Years Served: 1963- 1964…USS Borie DD-704 1963- 1964 Where are you guys? Sonny Dixon QM3
Years Served: Brother in law served: earnest a cogdell jr…aka Sonny…My brother in law served on the Borie from 63 to 67. Was friends with Dennis Nelson and Jay Jernigan. Sonny was a cook…..very mouthy. He was from Gastonia NC and lived in Camden SC. Died April 24, 2013. You can call me at 704-813-5242 (Wayne) or call his daughter @ 704-616-9628 (Lisa).
Years Served: 1962-1964…I served on the USS Borie DD704 from 1962 to 1964. The Borie was involved in the Cuban blockade. The Borie did her part during those days in Cuban waters. The Borie was instrumental in tracking and surfacing a Russian sub. Orders were given to search all ships going into Cuba. The Borie did so and searched ships at sea with loaded arms.We have never been so close to nuclear war as we were in those few days of October of 1962. Many friends were made on the Borie and to this day I still have contact with a few of my Navy buddies.
Years Served: Grandson of the late Kenneth Lee Merritt…My grandfather was one of the men killed in the Kamikaze attack on the gun battery. I have been tracking the Borie 704 for the family.
Years Served: 1958-1961…After discharge, I used my Veterans Benefits and attended college and attained a Degree Electronic Engineering. I Worked for Eastman Kodak for 10 years and then accepted a position with General Radio Co. employed with them for 16 years. I then accepted a a position as a Systems Engineer with Raytheon Corp. in Tucson, Az. and subsequentially retired in 2003. I hold an Advanced Class Ham Radio License and a advid golfer. I volunteer, as a trained Coach in the 1st Tee Golf Program funded thru the Tucson Conquistores and the PGA.
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.
Years Served: 1964-1966…SOG3 -I went to Europe and through the Suez Canal into the Red Sea on the Borie. I have many memories of that time of my life. I went back to school and became a counselor after one hitch in the navy. I am now retired and live in rural Oregon.
I was on the Borie from 61 to 64. My rate was SOG3. I was the sonar man who first got contact with the Russian sub. After a few hours of tracking the sub, I informed the bridge that I thought it was sick. I was relieved after about 4 hours. I didn’t get down to our compartment when my relief lost contact. I was called back to sonar where I regained contact and tracked the sub for about another 4 hours. I don’t believe we forced it to the surface that I have read. The sub had to surface do to too many hours down. Also, not long after we asked if they needed help, an ocean going tug from Russia came and eventually put a tow cable on the sub.
I live in Port St. Lucie Florida most of the year but still have a house in Medford NJ.
served 1960-64 as ET during cuban crisis. would like to hear from any shipmates.
Served on The USS BORIE DD 704…60-61…1st Div…
I arrive on the USS Borie in June 1969 – January 1971, straight from boot camp (Great Lakes). My orders said Mediterranean cruise. The cab driver from the airport, drop me off at Portsmouth shipyard, dry dock. So much for that cruise. After a few months in dry dock, we went on a shake down cruise, only to turn around to repair something else. It was a little later that they change the designation to reserve destroyer. So up the Potomac we went to Alexandria, VA.
Dan Nickola, weren’t you damage control. I also remember Harold Puckett and George Bostick.
On board 1962-63 during the Cuban Crisis. QM3 Mullins.
My LPO was QM1 Merton Mahoney (Long passed in Norfolk Va.)
My uncle Robert Dean Hermann was on this ship around 1949.
Served on the Borie 1969-1971 . Came board while in a civilian shipyard in Portsmouth Virginia area for six months. We then went up the Potomac river to serve as a reserve training ship in Alexandria Virginia
I was in R division . I still stay in contact with Harold Puckett Who was in electricians mate who loves playing his guitar
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Years Served: 1963- 1964…USS Borie DD-704 1963- 1964 Where are you guys? Sonny Dixon QM3
Years Served: Brother in law served: earnest a cogdell jr…aka Sonny…My brother in law served on the Borie from 63 to 67. Was friends with Dennis Nelson and Jay Jernigan. Sonny was a cook…..very mouthy. He was from Gastonia NC and lived in Camden SC. Died April 24, 2013. You can call me at 704-813-5242 (Wayne) or call his daughter @ 704-616-9628 (Lisa).
Years Served: 1962-1964…I served on the USS Borie DD704 from 1962 to 1964. The Borie was involved in the Cuban blockade. The Borie did her part during those days in Cuban waters. The Borie was instrumental in tracking and surfacing a Russian sub. Orders were given to search all ships going into Cuba. The Borie did so and searched ships at sea with loaded arms.We have never been so close to nuclear war as we were in those few days of October of 1962. Many friends were made on the Borie and to this day I still have contact with a few of my Navy buddies.
Years Served: Grandson of the late Kenneth Lee Merritt…My grandfather was one of the men killed in the Kamikaze attack on the gun battery. I have been tracking the Borie 704 for the family.
Years Served: 1958-1961…After discharge, I used my Veterans Benefits and attended college and attained a Degree Electronic Engineering. I Worked for Eastman Kodak for 10 years and then accepted a position with General Radio Co. employed with them for 16 years. I then accepted a a position as a Systems Engineer with Raytheon Corp. in Tucson, Az. and subsequentially retired in 2003. I hold an Advanced Class Ham Radio License and a advid golfer. I volunteer, as a trained Coach in the 1st Tee Golf Program funded thru the Tucson Conquistores and the PGA.
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.
Years Served: 1964-1966…SOG3 -I went to Europe and through the Suez Canal into the Red Sea on the Borie. I have many memories of that time of my life. I went back to school and became a counselor after one hitch in the navy. I am now retired and live in rural Oregon.
I was on the Borie from 61 to 64. My rate was SOG3. I was the sonar man who first got contact with the Russian sub. After a few hours of tracking the sub, I informed the bridge that I thought it was sick. I was relieved after about 4 hours. I didn’t get down to our compartment when my relief lost contact. I was called back to sonar where I regained contact and tracked the sub for about another 4 hours. I don’t believe we forced it to the surface that I have read. The sub had to surface do to too many hours down. Also, not long after we asked if they needed help, an ocean going tug from Russia came and eventually put a tow cable on the sub.
I live in Port St. Lucie Florida most of the year but still have a house in Medford NJ.
served 1960-64 as ET during cuban crisis. would like to hear from any shipmates.
Served on The USS BORIE DD 704…60-61…1st Div…
I arrive on the USS Borie in June 1969 – January 1971, straight from boot camp (Great Lakes). My orders said Mediterranean cruise. The cab driver from the airport, drop me off at Portsmouth shipyard, dry dock. So much for that cruise. After a few months in dry dock, we went on a shake down cruise, only to turn around to repair something else. It was a little later that they change the designation to reserve destroyer. So up the Potomac we went to Alexandria, VA.
Dan Nickola, weren’t you damage control. I also remember Harold Puckett and George Bostick.
On board 1962-63 during the Cuban Crisis. QM3 Mullins.
My LPO was QM1 Merton Mahoney (Long passed in Norfolk Va.)
My uncle Robert Dean Hermann was on this ship around 1949.
Served on the Borie 1969-1971 . Came board while in a civilian shipyard in Portsmouth Virginia area for six months. We then went up the Potomac river to serve as a reserve training ship in Alexandria Virginia
I was in R division . I still stay in contact with Harold Puckett Who was in electricians mate who loves playing his guitar