[Diver Dave]

Congratulations GATOR NAVY.

Salute and thank you for your service to this great country.

Those LST's are a far cry from the the ones I worked on in the sixties.

Again, Thank You!

USN 63-67 SFP2(DV)

[GATOR NAVY]

They're bigger and faster, but still flat-bottomed, shallow-drafted pigs that rolled like hell. 54 degrees rang the bell on the bridge, and we heard the bell many times. That part didn't change from what I've heard ;-)