My Quick Trip To Baltimore

As I'm retired from the "Gator Navy" I can honestly say it's not from lack of trying. (ain't nothing worse then 300 bored Jar-Heads trapped on a ship for most of a 6 month cruise, and I don't think i have to tell you the shananagans they get up to)

 

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Thanks for your service. Have a great retirement. I was only able to do 5 years. In the Air Force and posted to a Navy Ammunition Depot for 4 years. Perhaps if I had been on an Air Force station it may have been different and more encouraging.

 

Tarawa or Wasp class? Never had the opportunity to come aboard one of those beauties. My Luxury Yacht across the Pond was a recommissioned 1943 Liberty Ship. Not too much hanky panky going on down in those troop holds as most spent their time puking their guts out. However, I did hear something about a large barrel with a few holes in it up in the forward chain locker, but that's a story for another day. You know, it often seemed like Sailors and Marines mixed like water and oil, but let some Doggie start messing around and it was "One for All and All for One"!!!

Semper Fidelis Mates!!!

 

LSDs, Modified Austin Class... USS Pensacola and USS Portland.. the 1st 2 ships outfitted to carry LCACs and if you zoom in really close on the Pic with her at the pier, that's me and my buddy Jim on the scaffold chipping and painting lol... (duty weekend for us) PS that's the Portland on the other side of Lucky pier 13 in Little Creek lol)

 

Hey Furry, congrats on the 20 years service, thank you.

Rich USAF 1967 to 73

 

Landing Ship Dock, so you carried one of those Hovercrafts, KOOL! Never got to ride in one; heck I'm not sure if I ever even saw one up close, but still KOOL!!!
Semper Fidelis

 

Carried 3 of em or a whole crap load ATVs LARKs and LCMs... could even do just Tanks and back right onto the beach (On the beach was easy... Kedging off the beach was a royal pain (pulling the ship with her anchors) This is an LCM loadout (we were headed to Kuwait in this pic)
The real interesting part of this pic is it was taken to show the Atlantic and Mediteranian meeting (the left grey side is the Atlantic other blue side is the Med)

 

My son was on the Plymouth Rock until it was decommissioned. Then he went to the Carl Vinson. My Father-in law was on LST-1007 during WW II. I have a photo somewhere of him on Luzon.

 

That’s neat. Reminds me of fresh water emptying into salt water in Washington State. It really churns with the force of the fresh coming down the side of the mountain.

 

Happy retirement!

 

thanks, congrats and best wishes going forward
interesting coins, you should have fun IDing them, I like the facing head coins

 

Bottom left is a rare coin from Peloponnesos!

 

Yeah? I was thinking it was some kind of provincial. Not 100% sure on the ruler but was thinking the reverse featured the Dioscuri.

 

@ancientone I think I found it.
One was sold by Savoca in 2020. It sold for 550 GBP! (obviously better than mine)
https://www.biddr.com/auctions/savocalondon/browse?a=899&l=949796
Roman Provincial
Laconia. Gythium. Septimius Severus AD 193-211. Struck AD 202-205
Assarion Æ
21mm., 4,91g.
[CЄ]-OYHP[OC], laureate head of Severus to right / ΓVΘ-Є-ATΩN, the Dioscouri standing to left and right of serpent entwined altar, each holding parazonium and spear.
very fine
BCD Peloponnesos 969.1.

 

I found another example on nomos:
https://nomosag.com/default.aspx?pa...d=10&id=287&p=1&s=&ca=18&co=0&type=webauction

 

I have to say that having the opportunity to see things like you pictured is a +UP for a reason to be a Sailor rather than a Jar Head. However, one day when I had Deck Watch (what the heck is that; Walk My Post in a Military Manner? it was more like trying to keep from falling over the rail!) I did get to see the waves crashing over the forward 5" mount! This occurred when we ran into a Typhoon short of Okinawa AND minutes before I heard the call, "All Hands Below! Batten Down the Hatches!" Given what was awaiting me down "Below" in the troop hold, I would have much sooner taken my chances "On Deck"!!! Don't you just love those memories! Semper Fidelis