| 23 Dec |
Oct '77 Marine Storeroom Fire
(Chris Kranenberg)
Little, if nothing, is mentioned about the fire located in the Marine Storeroom above Engine Room #1 that ignited while navigating out of San Diego Harbor at the onset of the October 1977 WESTPAC. In fact, the incident is not mentioned in the declassified captain's report who was in command at... More |
| 19 Nov |
fire # 1 Main Machinery Room Dec 73
(Jeffrey Hotson)
I was in sleeping compartment for X-Divison on 03 level at night trying to splice a broken cassette tape. Over the 1MC came the fire alarm for a class B fire in the #1MMR. The speaker was LCDR Buck, our officer from the ship's 3-M Office who had bridge watch that evening. He was nervous. Informed... More |
| 28 Aug |
We don't brake for no Russian subs
(Gary Beard)
Sometime in 1985, somewhere in the Pacific; a Russian sub had been shadowing us for almost 2-weeks. We could hear her radar bouncing off our hull, when below-decks. Our Captain decided to shake her. While coming up onto an onrep (we just had one a couple days before?), we switched places with... More |
| 18 Apr |
HOT BLACK DEAD IN THE WATER
(Tad Mckinley)
MM3 MCKINLEY P1 DIV 1MMR IT DOES GET HOT DOWN THERE DID IT A FEW TIME BUT THOSE SNIPES WORK HARD TO GET LIT OFF YOU CAN MAKE A SKIPPER MAD IF THEY GOT BIRDS IN THE AIR THERE WAS ONE TIME WE LOST EVERTHING AND HAD TO START FROM SCRATCH I PREFERED 8 BURNIN AND 4 TURNING FULL POWER RUN I STUD THE... More |
| 08 Feb |
Mass Casualty
(Dahlia Pena)
2005 January
F-18 Superhornet Crashed into the flight deck. |
| 08 Feb |
Dead in the Water
(Dahlia Pena)
2005 Before hitting Sydney Austrlia on the yearly summer cruise the bells went crazy.
First, MAJOR STEAM LEAK 2AMR
Second, MAJOR STEAM LEAK 1AMR
Third, Smoke in 1MMR
Fourth, Smoke in 4MMR
Fifth, Loss of pressure, 3MMR
All happened within 15 minutes of each other and were unrelated MINUS... More |
| 28 Jan |
plank owner-1961
(Thomas Warnimont)
3RD class ship serviceman under Commander Sanders. Any of you guys out there? |
| 27 Nov |
1 DAY OUT OF PUSAN, KOREA
(Raymond Douglas)
3/24/84 AT 2200 I FELT AND HEARD THE BUMP IN THE NIGHT. I HAD JUST GOTTEN INTO MY RACK WHEN MY FRIEND NAME PEREZ CAME BY. HE WAS ALL VERY EXACTED THATS WHEN HE TOLD ME THAT WE JUST RAN OVER A RUSSIAN SUB. I REMEMBER IT LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY. I DID BELIEVE IT UNTIL THE CAPTAIN CAME ON OVER THE 1MC... More |
| 20 Nov |
plank owner on board 29 aprii 1961
(Peter Paul Garbacki)
served kitty hawk ( cvg 63 cva 63) dose any one remember why called cvg ? also served forestal cva 63 also lake champlain cvs 39 and boxer lph ? a few weeks. was IC2 . e div. transfeer to temp duty cuba 1961 sept. medical found brain tumar.transfeer to states for eval. discharged second... More |
| 05 Oct |
KITTY HAWK OC DIC
(Edward Koza)
SERVED 1986-1988 (WORLD CRUISE) WHAT A JOURNEY WE HAD. "WE PRESSED ON" IT'S A SHAME SHE IS BEING DECOMMISSIONED. |
