Visiting on board Naval Ships.....

[RustyBattleship]

Originally Posted by RAL's_pal?

Probable translation..... " I can't remember all their names "

When I was going down to San Diego to do 1 or 2 day jobs, sometimes I had to cross a few ships to get to the one I had the work on. I'd still check on their names out of curiosity.

You're right. I couldn't remember all of their names if my wife depended on it. And I wouldn't even bother with the names of the ships I merely crossed over to get to the one I was working on. They were just stepping stones to me.

Well, of course I remember all four of the Iowa class Battleships I worked on and went to sea on two of them. And I also remember the names of most of the Aircraft Carriers I worked on. Let's see now, they just converted over from bi-wings to monoplanes and ---------------.

[RAL's_pal?]

I was just checking to see if you were still in town and checking the boards.....

I used the LBNSY drydock list to get a list of names, but there were also the Limited Availabilities and the weekenders on Piers 9, 15, and 16.

[RustyBattleship]

Originally Posted by RAL's_pal?

I was just checking to see if you were still in town and checking the boards.....

I used the LBNSY drydock list to get a list of names, but there were also the Limited Availabilities and the weekenders on Piers 9, 15, and 16.

Won't be going up to Vallejo until next Monday.

The Dry Dock database would certainly name most of the ships we worked on, but only those that were dry docked. We also worked on a lot of ships that were strictly pierside.

Such as this listing from my Appenix B:
OTHER BATTLESHIP AVAILABILITY’S (PIERSIDE ONLY – NO DRY DOCKING):
USS Mississippi (BB-41) 1945
USS Maryland (BB-46) 1945
USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) 1945
USS Nevada (BB-36) 1946 (Prepared for Bikini Atomic tests)
USS Wisconsin (BB-64) 04/19/52
09/23/53
04/14/54

As opposed to Dry Dock availabiilities:
BATTLESHIPS: (All in Dry Dock 1)
USS Nevada (BB-36) 02/23/43 to 03/15/43 (1)
12/02/45 to 12/07/45
USS West Virginia (BB-48) 08/30/44 to 09/06/44
USS California (BB-44) 05/03/45 to 05/05/45
USS Texas (BB-35) 12/08/45 to 12/12/45
USS Iowa (BB-61) 12/16/45 to 12/22/45
USS Arkansas (BB-33) 02/04/46 to 02/06/46 (Prepared for Bikini Atomic tests)
USS New Jersey (BB-62) 11/18/81 to 03/13/82 (Reactivation and Modernization)
03/09/87 to 08/29/87 (Hull repairs with two “bumps”)
08/23/90 to 11/13/90 (Inactivation) (2)
USS Missouri (BB-63) 08/11/84 to 03/23/85 (Reactivation and Modernization) 02/03/89 to 04/25/89 (Hull modifications)
(1) First docking of a Battleship at LBNSY
(2) Last docking of a Battleship at LBNSY

[RAL's_pal?]

I was just going through the drydocking sheet to see the carriers and that's a nice group of names. I'm surprised not to see the Intrepid's name. I have a 1959 picture of the Intrepid apparently moored just south of Pier 9. Pier 9 has the MSO's tied up and the Intrepid is just past them.

[RustyBattleship]

Originally Posted by RAL's_pal?

I was just going through the drydocking sheet to see the carriers and that's a nice group of names. I'm surprised not to see the Intrepid's name. I have a 1959 picture of the Intrepid apparently moored just south of Pier 9. Pier 9 has the MSO's tied up and the Intrepid is just past them.

Hmmm. Carriers that were dry docked at LBNSY, eh? I would copy and paste the list, but it's format is not compatible with these pages to be in a readable order of ships, dates and dry dock numbers.

It would be far too long anyway especially if I included Helicopter Carriers such as LPH's and LHA's.

[RAL's_pal?]

There were a lot of escort carriers that were drydocked. I have some negatives of the CVE's.

I see they were drydocked in all 3 drydocks. One shot I have is from one in DD 2. It would take too much work to put these on poster boards and haul them around to functions like........ picnics, for example.... besides I'd never have the patience to stand by a display to keep an eye on it.

[Dreadnought]

Originally Posted by RustyBattleship

Won't be going up to Vallejo until next Monday.

The Dry Dock database would certainly name most of the ships we worked on, but only those that were dry docked. We also worked on a lot of ships that were strictly pierside.

Such as this listing from my Appenix B:
OTHER BATTLESHIP AVAILABILITY’S (PIERSIDE ONLY – NO DRY DOCKING):
USS Mississippi (BB-41) 1945
USS Maryland (BB-46) 1945
USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) 1945
USS Nevada (BB-36) 1946 (Prepared for Bikini Atomic tests)
USS Wisconsin (BB-64) 04/19/52
09/23/53
04/14/54

As opposed to Dry Dock availabiilities:
BATTLESHIPS: (All in Dry Dock 1)
USS Nevada (BB-36) 02/23/43 to 03/15/43 (1)
12/02/45 to 12/07/45
USS West Virginia (BB-48) 08/30/44 to 09/06/44
USS California (BB-44) 05/03/45 to 05/05/45
USS Texas (BB-35) 12/08/45 to 12/12/45
USS Iowa (BB-61) 12/16/45 to 12/22/45
USS Arkansas (BB-33) 02/04/46 to 02/06/46 (Prepared for Bikini Atomic tests)
USS New Jersey (BB-62) 11/18/81 to 03/13/82 (Reactivation and Modernization)
03/09/87 to 08/29/87 (Hull repairs with two “bumps”)
08/23/90 to 11/13/90 (Inactivation) (2)
USS Missouri (BB-63) 08/11/84 to 03/23/85 (Reactivation and Modernization) 02/03/89 to 04/25/89 (Hull modifications)
(1) First docking of a Battleship at LBNSY
(2) Last docking of a Battleship at LBNSY

Dam Mr. L youve been aboard some great Dreads I hope you kept alot of pics.

[RAL's_pal?]

Originally Posted by Dreadnought

Dam Mr. L youve been aboard some great Dreads I hope you kept alot of pics.

cRusty was just quoting from some lists, he's not that old to have crawled over all those ships......

[Dreadnought]

Thanks Pal I misunderstood.

[RustyBattleship]

Originally Posted by RAL's_pal?

cRusty was just quoting from some lists, he's not that old to have crawled over all those ships......

Thank you Mr. S. Though I'm almost that old.

Wait a minute. If we were living in California then, I could have been on those ships during open houses.

So I am that old but in Milwaukee then.

[RAL's_pal?]

Originally Posted by RustyBattleship

Thank you Mr. S. Though I'm almost that old.

Wait a minute. If we were living in California then, I could have been on those ships during open houses.

So I am that old but in Milwaukee then.

I remember hearing about the Nevada open house, but most of the others were around during WWII so I don't believe they had plans for open house. It's always possible but I doubt it.

[RAL's_pal?]

Originally Posted by Dreadnought

Thanks Pal I misunderstood.

I'm curious and this is as good as any place to ask, I went through the websites of 2 USS New Jersey organizations and saw the hats, shirts and mugs for sale, but no Zippo lighters or money clips?

[Dreadnought]

Originally Posted by RAL's_pal?

I'm curious and this is as good as any place to ask, I went through the websites of 2 USS New Jersey organizations and saw the hats, shirts and mugs for sale, but no Zippo lighters or money clips?

Pal They are for sale in the ship stores. Havent seen the moneyclip but Zippos are there. You can also get the Zippo on EBAY.

[RAL's_pal?]

Originally Posted by Dreadnought

Pal They are for sale in the ship stores. Havent seen the moneyclip but Zippos are there. You can also get the Zippo on EBAY.

Thanks. I'm done collecting, but I really didn't see the lighters in the ship's store. I used to collect ships hats first, then later went to lighters so I find it curious that I didn't see any listed in the Jersey stores.

[RustyBattleship]

Originally Posted by RAL's_pal?

Thanks. I'm done collecting, but I really didn't see the lighters in the ship's store. I used to collect ships hats first, then later went to lighters so I find it curious that I didn't see any listed in the Jersey stores.

I'm pretty much done collecting shipyard memorabilia also. That's plaques and ashtrays of the shipyard, base and various shops. Still haven't found a plaque for shop 11 though.

The picnic this Saturday will be my last showing. Then after I come back from Vallejo I will be hauling them over to the Navy Golf Course in Cypress to decorate their new Long Beach Naval Complex banquet room. I also have about 20 ship's plaques that I will be giving them also for general decoration of the bar area.

Small memorabilia I have to hang onto for now as the Golf Course display areas wont have flat table displays for matchbooks, post cards, crew rosters, red car tokens, etc.