HAPPY BIRTHDAY UNITED STATES NAVY!

13 Oct 2013 | US Navy Vet

[US Navy Vet]

Happy 238 Years US Navy!

[rktman]

Roger that.

USN IC3

Still hold myself to the oath I took in ‘67.

[xrmusn]

FAIR WINDS FOLLOWING SEAS

USN RM2 1956-64

“STILL SERVING”

[ken5050]

A rousing version of "Anchors Aweigh " for all you squids out there..

"Happy Birthday, Navy!!

[Beagle8U]

Happy birthday Squid!

[ViLaLuz]

Shipmates!

[neodad]

Still the best!

[ken5050]

And for all the "black shoe" sailors out there (and all those who love and admire them, here's a clip of the USS Reading (PF-66) doing a high speed turn. Very kewl.

[onedoug]

1/1 Cavalry armor, hitched a ride aboard USS Ogden LPD 5, Operation Bold Mariner, Batangan Peninsula RVN FEB 69.

GATOR NAVY!

[virgil283]

all you swabies, squids and airdales meet at the GEEDUNK when you hear the BOATSWAIN’S PIPE and load up with BOKOO CHITS to fill your DITTY BAGS and your DUNGAREES before the messdeck MASTER-AT-ARMS put you in SICKBAY for SKYLARKING because the SMOKING LAMP is out and you end up at CAPTAIN’S MAST. Sweepers sweepers give the ship a clean sweepdown fore and aft....The fantail is open...

[married21]

Thanks for posting this. We have had so many Navy people in three generations of my family.

My dad was a commander in the Civil Engineering Corps, and a recipient of the Navy Cross for his valor in WWII. My brother fought in Vietnam on the “swift boats”. My other brother was a Naval Reserve Officer in the Civil Engineering Corps, who served in Iraq and the Pacific. My nephew was a nuclear submarine captain, had a year of active duty in Afghanistan, and continues to be in the reserves. My other nephew was enlisted, serving in the Pacific.

Even I, a civilian, worked for the Navy Exchange in the Navy Uniform department for a couple of years.

God bless Navy people.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I crossed the Pacific six times between 1951 and 1961 in the “Army’s Navy.”

Can you guess its actual name ?

[virgil283]

crossed the Pacific six times between 1951 and 1961 in the “Army’s Navy.” Eric I don't have the most remote idea.....pray tell me

[Eric in the Ozarks]

MSTS.
Military Sea Transportation Service.

The ships were crewed by civilians with American civilian masters. The ships were all named for long dead Army generals or heroes...

[Eric in the Ozarks]

T-AP-112 General W. A. Mann was the last ship I sailed on. We berthed at Oakland in 1961.
All previous comings and goings were from Seattle.

[virgil283]

Was this the the transports who circled the Pacific with supplies and personnel transfers ?

[Jacquerie]

GENERAL QUARTERS GENERAL QUARTERS, ALL HANDS MAN YOUR BATTLE STATIONS, PROCEDE UP AND FORWARD ON THE STARBOARD SIDE, DOWN AND AFT ON THE PORT SIDE . . .

[Eric in the Ozarks]

They were built in the 1940s as troop carriers. As our footprint expanded in Asia and Europe after the war, the ships were converted to carrying troops below decks forward and aft with NCO and above and their families stacked in tiny staterooms mid ship.
A trip from Seattle to Yokohama took 14 days.

[Rummyfan]

FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS TO ALL SHIPMATES!

[smn745]

I too served in MSTS. Made 28 Atlantic crossings in 15 months, and was end to end in the Med. 8 times. Also did 8 Canal Zones runs from 1958-1960.Served on 5 different ships.