[Old Teufel Hunden]

"I remember Tripoli well."

Semper Fi, she was a good ship. I never thought of myself as "old corps" but out of the five ships I did deployments on, there is only one still commisioned. The U.S.S. Dubuque. And I've read recently that it is supposed to be decommisioned sometime this year. That's making me feel old...

[dcwusmc]

Roger that. I think ALL the boats I deployed on are no longer in service, including New Orleans, which was almost brand new when she took my squadron from Phu Bai, RVN to Futenma, Oki. Plus Inchon, Guam, Guadalcanal, etc.