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What The Hell Flag Signal
On the bridge of the Rosy one afternoon we had a mix up of signals between us and and the bridge of an escort destroyer regarding their approach…they were going to refuel from us. A U.S. Navy destroyer...
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The In-Port Watch on a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier in the Sixties
USS F. D. ROOSEVELT (CVA 42). Author’s note: this “blog” was actually written in 1963 while I was the Asst. Navigator for the USS F. D. ROOSEVELT (CVA-42). It is dedicated to friends who also served...
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Soot, as a weapon? Recalling the Mediterranean Cold War in the Sixties
USS F. D. ROOSEVELT (CVA 42) underway in the Mediterranean. The “light grey haze” coming from the stacks when the boilers were operating at the right settings, changed to black, sooty clouds when the...
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