How Many Shellbacks In This Group Uss Ashtabula Ao-51

[licketdsplit756]

Sept 25 1975 To Sept 29 1979 Stationed In Pearl Harbor. All These Sailors In Here. Your Not A True Sailor Unless You Have Become A Shellback..we All Know What That Is About??. She Was Decomissoned In 1981 And Was Torpedoed And Sank In The Pacific Ocean.done 4 West Packs On Here. We Wont Talk About The Philippines Lol

 

[SS MAYFLOAT]

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I was in the navy and I'm not a shellback, but it equates to me!

 

[12Footer]

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AO-51 Shellback Greetings, bro!!!!!!!!!!! Small world! Squid here from 69-71 ,but I only served on Ashtabula for one 3 month deployment in '71... You just answered a nagging question I had about where She went (Pearl) in '75..I had heard that, but didn't know for sure. Was "Happy Ash", that always emtpy ice machine still keeping his post in '75?

 

[decilpawpaw@aol.com]

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Sept 25 1975 To Sept 29 1979 Stationed In Pearl Harbor. All These Sailors In Here. Your Not A True Sailor Unless You Have Become A Shellback..we All Know What That Is About??. She Was Decomissoned In 1981 And Was Torpedoed And Sank In The Pacific Ocean.done 4 West Packs On Here. We Wont Talk About The Philippines Lol

I WAS ON THE USS ENTERPRISE DURING THE WORLD CRUISE, IM A SHELLBACK AND A GOLDEN DRAGON

 

[jimyoung]

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Go Gator Navy!!!!!!!! USS Ogden LPD 5......73-77, shellback in 74 underway for Australia( home of drunken Aussies and beeeutiful women)........Olongapo City...... Grandy Island.....Subic bay......enuf said!

 

[12Footer]

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And the loverly aroma and taste of BALU! Nummy stuff!!

My memories of the Philipines are a haze -- but then again, they were quite foggy at the time, too ('cept for that smell of balu). I can still smell it. Oh wait -- I still have my dirty socks on.

 

[licketdsplit756]

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12 Footer Good To Hear From Someone Who Was Aboard Her. Shes At The Bottom Of The Pacific Now. As Soon As I Get Moved In And Unpacked I Got Pics Of The Big Smiley Face On Her. Also Others If Ya Like Ill Send Them To Ya. Remind Me From Time To Time As I Forget Where I Sat Last Sometimes Lol.

 

[12Footer]

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It sure is good to hear from someone who walked the same decks, isn't it?
I had a shipmate in town, and even werked with him for about a year, but he moved-on. He told me that he thought the Ash was working from Pearl, but he wasn't sure. That was around 1980 or so.

Thanks, bro. I really would appreciate those pics a lot. I had a bunch of pics and memrabillia stuff, but tossed it very early-on. My exit from the USN was not a memory I wanted to harbor at the time. Still a sore subject at family reunions. We live and learn tho.

 

[treedancer]

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Next time your in So.Cal., might want to check this place out.



http://www.shellbacktavern.com/

 

[RussianBlue]

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WOW...I realize I'm way behind the power curve on this thread but I just found this site yesterday and saw the Ashtabula. I felt I just had to answer.

I was on the Ash from 74 - 76. Made the 75 cruise but we never crossed the line and I had to leave her a Wog. Finally crossed the line on the Connie CV64 a few years later so, yes, I'm an honorable Shellback.

There's a few sites online that have pics of her being sunk. She put up a heck of a fight and had to be finished by individually placed explosives. If anyone wants (if anyone reads this) I'll be glad to pass along some URLs. By the way, I was right out of boot camp and A school waiting for her on the pier at Pearl Harbor in July 74 when she crossed the pond from Long Beach to make PH her new homeport. I loved the ship hated Hawaii.

 

[FishyFish]

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Shellback, 1971, U.S.S Gurkee, DD783.

 

[itsaboattime]

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Was never on the Ashtabula but was stationed aboard the USS Merrill (DD976). Became a trusty shellback in 1987.

 

[Barnacle_Bill]

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Crossed the line while serving on the USS Blue Ridge in the early 70's.

 

[dawn schall]

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[Thalasso]

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Nice to see there are some real Navy vets here. Was stationed at Wiawa (Spelling) Naval tracking station before going to Mare Island and then Nam.Scofield ( spelling) barracks were $1.00 a night when we got to go downtown.

 

[Thalasso]

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Next time your in So.Cal., might want to check this place out.



http://www.shellbacktavern.com/

Heinz catchup in Calif.???? Was stationed at Point Loma on sub tenders. USS. Speery

 

[brewern]

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Ex Army here, but my father was on the USS Springfield CLG-7 in the late 60's and early 70's. I was born in '71, and he was stationed in Naples, Italy then. His birthday is next week and I just received his birthday present in the mail.


"This photo originates from the archives of the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Daily News, Detroit News, and Sport Magazine. Most photos have never been seen by the public."

http://www.ebay.com/itm/150682592090

Hopefully he'll enjoy it! If there are any other USS Springfield members out there, let me know. My dad organizes the annual reunion, I can put you in touch with him.

Go ARMY!