates. I served in 1st Division during the 1968-‘69 WestPac cruise and S-7 (data processing) during the 1969-’70 WestPac cruise. Both were great and I have great memories. I sometimes wish I’d stayed aboard rather than going to shore duty. I now live in northern Idaho not far from Coeur d’Alene. I’m also the volunteer webmaster for the USS Ranger History and Memorial