[Jim Robinson]

Woo hoo!! Have it on!

My three destroyers, the Higbee (806), the Hull (945) and the Wiltsie (716):

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

TIN CAN SAILORS DO IT BEST!

[al baby]

Hey Jim

I was a sea cadet in the mid 70's and went out on the higbee a few times out of Long Beach

We chased the Carrier Coral Sea up and down the coast while she did air ops Froze my little Beeber off pulling watch at night that picture was how she was configured "ASROC deck "

Thanks for the stroll down memory lane

She was sunk in I think in 1979 or 80 as a target

[atomic_dog]

I was an EM3 on the Wm. R. Rush (714) in 1975. At the time it was a reserve can that tied up under the Throgs Neck Bridge in NYC. At that point it was the oldest DD in the Navy.

14 years later I was First Lt. on the Happy Harry (Harold E. Holt 1074) and we pulled into the RoK Navy Base at Chinhae and there it was, only now it was ROKS Kang Won (DD 922). It's amazing the way these old war horses kept going.

"Old-School" Tin Cans

[TownhallMeetup]

The USS Hull's continuing legacy is a tribute to all who served. The group's reunions brought Typhoon Cobra survivors together with later Hull sailors and a new Hull is in the works I'm told.

The little group that watched the show tonight ended with a call to Evan Fenn. We thanked him again for his service and his willingness to make connections only he can. The son of a lost sailor talking to the last man to see him alive is something I cannot begin to describe. All I can say is there's not a dry eye in the house.

[Cuttnhorse]

Hi Jim,

I was on several ships and boats during my Navy days, including Swift Boats, (I was in Nam 12-months, not 4).

I ended up on a destroyer, the USS Ault, DD 698, out of Mayport, Florida, where I ended my career as lead navigator, QM2. I almost shipped over because I liked being on a Can, (aka, Sea-going Greyhound) so much. Great ship and proud crew.

Cheers from Argentina