Warranty replacement of a 340 in 1970

Double M said

Chief,

A little off subject, but which ship were you on? I sailed from San Diego around July, August 1969, hit New Zealand for thier Cap't Cook Bicentennial, and then joined the Gulf of Tonkin Yacht Club. Returned to Diego late March, maybe early April 1970. I know we crossed the international date line on March 13th, which made the third Friday the 13th we had in two months. At some point our ships must have worked together?

I was QM3 aboard the Hoel, DDG 13.

Russ.

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Russ,

No problem, dialogue is dialogue. Actually I am writing in such detail to encourage response. Now to your question. I was on the USS Blue DD744, Desron 9 homeported in Long Beach. I remember the Hoel saw her many times. I was a FTG3, (Gun Fire Control Tech. for those of you who may read this and are not familiar with USN Rate/Ratings) I don't remember any specific instances though we surely ran across one another at sometime. The Blue's radio call was Gold Eagle, sometimes bastardized as Brass Chicken. I've attached a photo of the Blue taken during Unrep during that cruise and a picture of the ships patch.

Stan