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My late husband James M Holt (Navy Diver) supervised a team of Navy Divers to replace the Port Propeller underwater on the USS Jonas Ingram in Bahrain,saving the Navy mega bucks by not dry docking . He got an accommodation for this . I believe this took place in 1973,,,,wondering if anyone remembers this ?

Served aboard The Jonas Ingram"The Cadillac Of Fleet" The DD-338 76-80 BT3 Aft Fireroom Separated at the Charleston Shipyards while undergoing Asbestos Removal and refit, Med Cruise, And Red Sea Cruise Two Shellback Initiations Once a Pollywog the Other as A Loyal Shellback

Med cruise, Red Sea cruise, Shellback initiation, good friends, good times. 71-73.

Years served: 1979-1981
FTG3 in Fox Div, Mk-68 GFCS, MK-5 TDS.
Made the 1981 Med/IO/North Atlantic cruise. Made Shellback in the IO on the way to Diego Gracia.

Served on the Ingram 75-77. I was a corpsman with Chief Mabry. Ingram was in dry dock in Charleston when I arrived. Got to do the re-qualify in Gitmo. Had a wonderful North Atlantic cruise, refueling at sea with below freezing temps, followed by passing out 1oz. shots of whisky to the crew. Enjoyed my time there, and the friends I made. I still hope to this day that Imlay forgave me from giving him Dulcolax rather than Dramamine, either way, it made him forget about being sea sick, or at least as I recall.