| 16 May |
Hey Waithe!
(Walter Moore)
Thisi s EM3 Walter Moore, I was E Div from 83-85. Spend most of my time in the flight deck lighting shop. |
| 08 May |
Spankin' the Baddies....Desert Storm
(Carl Fese)
When the first flights took off from the deck the morning of January 16, 1991, Everyone of us in CVIC watched the cameras and counted the planes. None of us slept until every plane that left, came back. I remember that we didn't sleep that much throughout the entire war. I served in OZ (intel)... More |
| 23 Apr |
My husband was on the JFK in 1987-1989
(James Calhoun)
My husband's name is James R. Calhoun...his nickname was "Bloody James". I'm not sure if he knows your husband but it sounds like they were on the ship at the same time. Some of the other guys that I know from that time are Andrew "Dog" Ogden, Rick Petzold, and there was a Bob, a Mark, and a Tom.... More |
| 20 Apr |
abh3 hill, Lisa
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calling all shipmates from 1983-1989 i am looking for George Morris abe cuba chris sheppard abh larry sammon fla. abh lgilchri@twcny.rr.com |
| 26 Mar |
John Trail AO2
(John Trail)
I was assigned pre-commissioning crew took shakedown cruise, and was on the final port call cruise Feb-Mar 07 with shipmates Archie Stroub and Dale Kredatus. |
| 15 Feb |
Farabaugh brothers
(David Farabaugh)
I came onboard after being on the USS Arlington in the South China Sea for a year. My brother Rick Farabaugh was onboard already and I chose to transfer there. I immediately became the Electronics department yeoman for LCDR Wynn and Rick eventually became a DS1 in DS (?) division. I played on... More |
| 18 Jan |
75&76 Belknap&Bordelon Collisions
(T. Fitzmaurice)
I was ABE3 on Flt Dk as the Hookrunner -pretty scary stuff/was doing topside sheave maint for Bordelon collision-JFK was the "Tincan Opener"... |
| 10 Oct |
73 Med cruise-Middle east Crisis
(Ken Anderson)
We were on are way home after a 6 month deployment to the med then recalled back because of the middle east crisis. What you ships company may not know (I was an airdale) the navy was flying round the clock air operations between three carriers and during one of these operations our own E-2 AWACS... More |
| 28 Sep |
Alas! Big John!
(Steven Routh)
The USS John F. Kennedy was my first ship. I recall walking down Pier 12 and seeing her, thinking, "How in the hell does this thing float?" I learned a lot on board, ran into some very good guys, and was part of one of the best medical departments in the Navy. I'll never for get the Birdfarm News... More |
| 31 Aug |
Farewell "BIG JOHN"
(Fredric Waithe)
e-mail address for IC3 WAITHE "E" Div. bigdaddynyc@hotmail.com |
