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"The service and protection provided by the crew of the USS Yorktown is our gift to all Americans."Get out of the way of the "Fighting Lady" "The Lucky Y" ~~~~ 472 enemy planes shot down; ~~~~ 199 ships sunk,~~~~ 1,886 planes damaged, ~~~~ 329 enemy ships damaged, ~~~~ WWII, bombing the heart of Tokyo and numerous other targets, ~~~~ Sinking the largest Battleship ever built ~~~~ For every Yorktown plane lost there were 11.5 enemy planes lost or damaged; ~~~~ Korean War, Vietnam War, Cold War on Worldwide Communism; ~~~~ Recovering the First Astronauts to Travel to the Moon; ~~~~ South America Cruise, North Atlantic NATO cruise, Hollywood movies and television appearances; ~~~~ America's Grey Diplomat for over 200,000 sea miles~~~~~~~~~~ UNCLE SAM GOT HIS MONEY'S WORTH WITH THE SHIP AND CREW OF THE USS YORKTOWN!~~~~~~~~~Official US Navy Photographs made by US Navy Photographers Mates

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"special weapons" mean VERY BIG BOOM BOOM (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) Thomas L. Adams GMT2 “W” Division, Sat Jul 4 11:49am

I was on the Yorktown from September 1964 to August 1967. I left there as a Gunners Mate Technician Second Class. I was assigned to “W” Division, Special Weapons and worked with the Marine Detachment. I knew Ray and have a cruise book from the ’64-’65 WestPac Cruise where there is a photo of Ray (although you can’t... more

Special Weapons Locker (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) R.G. Wells, 1953-4 Cruise, Sun Jul 5 8:01am
Special Weapons Locker (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) R.G. Wells, 1953-4 Cruise, Sun Jul 5 8:00am

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'you might be an officer BUT YUR ALL WET!!" (New Topic? Then start a New Thread)

, Thu Jul 2 2:54pm

TYPHOON ON FANTAIL? INDIAN OCEAN (July 1, 2009) Newly promoted officers get soaked during a "Wetting Down" portion of a promotion ceremony on the fantail of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). "Wetting Down" is when officers throw buckets of water at newly promoted officers to celebrate their new rank.... more

I remember "tacking on the crow" ceremony (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) dan PH2 USS Yorktown 68 to 78, Thu Jul 2 2:56pm
- Pinning of Stripes (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) Ray Buss-MarDet-64-66, Fri Jul 3 6:15pm
- - Cpl Buss (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) R.G. Wells, , Sat Jul 4 8:27am
  - - video i saw, Seals PINNING on w/o clasps (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) dan, Sat Jul 4 11:47am
    - - Pussies on the battlefienld. (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) R.G. Wells, observer, Sat Jul 4 1:58pm
- striking the crow? (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) R.G. Wells, Petty Officer, Fri Jul 3 6:50am
- - tacking on the crow~Navy tradition in the sixties? (nm) (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) dan United States Navy 1966-1970, Fri Jul 3 10:27am
  - - Tacking on the Crow (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) R.G. Wells, Old Navy, Fri Jul 3 11:01am

Medal of Honor (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty, Fri Jul 3 11:56am

Ed Freeman It is November 14, 1965. You’re a 19 year old kid, critically wounded, and dying in the jungle of the Ia Drang Valley, LZ X-ray, Vietnam. Your infantry unit is outnumbered eight to one and the enemy fire is so intense, from only 100 or 200 yards away, that your own Infantry Commander has ordered the... more

obama~fags in the Navy is 'a-comin' (SPLASH, SPLASH) (New Topic? Then start a New Thread)

, Wed Jul 1 6:14pm

Obama tells gay activists: Trust me President Barack Obama's unprecedented White House celebration of the four-decades-long struggle of gay Americans for full equality hit all the right notes, including the host's acknowledgement that politicians' pretty words are no substitute for getting rid of discriminatory laws.... more

goofy president (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) R.G. Wells, disgusted, Thu Jul 2 7:21am
- I don't deserve CIC zero-bama (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) dan, USS Yorktown 68 to 70, Thu Jul 2 11:15am
straight male, femaleAND homo male/female heads? (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) , Wed Jul 1 6:16pm

Yorktown's sister ship to get some sprucing up (New Topic? Then start a New Thread)

, Tue Jun 30 6:55pm

The S.C. Budget and Control Board today signed off a $9.2 million loan for repairs to the USS Laffey, a destroyer at Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum. The Patriots Point Development Authority is concerned that the Laffey, which fought in both the European and Pacific theaters in World War II, could sink at the ... more

U.S.S. YORKTOWN HARBOR CRUISE (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) AL LARIVEE:B: DIV # 4 FIREROOM 1961-63, Wed Jul 1 1:23pm
I say SINK the damn thing (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) dan, likes big fireworks display, Tue Jun 30 6:56pm
- Sink WHAT? Which? HOW? (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) R.G. Wells, inquirer, Wed Jul 1 7:21am
- - first make him Capt so he'll go down with the ship (nm) (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) dan, Wed Jul 1 1:05pm
- sink her ? (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) izzy izard bt3 b div. 64-68 , Wed Jul 1 12:21am
- - Izzy makes a good point, she'll keep bobbing to surface (nm) (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) dan, Wed Jul 1 1:06pm

Will USA go to war to help Iranian rebels? (New Topic? Then start a New Thread)

street killing, Sun Jun 28 1:03pm

Obama said in his latest hem-hawing, foreign policy bloviating, what-the-hell-is-he-talkin’-about press conference that “we need to have a vigorous debate” regarding Iran’s current tyrannical Muslim-based governmental crushing of young people who desire a touch of freedom. We need to debate? “We” who, B Hussein Obama? ... more

Iran (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) R.G. Wells, observer, Mon Jun 29 7:08am
- Iran's gov't by revolution HOW REVOLTING! (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) dan~junior political observer, Mon Jun 29 9:18pm
- - Eye-talians? (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) R.G. Wells, First Generation Sician, Mon Jun 29 9:46pm
  - - misspelling (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) Riccardo Gueli, Tue Jun 30 12:11am
    - Willie and Joe (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) dan~reader of old books, Mon Jun 29 11:55pm
    - - old books (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) R.G. Wells, avid reader, collector, Tue Jun 30 12:13am
      - willie and joe book (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) R.G. Wells, favorite cartoon, Tue Jun 30 12:07am
      - Its on the internets-its a big time favoraite (nm) (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) , Tue Jun 30 9:40am

"Hijack this raghead!" (New Topic? Then start a New Thread)

, Mon Jun 29 9:00pm

Fire Controlman 2nd Class Eric Brown stands safety watch aboard the guided-missile frigate USS Kauffman (FFG 59) during live-fire exercises off the coast of Chile as part of the Chilean-hosted naval exercise Teamwork South 2009. Kauffman is on a four-month deployment to Latin America and the Caribbean as part of... more

Hey NKorea-we got nukes of our own! (New Topic? Then start a New Thread)

, Thu Jun 25 9:45am

USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) is underway off the coast of Alaska. John C. Stennis and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 are participating in Northern Edge 2009, a joint exercise focusing on detecting and tracking units at sea, in the air and on land. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Josue L.... more

Future Commander in Chief Sarah Palin visits US NAVY at sea (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) , Thu Jun 25 5:20pm
- Palin "dressed as a slutty flight deck crew member" (nm) (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) David Letterman CBS LATE Show, Thu Jun 25 10:55pm
- - Meanwhile in the Atlantic on the USS Truman (nm) (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) , Fri Jun 26 2:24pm
is nuclear NKorean and Iran THE END OF THE WORLD? (nm) (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) dan, 60 years old this year, Thu Jun 25 9:46am

Racial Discrimination at US Navy Academy (New Topic? Then start a New Thread)

, Mon Jun 22 7:00pm

Naval Academy has lower standards for racial minorities: professor NAVY TIMES/GNS The Naval Academy’s emphasis on creating a more diverse brigade of midshipmen has led to an admissions process that unofficially but effectively sets up separate tracks for white and nonwhite applicants in violation of federal law, one... more

dumbing down the Navy (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) R.G. Wells, observer, Tue Jun 23 8:02am
future sailors will DIE because of unqualified officers (nm) (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) dan~proud enlisted man 66 to 70, Mon Jun 22 7:03pm
- incompetent officers (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) R.G. Wells, Observer, Tue Jun 23 8:04am

Plane crash witnesses sought ... from 50 years ago (New Topic? Then start a New Thread)

, Sun Jun 21 5:45pm

a mission on behalf of dead pilot and his survivors ~Yorktown vet dies~still need answers~ The story of what Debbie Harris found on the beach on the Fort Morgan peninsula has been documented recently in newspapers and on television in places as faraway as California. Cmdr. Robert N. Glasgow as he appeared in 1957, a... more

partiality (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) R.G. Wells, Navy enlisted, Mon Jun 22 10:25am
- same thing w/ explosion on battleship-blame enlisted man (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) , Mon Jun 22 2:52pm
- - Blame the white hat (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) R.G. Wells, White hat, Mon Jun 22 3:01pm

The day the "chickenshit" DIED in the US Navy (New Topic? Then start a New Thread)

, Sun Jun 21 8:11pm

Z-gram # 57 (Elimination of Demeaning or Abrasive Regulations), 10 November 1970 FROM: CNO {Z-57} TO: NAVOP UNCLAS //NO1100// 102157Z NOV 70 DEMEANING OR ABRASIVE REGULATIONS, ELIMINATION OF 1. THOSE DEMEANING OR ABRASIVE REGULATIONS GENERALLY REFERRED TO IN THE FLEET AS "MICKEY MOUSE" OR "CHICKEN SHIT" REGS HAVE, IN... more

Marine reservist pleads guilty to leaking intelligence docum (New Topic? Then start a New Thread)

, Fri Jun 12 12:01pm

Gunnery Sgt. Eric Froboese admits in a plea deal to giving information to a Los Angeles County sheriff's detective, also a reservist, for use by a multi-agency anti-terrorism task force. By Tony Perry June 12, 2009 Reporting from Camp Pendleton -- A Marine gunnery sergeant pleaded guilty Thursday to leaking secret... more

I said, TURN TO YOU LAZY SONS OF BITCHES!!! (New Topic? Then start a New Thread)

, Wed Jun 10 1:34am

Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Equipment) 1st Class Roy Diaz "signals" flight deck personnel during pre-launch checks aboard aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). The Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations as part of a regularly scheduled deployment in support of ... more

tell me about the meanest petty officer you've ever had (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) dan, lowly airman apprentice, Wed Jun 10 3:45pm
- meanest petty officer (to another sailor) (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) dan, lowly airman apprentice, Wed Jun 10 8:39pm
- (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) denied second strip by asshole Chief PO, Wed Jun 10 3:48pm

NO SENATOR, I'm an admiral with SHIPS that float on da water (New Topic? Then start a New Thread)

, Wed Jun 10 1:38am

Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Gary Roughead, left, and Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) the Honorable Ray Mabus testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee during the defense authorization request for the fiscal year 2010 budget request. (U. S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tiffini... more

"STICK that chest out sailor!" (New Topic? Then start a New Thread)

, Mon Jun 8 9:35am

Finalists of the Chief of Naval Operations Shore Activities Sailor of the Year, Store Keeper 1st Class Kesha McKibben and Religious Program Specialist 1st Class Chasity M. Morales, are introduced to the official party during the announcement ceremony at the Pentagon. Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Gary Roughead... more

RUNNER UP in Miss US Navy Asset contest (nm) (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) , Mon Jun 8 9:39am
- RUNNER UP, MY A**! (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) AL LARIVEE "B" DIV # 4 FIREROOM 1961-63, Tue Jun 9 6:21pm

CIC Obama's hostility toward military warriors (New Topic? Then start a New Thread)

, Mon Jun 8 9:50am

Hours after a doctor specializing in partial-birth abortions was slain, both Obama and U.S. Attorney-General Eric Holder issued statements strongly condemning the killing. Further, Holder deployed scores of U.S. Marshals to protect abortion clinics nationwide. The emphatic denunciation of this slaying differed wildly... more

Mourning Pvt. Long (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) , Mon Jun 8 10:39am
- JIHADISTS crash Private's memorial service (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) VIDEO, Mon Jun 8 11:57am
- - Protestor (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) R.G. Wells, photographer, Tue Jun 9 4:57am
  - - she has a good point! (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) dan, historian, Tue Jun 9 2:30pm

Back to the beachheads: D-Day veterans return to Normandy (New Topic? Then start a New Thread)

, Fri Jun 5 10:31am

Back to the beachheads: D-Day veterans return to Normandy NORMANDY, France — At 2:38 a.m. on June 6, 1944, American infantryman John Marr parachuted into an area where floodgates had been opened by German forces and landed in cold water up to his armpits. No one was in sight. After struggling out of his chute harness, ... more

PFC John Nuzzo (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) Richard G. Wells, Sat Jun 6 8:15am
- Ask a veteran (before its too late) (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) dan, chief master at arms YORKTOWNSAILOR.COM, Sat Jun 6 9:06pm
- - ask a veteran (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) R.G. Wells, listener, Sun Jun 7 8:23am
President Ronald Reagans Speech at Point-du-Hoc, Normandy (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) , Fri Jun 5 10:39am

Welcome to HELL (Part Two) (New Topic? Then start a New Thread)

, Tue Jun 2 4:19pm

Chief Machinery Repairman Miguel Parayno, leads navy recruits in hose handling training during a simulated engine room fire at Great Lakes Recruit Training Command. Parayno and the rest of the firefighting staff train approximately 1,200 recruits each week. (U.S. Navy photo by Sue Jopek/Released)

(New Topic? Then start a New Thread) ., Wed Jun 3 9:22pm
What the shit does FFTD stand for? (nm) (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) dan, I am curious, red, Tue Jun 2 4:20pm
- FFTD~"fighting fires till doomsday" ? (nm) (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) Anonymous, Tue Jun 2 4:21pm
- - "french-fries, tomatoes...DELICIOUS!" (nm) (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) Anonymous, Tue Jun 2 5:54pm
  - - fire fighting training division, you dumb asses (nm) (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) Anonymous, Tue Jun 2 5:55pm
    - - FIRE FIGHTING TRAINING DETAIL? (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) AL LARIVEE"B" DIV # 4 FIREROOM 1961-63, Wed Jun 3 10:06am

Terrorism in the USA kills boot soldier by Muslim Terrorist (New Topic? Then start a New Thread)

, Tue Jun 2 11:07am

Recruiting Center Shooting Suspect Pleads Not Guilty, Held Without Bail A recent convert to Islam accused of having "political and religious motives" in a deadly Arkansas military center shooting pleaded not guilty Tuesday and was ordered held without bail. One soldier just out of basic training died and another was... more

blackout; Obama & press NO terror murder of US soldier? (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) , Wed Jun 3 12:12pm
Missing from main stream news media-read it here & FOX (nm) (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) dan, journalist for 45 years, Tue Jun 2 11:08am

Yorktown's final portcall~finalists for Patriots Point (New Topic? Then start a New Thread)

, Wed Jun 3 10:30am

Consulting companies now to be interviewed to devise master plan for development When the Patriots Point Development Authority literally opened the hatch after spending nearly five hours in a closed meeting onboard the aircraft carrier Yorktown on Tuesday, the group emerged with a short list of companies that are... more

Suggest Yorktown harbor cruise for $50 each (New Topic? Then start a New Thread) Dan~totally impractical at times, Wed Jun 3 10:34am

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