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Recent changes to the Tin Can
Sailors Web Site
February
4, 2012
Added TCS History for
USS Robert K.
Huntington (DD-781)
February
3, 2012
Update on the USS LAFFEY DD-724
February
2, 2012
Tin Can Trivia: Announced
January's prize recipient and
posted February's question
January
31, 2012
Updated
Reunion Listings
Shipmate Registry
updated (193 entries added)
Memorabilia: Added
USS Harmon (DE-678)
Commissioning Program
Added to Announcements:
The Intrepid Sea, Air &
Space Museum’s 30th
Anniversary
Updated Events Page
January
27, 2012
News From Today's Navy:
Stennis Strike Group Visits Singapore
January
26, 2012
News From Today's Navy:
NAVSUP Command Master Chief
Applauds WWII Veteran for Heroic
Actions;
Dolphins swim in front of a
rigid-hull inflatable boat as
Sailors assigned to the Arleigh
Burke-class guided-missile
destroyer USS James E. Williams
(DDG 95) participate in a visit,
board, search and seizure
exercise.;
A tug boat from Commander Fleet
Activities Yokosuka pushes the
Arleigh Burke-class
guided-missile destroyer USS
Lassen (DDG 82) from the pier as
the ship gets underway.;
Better Chow, Cooked from
Scratch: Navy Food Management
Team in Action;
Dewey Aids Sinking Iranian
Fishing Dhow;
Porter's VBSS Team Prepares for
Deployment;
USS Porter Completes Live-Fire
Exercise;
Navy to Phase Out SEAL LDO
Designator; USS Houston Arrives
at New Homeport; USS Dewey
Assists Stranded Iranian
Fisherman; Secretary of the Navy
Presents Award to World War II
Veteran;
Navy Solar Farm Construction
Underway;
Stennis Strike Group Enters 7th
Fleet Area of Operations;
CNO Sees Hawaii as 'Gateway' to
Operate Forward;
CNO Announces Voluntary Early
Retirement Plan for ERB Affected
Sailors;
USS Nitze Sailors Practice VBSS
Operations;
Adm. Cecil Haney, left, salutes
Adm. Patrick M. Walsh as Haney
relieves Walsh as U.S. Pacific
Fleet commander.;
US Naval Observatory Donates
Rare Book to Library of Congress;
Haney Assumes Command of
U.S.
Pacific Fleet;
USS Halsey Gives Aid to Yemeni
Dhow;
Headlines From Around the Fleet
News From
the Historic Fleet:
‘Big J’ coming to JC?;
Full steam ahead for battleship
January
23, 2012
Updated
Tributes
News From HNSA:
LST could find a new home in
Peoria;
Laffey on way home to Patriots
January
20, 2012
Updated
Reunion Listings
News From HNSA:
USS Edson expected to begin trip
to Bay City in March;
Mare Island group seeks more
time to raise money in bid for
the USS Olympia
January
19, 2012
News From HNSA:
USS Cod repair sparks memories
of old Cleveland Diesel Engine
plants in World War II;
San Francisco Famous Tourist
Attraction Enters Drydock for
Refurbishment;
Complete Civil War submarine
unveiled for first time
January
12, 2012
Shipmate Registry
updated (110 entries added)
January
10, 2012
Updated
Reunion Listings
News From HNSA:
Warship's return delayed Laffey
will go back to Patriots Point
week of Jan. 22;
Patriots Point director says he
will increase revenue or resign
January
9, 2012
Tin Can Trivia: Announced
December's winner and posted
January's question.
January
6, 2012
Updated
Reunion Listings
News From HNSA:
Talks aimed at renewing LST 325
deal to begin;
U.S.S. Orleck hopes to secure
deal with Isle of Capri;
Bag stashed since WWII found on
Manitowoc
submarine;
New DEHM Chairman
January
5, 2012
News From HNSA:
Destroyer Laffey Set to Return
to Patriots Point Week of Jan.
22
Added to Announcements:
Connecting Wounded Warriors
January
3, 2012
News From Today's Navy:
Electronics Technician 1st Class
James Kyne leads a team of
Sailors and U.S. Coast Guardsmen
around the weather decks during
a training exercise.;
The Arleigh Burke-class
guided-missile destroyer USS
Dewey (DDG 105) receives fuel at
two fueling stations.
Reunions
in Review:
Group photo USS King
(DLG-10/DDG-41)
December
30, 2011
Shipmate Registry
updated (67 entries added)
Updated
Reunion Listings
Added to Announcements:
USS CASSIN YOUNG (DD-793)
Tribute
News From Today's Navy:
USS Pinckney Disrupts Piracy;
Headlines From Around the Fleet;
Unknown Service Members Remains
Return to
Hawaii;
Truman Installs Port
Anchor Chain;
The guided-missile destroyer USS
Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) is decorated
with Christmas lights at Joint
Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.;
Russell Sailor Receives Arleigh
Burke Award ;
Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class
Victor Hernandez, assigned to
the guided-missile destroyer USS
Pinckney (DDG 91), directs an
SA330J Puma helicopter.;
Future is Bright for ONR's
Lightweight, Sun-Powered
Generator;
Headlines From Around the Fleet
News From
HNSA:
Freedom
Park
Buried in Sand;
Seaport Museum lease outdated,
says Jones;
Documentary on USS Cassin Young
Produced by Pin-yu (Alice)
Chen
December
22, 2011
Updated
Reunion Listings
Added link for
USS Bradley (DE/FF-1041)
News From Today's Navy:
USS Mitscher Returns to Homeport;
George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike
Group Returns from Deployment;
USNS Mercy Celebrates 25 Years
of Service;
USS John C. Stennis Launches
Navy's Final Air
Mission Over Iraq;
Therapy Dogs Help Patients at
Walter Reed Military
Medical
Center;
Students Go Wassailing Aboard
Navy Ships in
Japan
December
21, 2011
Shipmate Registry
updated (188 entries added)
December
20, 2011
Shoulder Patches:
USS Charles R. Ware (DD-865);
ComDesDiv 162
Poet's
Corner:
Some Words About Destroyers
News From HNSA:
Muskegon's
historic LST 393 organization
has change of leadership;
Historic Battleship Welcomes the
Public;
Maritime museum project receives
$6M;
Woman killed after falling off
Queen Mary
News From Today's Navy:
USS Nitze's Damage Control
Program Gets a Makeover;
Sailor Awarded Soldiers Medal
for Heroism;
USS Samuel B. Roberts Completes
Six-Month Deployment;
Sailors aboard the USS Samuel B.
Roberts hoist the American flag.;
Navy Updates Purple Heart Award
Policy;
LCS Remote Minehunting System
Reaches Reliability Milestone;
Navy Passes "Old Salt" Award;
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E.
Panetta, right, tours a cemetery
on the shores of Tripoli,
Libya.;
Headlines From Around the Fleet
December
16, 2011
Added links for
USS Oklahoma City Association
and
USS Paul F. Foster (DD-964)
December
15, 2011
Reunions in Review:
USS Eugene A. Greene
(DD/DDR-711)
December
14, 2011
Updated link for
USS Kenneth D. Bailey
(DD/DDR-713)
December
13, 2011
Reunions in Review:
USS Cony (DD/DDE-508)
December
12, 2011
Added
Fletcher Square Bridge and
Round Bridge 1943-45
camouflage profiles.
December
8, 2011
Updated
Reunion Listings
Tin Can Trivia: Announced
November's answer and prize
recipient and added December's
question
Reunions in Review:
USS Miller (DD-535)
December
7, 2011
Updated
Reunion Listings
December
6, 2011
Added link for
USS Parsons (DD-949/DDG-33)
Added to Events
Coupons for the
Florida, Arizona, Fort Myers,
and Jacksonville Bull Sessions
December
5, 2011
News From HNSA:
Seaport Museum Readies to Reopen
and Maps Its Survival;
Tens of visitors evacuated when
HMS Belfast gangway in
London
collapsed
December
2, 2011
Updated
Reunion Listings
December
1, 2011
Added link for
USS Buck (DD-761)
News From Today's Navy:
CSG 11 Holds Change of Command;
Momsen Sailors, Veterans Honored
at Olympic
View
Middle School;
Tar Heels Win Inaugural Quicken
Loans Carrier Classic Aboard
Carl Vinson;
USO Honors Service Members at
6th Annual Veterans Day Dance;
The guided-missile destroyer USS
O'Kane (DDG 77) and the Japan
Maritime Self-Defense Force
helicopter destroy JS Kurama
(DDH 144) participate in Koa Kai.;
The MK 45 5-inch lightweight gun
aboard the guided-missile
destroyer USS O'Kane (DDG 77)
fires during a live gunnery
exercise as part of the
integrated maritime exercise Koa
Kai.;
Naval ships participate in the
integrated maritime exercise Koa
Kai.;
USS Hopper Completes Deployment,
Returns to Homeport;
Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Nelson
Sanchez, right, and Sonar
Technician (Surface) 2nd Class
Thomas Campbell fire an air slug
from the starboard-side torpedo
tubes aboard the Arleigh
Burke-class guided-missile
destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer
(DDG 108);
Damage Controlman Fireman Dylan
Graf hugs his daughters after
returning from deployment aboard
the guided-missile frigate USS
Carr (FFG 52);
USS Carr Returns from Baltic,
Caribbean Deployment;
Keel Laid for First DDG 1000
Destroyer;
USS Carr Returns to Naval
Station
Norfolk;
The decommissioned
Spruance-class destroyer ex-Paul
F. Foster (EDD 964) conducts a
successful demonstration of
shipboard alternative fuel use
while underway in the
Pacific Ocean.;
Jeffrey S, Geiger, president of
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works
delivers remarks during the keel
laying ceremony for the Zumwalt-class
destroyer DDG 1000.;
U.S.
Navy's Self Defense Test Ship
Successfully Transits on
Alternative Fuel Blend;
Headlines From Around the Fleet;
USS Boone Returns from Final
Cruise;
USS Lassen crew assist flood
relief efforts in
Thailand
November
30, 2011
Shipmate Registry
updated (97 entries added)
November
28, 2011
News From HNSA:
Mare Island group forging ahead
on plans to acquire USS Olympia;
Laffey homecoming to close
museum a week
November
23, 2011
Updated
Reunion Listings
November
22, 2011
News From HNSA:
Coast Guard cutter Mohawk set to
be sunk off
Lee;
U.S. Coast Guard cutter Bramble
continues to sit idle, cost
money
Updated
Reunion Listings
November
18, 2011
News From Today's Navy:
Tin Can Sailors Visit USS McFaul
(DDG 74)
Shipmate Registry
updated (116 entries added)
November
17, 2011
Reunions in Review:
USS Meredith (DD-434/726/890)
Added
recipe for Beef Stuffed Peppers
to
That Good Navy Chow
November
15, 2011
Reunions in Review:
USS Benham (DD-796);
USS Wedderburn (DD-684)
Updated
Tributes
Updated
Reunion Listings
November
14, 2011
News From HNSA:
Brooklyn Navy Yard set to debut
new museum on Veterans Day;
It’s
full steam ahead for Seaport
Museum’s new director;
4 finalists picked in bid for
USS Olympia, historic
19th-century ship docked in
Philadelphia;
Waterfront quarreling could
thwart floating museum
November
10, 2011
News From Today's Navy:
Chief Cryptologic Technician
(Collection) Daniel Leonard,
assigned to the guided-missile
destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89),
helps a Thai Red Cross Society
volunteer move bags of rice to
prepare packaged goods kits.;
Lt. j.g. Justan Caesar, assigned
to the guided-missile destroyer
USS Mustin (DDG 89), donates
blood to the Thai Red Cross
Society during a community
service project.;
Keel Laid for Future USS
Milwaukee;
Samuel B. Roberts Completes At
Sea Exercise Cutlass Express;
USS Mustin Sailors Visit Thai
Red Cross Society in
Bangkok;
Navy Commander Pleads Guilty to
Rape, Sex Assault;
Seaman Jeremiah Pherigo, a
search and rescue swimmer aboard
the guided-missile destroyer USS
Arleigh Burke (DDG 51), is
lowered into the water during a
training exercise.;
Headlines From Around the Fleet;
Navy Researchers Fire 1,000th
Shot on Laboratory
Electromagnetic Railgun;
Boatswain's Mate 3rd Class
Candace Worthan mans the
underway replenishment fueling
station aboard the Arleigh
Burke-class guided-missile
destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer
(DDG 108).;
Sailors donate blood at the
Office of the Provincial Red
Cross Chapter of Chonburi during
a community service event.;
Headlines From Around the Fleet;
Football Unites Army and Navy
Commands;
Japanese
Submarine Arrives at Joint Base
Pearl Harbor-Hickam;
Photocopying of Military ID
Cards and CAC Cards Prohibited;
Sonar Technician (Surface) 1st
Class Carlos Ramos, from
Whittier, Calif., updates
information on the status panel
aboard the Arleigh Burke-class
guided-missile destroyer USS
Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108).;
Seaman Michael Achterling ties a
block to the main topsail
shrouds in preparation to take
the sail off USS Constitution
for winter stowage.;
USS Bulkeley Sailors Volunteer
at Youth Community Centers
Reunions
in Review:
USS Radford (DD-446)
News From
HNSA:
Are Olympics chiefs ashamed of
our proud military history? Just
days
before Remembrance Sunday, HMS
Belfast is airbrushed from
poster;
'Mohawk' museum leaving Key West, to be scuttled
November
9, 2011
Added link for
USS Warrington (DD-843)
Alumni Organization
November
8, 2011
Shipmate Registry
updated (172 entries added)
Reunions in Review:
USS Jarvis (DD-799);
USS Warrington (DD-843);
USS McKean (DD/DDR-784)
November
7, 2011
Updated
Reunion Listings
Reunions in Review:
USS Holder (DD/DDE-819, DE-401);
USS Furse (DD-882);
USS
William M. Wood (DD/DDR-715);
USS Cogswell (DD-651)
News From
HNSA:
Top 200 donors offered rides on
USS Iowa;
Lucid dreams of ship's
restoration
November
4, 2011
Updated
Tin Can Trivia
November
3, 2011
Reunions in Review:
USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.
(DD-850);
USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729);
USS Fred T. Berry (DD/DDE-858)
November
2, 2011
Reunions in Review:
USS Floyd B. Parks (DD-884)
Updated
contact info for DESA under
Navy Veterans
Organizations
November
1, 2011
Reunions in Review:
USS Bradley (DE/FF-1041);
USS Samuel B. Roberts (DD-823);
USS Henderson (DD-785);
USS Damato (DDE-871);
USS Kimberly (DD-521); Added
group photo for
USS Basilone (DD-824)
News From
HNSA:
USS Iowa Begins Trek to Richmond
for Transformation;
Seaport Museum Asks for Funds to Repair
Ship
Updated
Tributes
October
27, 2011
Updated
Reunion Listings
News From Today's
Navy:
Arleigh Burke Wraps Up Joint
Warrior;
George Washington Carrier Strike
Group Gets Underway;
Cmdr. Matthew M.
McGonigle, commanding officer of
the Arleigh Burke-class
guided-missile destroyer USS
Pinckney (DDG 91), waves to
Sailors aboard the Military
Sealift Command fleet
replenishment oiler USNS
Rappahannock (T-AO 204).:
An aviation boatswain's mate
maneuvers BF-04, front, the U.S.
Marine Corps variant of the
F-35B Lighting II Joint Strike
Fighter, after a vertical
landing aboard the amphibious
assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1).;
Navy Has Enough Flu Shots for
Fleet and Families;
Headlines From Around the Fleet;
The Cuban Missile Crisis is
Remembered;
Sailors
aboard the guided-missile
destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111)
are greeted by family and
friends at Naval Base San Diego
as the ship arrives at its new
homeport.;
The Royal Navy Duke-class
frigate HMS St. Albans (F 83)
breaks away from the
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).;
Newest Navy Destroyer Arrives in
San Diego;
PCU Fort Worth Completes Sea Trials;
Headlines From Around the Fleet
Reunions
in Review:
USS Basilone (DDE/DD-824);
USS Belknap (CG/DLG-26);
Destroyer Division 38
Association;
USS Stickell (DD-888);
USS James C. Owens (DD-776);
USS Braine (DD-630)
October
24, 2011
News From HNSA:
HMS Belfast celebrates four
decades in Pool of London with
40-gun salute;
Govt plan to turn Vikrant into
museum runs aground Indian
Express;
Victory Ship heads for drydock,
cancels Halloween events
News From
Today's Navy:
64 Sailors Caught Illegally
Using or Distributing
Designer-drug Spice;
Headlines From Around the Fleet;
US, Royal Cambodian Navies Head
to Sea for CARAT 2011 Exercise;
Aft Steering Keeps Ships on
Course;
USS Constitution Celebrates
214th Launching Day Anniversary;
USS Mustin Arrives in Thailand;
DOD Identifies Navy Casualty
October
21, 2011
News From Today's Navy:
Underway Replenishments Keep the
Fleet Moving;
Idaho State Park Recognizes
World War II Navy History
Reunions
in Review:
USS Wilkinson (DL-5);
USS William R. Rush (DD-714);
USS Richard E. Byrd (DDG-23);
USS Charles R. Ware (DD-865);
Alfred A. Cunningham (DD-752);
USS
Walton (DE-361)
Updated
Tributes
October
18, 2011
Updated Newspaper
Highlights
Shipmate Registry
updated (193 entries added)
Updated
Reunion Listings
Added recipe for
Cream of Green Split Pea Soup to
That Good Old Navy Chow
October
17, 2011
News From Today's Navy:
Sailors aboard the
guided-missile destroyer USS
Arleigh Burke (DDG 51)
participate in a damage control
training exercise.;
Cmdr. Benjamin Nicholson,
executive officer aboard the
Arleigh Burke-class
guided-missile destroyer USS
Pinckney (DDG 91), talks with a
damage control training team
member.;
Cmdr. Drew Ehlers, commanding
officer of the guided-missile
destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67), and
Sailors assigned to Cole salute
after the presentation of a
wreath at the USS Cole Memorial.;
Navy Installs Large-Scale Solar
Project on
Oahu Base Facilities;
Secretary of the Navy the
Honorable Ray Mabus, left, and
Chief of Naval Operations (CNO)
Adm. Jonathan Greenert cut a
cake.;
Ceremonial Guard Drill Team;
Farmer Veteran Coalition;
USS New York and 911 Families;
USS Spruance;
CNO and MCPON Send Birthday
Greetings;
Navy Celebrates 236th Birthday;
USS Fitzgerald, USS McCampbell
Participate in Pacific Eagle
2011;
Lincoln Carrier Strike Group
Wraps up COMPTUEX in Preparation
for Deployment;
Headlines From Around the Fleet;
George Washington Carrier Strike
Group Returns to
Singapore;
Navy SEAL Remembered at Hometown
Memorial in
Nebraska;
Spray-on Protective Coating Wins
"R&D 100" Award;
Headlines From Around the Fleet
October
14, 2011
News From Today's Navy:
U.S.
Fleet Cyber Command/U.S. 10th
Fleet Holds Change of Command;
Damage Controlman 1st Class
Aaron Hoke practices pipe
patching with Royal Brunei Navy
sailors.;
Secretary of Defense Announces
Agreement to Port
U.S.
Ships at Naval Station
Rota;
Headlines From Around the Fleet;
US Navy Helps Return Oysters to
NJ Bay in Environmental Effort;
Mine-Hunting Software Helping
Doctors to Identify Rare Cells
in Human Cancer;
Headline News Anchors Arrive at
Naval Station Mayport to Tape
Show;
Transition Assistance Available
for Sailors Leaving Service;
CARAT Brunei 2011 Fosters
Partnerships Among Nations;
Suicide: The dark side of stress;
Personnel Specialist Seaman
Anthane C. Richie patches a
simulated ruptured pipe during a
general quarters drill.;
The Nimitz-class carrier USS
Carl Vinson (CVN 70) leads a
parade of ships during San
Francisco Fleet Week 2011.;
The guided-missile destroyer USS
Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) is
underway in the
South China Sea as
part of the George Washington
Carrier Strike Group.;
Carter Assumes Command of
Enterprise Carrier Strike Group;
MCPON: Your ACT Can Save
Shipmates;
Japan Maritime Self-Defense
Force sailors visit the USS
Arizona Memorial.;
USS Cole Remembers 'Hero
Sailors' Lost During 2000 Attack;
Secretary of the Navy Sends
Birthday Greetings to Fleet;
MCPON Sends 236th Navy Birthday
Message;
Navy to Establish NROTC Unit at
Rutgers
Reunions
in Review:
USS Hank (DD-702);
USS Worden (DLG/CG-18);
USS Wiltsie (DD-716);
USS Vesole (DD/DDR-878);
USS Mitscher (DL-2/DDG-35)
October
13, 2011
Updated
Reunion Listings
Added recipe for
Orange and Watercress Slaw to
That Good Old Navy Chow
News From
Today's Navy:
USS Spruance Commissioned as
Navy's Newest Destroyer;
Sailors assigned to the visit,
board, search and seizure team
assigned to the Arleigh
Burke-class guided-missile
destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104)
board a vessel during a training
exercise.;
The guided-missile destroyer USS
Spruance (DDG 111) is
commissioned during a sunset
ceremony at Naval Air Station
Key West, Fla.;
USS Cleveland Decommissions
After 44 Years of Service;
DoD Identifies Navy Casualty;
Headlines From Around the Fleet;
Naples
Bids Farewell to 6th Fleet
Commander, Welcomes New
Commander;
USS
Cleveland
Decommissioned in
San Diego;
F-35B Completes Initial
Shipboard Vertical Landing
Aboard USS Wasp;
Children from Parus Nadezhdy
Children's
Rehabilitation
Center touch equipment in the Combat
Information
Center aboard the
guided-missile destroyer USS
Fitzgerald (DDG 62).;
Headlines From Around the Fleet;
USS Carr, Embarked Coast Guard
Law Enforcement Team Rescue
Stranded Mariner;
U.S. 2nd Fleet Disestablishes, Merges with U.S. Fleet Forces Command; Headlines
From Around the Fleet;
Master Chief Reflects on Family
Legacy of Naval Service;
SECDEF Announces Stationing of
Aegis Ships at
Rota, Spain
News From
HNSA:
Finally, good Laffey news;
Lightship honored as landmark
October
12, 2011
Added recipe for Yankee
Pot Roast to
That Good Old Navy Chow
October
5, 2011
Added to Announcements
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT
YOUR SERVICE RECORDS
October
4, 2011
Added recipe for Banana
Fritters to
That Good Old Navy Chow
Reunions in Review:
USS Black (DD-666);
USS Bradford (DD-545);
USS Ozbourn (DD-846);
USS Dyess (DD-880);
USS Hollister (DD-788);
USS Remey (DD-688);
USS Frank Knox (DD-742);
October
3, 2011
News From Today's Navy:
Fire Controlman 2nd Class Jody
Powell ensures a ladder well is
clear during a visit, board,
search and seizure training
exercise.;
U.S.
2nd Fleet to Disestablish Sept.
30;
USS Russell Arrives in Gan,
Maldives;
US, Royal Brunei Navy
Return to Sea for CARAT 2011
Exercise;
US 2nd Fleet Disestablishes,
Merges with Fleet Forces Command;
Headlines From Around the Fleet;
Navy Tests New Electromagnetic
Aircraft Launcher
September
30, 2011
Updated
Reunion Listings
News From Today's Navy:
Sailors perform preservation
maintenance aboard USS Arleigh
Burke (DDG 51).;
The Leap Frogs perform during
the 14th Annual Coronado Speed
Festival at Naval Air Station North
Island;
Sailors heave a fuel line aboard
the guided-missile destroyer USS
Halsey (DDG 97) during a
replenishment at sea with the
Military Sealift Command fleet
replenishment oiler USNS
Guadalupe (T-AO 200).;
NAVSUP Announces 2011 Holiday Season Mailing Dates;
CNO Releases Sailing Directions;
Constitution Sailors Teach Naval
History to Middle School
Students;
The Office of Naval
Research-sponsored tactical
satellite IV (TacSat-4)
lifts-off from the Alaskan
Aerospace Corporation's Kodiak
Launch Complex aboard a Minotaur
IV+ launch vehicle.;
Constitution Sailors Support
Caps for Kids during
New England Navy
Week;
Military Sealift Command Accepts
Navy's Newest Ship, USNS William
McLean;
Spruance Sailors Spruce Up
Southernmost City;
Navy to Commission New Guided
Missile Destroyer Spruance;
Lone Sailor Awards Honor
Distinguished Sea Service
Veterans;
Sailors assigned to the visit,
board, search and seizure team
aboard USS Sterett (DDG 104)
make an approach to a high
visibility vessel during a
training scenario.;
DLA Energy Commander Passes Away;
U.S.
2nd Fleet to Disestablish Sept.
30;
Headlines From Around the Fleet;
Pre-Commissioning Unit Spruance
(DDG 111) Pioneers Latest
Technology
News From
HNSA:
After Winning Coveted Shuttle,
Museum Changes the Plan for It;
Seaport Museum 'Vastly'
Overspent, New Manager Says;
Plan to reinvent IMS Vikrant
ready to take off
September
29, 2011
News From Today's Navy:
Sailors assigned to USS
Constitution demonstrate a
boarding pike drill at Eastern
States Exposition.;
US,
Bangladesh
Navies Complete At-Sea Portion
of CARAT Bangladesh;
USS Constitution Sailors
Participate in New England Navy Week;
USS Spruance Arrives in Key West For Commissioning Ceremony;
The Ticonderoga-class
guided-missile cruiser
USS Cape St. George
(CG 71) leads U.S. ships.;
DDG 51 Class Ship Construction
Contract Awards Announced;
Adm. Jonathan Greenert Becomes
30th Chief of Naval Operations;
Headlines From Around the Fleet
Reunions in Review:
USS Turner (DDR-834);
USS Murray (DD/DDE-576);
USS Rathburne (FF-1057);
USS Hickox (DD-673);
USS Grand Canyon (AD/AR-28);
USS O'Bannon (DD-450);
USS John R. Craig (DD-885);
USS Maddox (DD-731);
USS Sproston (DD/DDE-577);
USS Hale (DD-642);
USS Strong (DD-758/467);
USS Haynsworth (DD-700);
Newport Dealeys;
USS Myles C. Fox (DD/DDR-829);
USS Zellars (DD-777);
Destroyer Leader Association;
USS John S. McCain (DL-3/DDG-36)
September
27, 2011
Shipmate Registry
updated (604 entries added)
News From Today's Navy:
The MK-45 5 inch/54-caliber
lightweight gun of the
guided-missile destroyer USS
Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) is fired
during a live-fire exercise.;
The Arleigh Burke-class
guided-missile destroyer USS
Stockdale (DDG 106) leads a
formation of ships from the Carl
Vinson Carrier Strike Group;
2011 - 2012 Influenza
Vaccination Season Underway;
Headlines From Around the Fleet;
Navy Successfully Conducts DDG
1000 Round Testing;
The guided-missile destroyer
pre-commissioning unit (PCU)
Spruance (DDG 111) arrives at
Naval Air Station Key West for
its formal commissioning
ceremony to be held Oct. 1.;
Chief of Naval Operations (CNO)
Adm. Gary Roughead is relieved
by Adm. Jonathan Greenert at a
change of office ceremony;
Chief of Naval Operations (CNO)
Adm. Jonathan Greenert stands
beside Secretary of the Navy
(SECNAV) the Honorable Ray Mabus;
Navy Bids Roughead Farewell,
Greenert Takes Helm;
New CNO Admiral Jonathan
Greenert Sends a Message to the
Fleet;
Navy Memorial Hosts 24th Annual
Lone Sailor Awards Dinner
Updated
Tributes
September
26, 2011
Add Tin Can Sailor
histories for
USS Laffey (DD-724),
USS Walter X. Young
(DE-715/APD-131),
USS Stribling (DD-867) and
USS John A. Bole (DD-755)
News From Today's Navy:
Crew members aboard USS New York
(LPD 21) man the rails and
present honors while passing The
World Trade Center and the
National September 11 Memorial
and Museum as the ship arrives
in
Manhattan.;
USS Carr Completes Visit to
Murmansk;
US And Italian Military And
Community Members Remember Lt.
Vincent Capodanno;
Samuel B. Roberts Participates
in Leadership Exchange at
Africa
Partnership Station;
Samuel
B.
Roberts
Sailors Paint
School in Mauritius;
Headlines From Around the Fleet;
USS Samuel B. Roberts Departs
Mauritius;
Samuel B. Roberts Graduates 25
Mauritians at APS East Hub;
Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV)
the Honorable Ray Mabus, middle,
and Milwaukee, Wis.,
Mayor Tom Barrett, right,
announce that the fifth littoral
combat ship will be named USS
Milwaukee (LCS 5).;
SECNAV Celebrates USS Milwaukee
with Hometown Crowd;
SECNAV Visits NSWC Crane;
U.S.
3rd Fleet Participating in
San Francisco
Fleet Week;
LCS Boasts High Promotion Rate
to CPO;
USS Thach Returns to
San Diego
from Deployment;
Message in a Bottle Found During
Beach Cleanup;
USS Wayne E. Meyer Commanding
Officer Welcomes Father Aboard
His Ship Off Philippine Coast;
Headlines From Around the Fleet;
Medal of Honor recipient former
Marine Corps Sgt. Dakota Meyer,
2nd from left, is recognized by
Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV)
the Honorable Ray Mabus.;
Ship's Serviceman 2nd Class
Nimitz Martin, assigned to the
guided-missile frigate USS Thach
(FFG 43), hugs his son after
returning from a six-month
deployment.;
U.S.,
Bangladesh
Launch First CARAT Naval
Exercise;
USS Boone Returns from Twilight
Deployment;
USS Carr Completes 6th Fleet
Deployment;
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Repealed;
Destroyer Squadron 26 Departs
for Joint Warrior 11-2;
Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Is
Complete;
Headlines From Around the Fleet;
USS Stockdale Holds Memorial
Ceremony in Honor of Namesake;
F-35B Test Pilots Start
Certifying for Initial Ship
Trials;
NROTC Opens Harvard Office
September
25, 2011
Added link for
USS O'Brien (DD-725)
September
23, 2011
Add Tin Can Sailor
Histories for
USS Power (DD-839) and
USS Weeden (DE-797)
Added links for
Kilroy Was Here,
Vietnam War 50th and
USS Leary (DDR-879)
News From Today's Navy:
Chief selectees arrive at the
USS Constitution;
US Navy, JMSDF Conduct Joint
Firefighting Training;
Longest Serving Navy SEAL Passes
on Legacy Title;
PANAMAX 2011 Comes to a Close;
USS Thach Completes PANAMAX 2011;
The guided-missile destroyer USS
Chung-Hoon (DDG 93), front
center, leads a formation of U.S. and Republic of Singapore
navy ships during Cooperation
Afloat Readiness and Training
(CARAT) Singapore 2011.;
Ships are safely moored at Naval
Station Norfolk as Hurricane
Irene passes over the area.;
USS Samuel B. Roberts Arrives in
Mozambique;
USS Carr Departs Scotland, Arrives in Norway;
USS Samuel B. Roberts Departs
Mozambique;
Spruance Begins Maiden Voyage;
Norwegian Army Visits USS Carr;
USS Russell Departs Joint Base
Pearl Harbor-Hickam;
Samuel B. Roberts Helps Girlsī
Shelter in
Maputo;
All Sortied Ships Returned to
Hampton
Roads;
The littoral combat ship USS
Independence (LCS-2) is moored
in
St. Petersburg.;
Lt. Cameron Mackley, electronic
materiials officer aboard the
littoral combat ship USS
Independence (LCS 2), explains
the roles and responsibilities
of bridge watch standers to Boy
Scout Troop 135.;
John C. Stennis Strike Group
Visits Port
Klang;
USS
Thach Departs
El Salvador;
Headlines From Around the Fleet;
USS Samuel B. Roberts Arrives in
Port Louis, Mauritius;
Aviation Boatswain's Mate
(Equipment) Airman Columbus
Heard Jr. relays a message on
the flight deck of the
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70).;
AHM Looking at 89 Years;
Members of a U.S. Navy
ceremonial guard fire a rifle
volley during the 66th
anniversary of the End of World
War II commemoration ceremony
aboard the Battleship Missouri.;
CNO Talks About His Career;
Photo of the Day
News From HNSA:
Yorktown to stay put for repairs;
Brady staying in charge of
Independence
Seaport
Museum
September
20,
2011
Updated
Reunion Listings
Updated
Tributes
September 19, 2011
Reunions in Review:
USS Irwin (DD-794)
News From Today's Navy:
The guided-missile frigate USS
Nicholas (FFG 47) passes the
guided-missile frigate USS
Kauffmann (FFG 59) as it departs
Naval Station Norfolk ahead of
Hurricane Irene.;
The Arleigh Burke-class
guided-missile destroyers USS
Jason Dunham (DDG 109), left,
and USS Winston S. Churchill
(DDG 81) depart Naval Station
Norfolk ahead of Hurricane
Irene.;
Sailors assigned to the
guided-missile destroyer USS
Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) load
supplies as the ship makes ready
to sortie ahead of Hurricane
Irene.
September 16, 2011
News From Today's Navy:
Naval
Station
Guantanamo Bay
Weathers Hurricane Irene;
NPC Announces Updated Phase I
ERB Quotas
September 15, 2011
Updated
Tributes
September 14, 2011
Updated link for:
USS John W. Thomason (DD-760)
News From HNSA:
USS Iowa to be museum at Port of
Los Angeles;
USS Cairo gets her just rewards;
Effort to relocate carrier JFK
under way
September 13, 2011
Updated
Tributes
September 7, 2011
Reunions in Review:
USS Massey (DD-778);
USS Lewis (DE-535)
Tin Can Trivia: Announced
August's winner and added
September's question.
September
1, 2011
Reunions in Review:
USS DuPont (DD-941)
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