USS SOMERS
(DD-381/DD-947/DDG-34) (Photos courtesy of Chas Murtomaki, David Anderson and Jack Grubb) |
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Hello Bob, Deleting unwanted files on my computer I found the following sent to me by Dave Anderson almost two years ago. I don't know if he sent any of these photos to you, but might be something to share with other Somers crew. Hope all is well for you
Jack Grubb
Hi Dave,
Here are some pictures which
I know you will find
interesting which I had
collected at the time and
kept in my cruise book copy.
The picture of the submarine
periscope: I was up on the
focsle one afternoon in
March '65 up in the gulf and
heard we had a sonar
contact. I hot-footed it
down and sure enough our
sonar watch, it very well
may have been you, had
gained a strong contact
classified as a possible
submarine at 18,000 to
20,000 yards - great sonar
conditions up there in the
gulf that day - and we
headed over to it. After
circling and prosecuting the
contact for several minutes
and trying to establish
communications on Gertrude,
they finally answered back
in a disgusted manner
something like, "this is the
Redfish and we're on a
mission", as if to say
"leave us alone"! They did
then come up to periscope
depth and this picture was
taken. For all we knew at
the time, it could have been
a Russian submarine or from
some other foreign nation.
Awards ceremony, I don't
remember where or when on
the cruise: Steve Miller,
Bob Jones, Robert Long RD2,
yours truly, and an RD I
can't remember standing in
front of Capt. Vereen. The
reason was the ASW Team
performance at "Condition
1AS" out of Pearl Harbor
when we got the ASW "A".
Stbd Hedgehog Mount: Looks
like you, Frank Parmater,
and Bob Jones were putting
the canvas cover over the
control panel while I stood
back and watched carefully!
The Sonar Gang photo in
Yokosuka: Bob Jones had
been to the Navy Exchange
and learned the Photo Shop
there would take group
pictures in a Japanese
setting, so he talked us
into it. So we trooped on
over, each donned our choice
of kimono, got arranged
properly and here is the
result. After my initial
reluctance, I'm glad we did
as it is a great
remembrance. The only one
missing is John Harrington,
STG-3 and I believe he had
been transferred. The two
new fellows in the gang on
either side of Paul Jacobs
and yourself were Jackson
Kent and James Scholtes.
So there it is, Dave; more
memorabilia for you
Murt
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