50 years ago today.

And the NAVY is still trying to recover after your stint as a tincan storekeeper...

Well done. Carry on.
 
Fifty years ago I was 14 going on 15, March 1st and lived in Turley Oklahoma. I always carried at least one concealed knife, most usually a fixed blade, and knew how to use it.
I wasn't a bad ass but had the rep of one and that kept me out of more trouble than can be imagined.
It was along about this time, earlier in the year, that a bigger cat from SoCal put me on the ground, raised a chain over his head and told me that I was toast. I said, "You had best look down." When he did he saw the knife poised at his gut and got off of me while saying he was just kidding. I said, "Yeah, I was too." but I wasn't. I'd of cut him like a hog.:(
Glad those days are long over.:D
 
I don't understand speeches in the middle of a knife fight. Too much TV for bad guys, where they get their best lines?




munk
 
Fifty years ago my parents got married. I came later by the way. Five years to be exact. Guess they weren't in a big hurry. Probably would have been in less of a hurry had they known,,,
 
50 years ago today my mom was not quite one month old(thursday) and my dad hadn't been born yet by 8 months and a few days. :)
 
You're right, John. The NAVY has never been the same.

The USS Warrington DD 843 (how many times did I type this?) where I spent my two years before the mast helped start the Viet Nam war in the Gulf of Tonkin. I've heard she was the only US warship to take damage and casualties. Ended up being sold to Taiwan so I'm told and is probably distributed to far reaches of the Earth as razor blades. She's long gone but not me. Karma.
 
50yrs ago!! I don't even want to remember.Navy can survive anything!!
You were a hard charger that knew everything:D John was lean could "fit" in his jet then(not now,no way!!hee!Oh yeah,he was an OFFICER,& thought he knew everything!:D Both good men & good friends!
THE SAINT!
 
Fifty years ago my parents were next door sweethearts.
And Dad had been in Korea about this period.
[Air Force radio-man I believe]
 
Some statistics:
U.S.S. Warrington DD-843
Builder Bath Iron Works Bath, Maine
Laid Down April 23rd, 1945
Launched September 27th, 1945 Launching Photo
courtesy of Angelo Trento
Commissioned December 20th, 1945
F.R.A.M. (Level I) Completed May, 1962 N. Y. Naval Shipyard New York, NY
Stricken from Navy List July 17th, 1972 mined Sold 24 April 1973,
to the Taiwan Navy
for cannibalization
and scrapping
DISPLACEMENT 1946 1962
Full Load 3,479 tons 3,540 tons
MAXIMUM SPEED
Full Load 34.6 knots 31.3 knots
SHIP'S COMPLEMENT
OFFICERS 22 18
ENLISTED 345 270
ARMAMENT
GUNS / SURFACE 1945 1952 1962
5" /38 Twin 6 6 4
3" /50 Twin - 4 -
3" /50 Single - 2 -
40mm Quad 12 - -
40 mm Twin 4 - -
20 mm Twin 18 - -
TORPEDO
21" Quintuple 5 5 -
ANTI-SUBMARINE WEAPONS
Hedgehog Mark 11 - 2 -
Depth Charge Tracks (Rails) 2 1 -
Depth Charge Projectors 6 6 -
Mark 32 Torpedoes - - 6
ASROC (AntiSubmarine Rocket) - - 8
DASH (Drone AntiSubmarine Helicopter) - - 1
THE SHIP
DIMENSIONS
Overall Length 390' 6"
Waterline Length 383' 0"
Maximum Beam 41' 1"
Frame Spacing 21" 210 frames
Designed Draft 13' 1"
Maximum Draft 18' 6"
MACHINERY
Boilers 2 forward
and 2 aft B & W single drum express
Pressure 600 psi
Temperature 855° F.
Steam 100,000 lbs/hour superheated
Turbines Two sets Westinghouse geared
Reduction Two sets DeLaval double reduction
Shaft Revolutions 312 rpm
Horsepower 60,000
Propellers Two four bladed
Diameter 12' 6"
Rudders Two balanced streamlined
Fuel Oil 739 tons, or
300,000 gallons bunker C
Diesel Oil 26.5 tons
 
Fifty years ago I was hoping to make it to my senior year in high school. Being young and dumb can really take it's toll. :) :)

ferguson--Please tell me what site you found the pic on. Several of us ex Navy vets have been looking to no avail--Thanks
:) :) :)
 
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