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Years Served: 1959—1961…I live in Southern California about 60 miles North of San Diego in Temecula, CA. I have contact with a few old shipmates and have had one contact with our Skipper, Commander George Silvanni.

Years Served: 1959-1962…I was a quartermaster from 1959-1962. loved the ship hated the port and starboard watches. I remember we were going to the rose festival in Portland Oregon ( my home town) which is a wild time for the navy. and we were out on a power run just before leaving and warped a shaft , canceling us out in Portland. also as the ship was leaving for japan, I was on a kiddy cruise and was to be discharged at 0800 the next morning. at 2200 the night before they broke us out and told us we had been extended one year. the next day I was on a ship going thru the panama canal to cuba ( Cuban missile crisis). they got me by eight hours. finally got discharged 3 months later at Norfolk.

Years Served: 1968-1970…Remember bumping Oriskany out of Sasebo. Was an ET.

Years Served: 1957 to 1959…James ‘Jim’ Jeffryes

Years Served: 1965-1967…like to here from any mm 1965-1967