NOW HEAR THIS! FORMER DD-850 FIELD DAY VETERANS If you remember and attended some of the wild and productive field days aboard the USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. from 1977 to 1985, you may have what the ship now needs.  Pieces or mementos of the ship itself! Back then we would strip out entire compartments, such as all of after berthing, the After Officers Quarters, and part of the aft engine room to create new display and exhibit areas.  As large quantities of the ship were ripped out, they were put on the pier for scrap and souvenirs.  You were told you could take anything you needed or it was going into a dumpster. Over the past decade, the mindset has totally reversed aboard KENNEDY and displays have been removed in favor of the replication of actual shipboard compartments.  This return to authenticity includes the DASH Hangar, Ship’s Office, Ship fitter shop, and much more.  We want to restore as many spaces on Kennedy as possible and we need those mementos back!  We need the personnel lockers, peacoat lockers, bunk frames, stanchions, vises, and other items that you may have taken. If you haven’t already done so, go to the NAVSOURCE website under destroyers and look at the old photos of field days aboard the JPK and join us for a new field day for new memories. You can contact us at: Rich Angelini via e-mail mpangelini@msn.com or Ed zajkowski via e-mail edz765@hotmail.com Phone:  1-508-678-1100 and please leave a message