Guestbook Archives Volume One
Thru December, 1997



12/31/97 21:12:59
Name:
Rob Anderson		 My URL:
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Dates of USN Service ?:
1965-1969		 Ship(s) ?:
HaleakalaAE-25, Palm Beach AGER-3		 Rank/ Rating ?:
Ens, - LT
How'd you find us ?:
luck

Comments:
Second and later First Div Officer on USS Haleakala AE-25 in 1966-7


12/21/97 14:50:58
Name:
JIM DAVIS		 My URL:
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Dates of USN Service ?:
9/65-9/67		 Ship(s) ?:
USS RAINIER AE5		 Rank/ Rating ?:
PN3
How'd you find us ?:
YAHOO

Comments:
FANTASTIC WEB PAGE-BROUGHT BACK A LOT OF MEMORIES. DID I RELEASE ANY OF YOU GUYS BEFORE YOUR TIME WAS UP. IF SO, SEND MONEY NOW.


12/21/97 14:50:05
Name:
JIM DAVIS		 My URL:
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Dates of USN Service ?:
9/65-9/67		 Ship(s) ?:
USS RAINIER AE5		 Rank/ Rating ?:
PN3
How'd you find us ?:
YAHOO

Comments:
FANTASTIC WEB PAGE-BROUGHT BACK A LOT OF MEMORIES. DID I RELEASE ANY OF YOU GUYS BEFORE YOUR TIME WAS UP. IF SO, SEND MONEY NOW.


12/21/97 14:46:22
Name:
JIM DAVIS		 My URL:
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Dates of USN Service ?:
9/65 -9/67		 Ship(s) ?:
USS RAINIER AE5		 Rank/ Rating ?:
PN3
How'd you find us ?:
YAHOO

Comments:
FANTASTIC WEB PAGE-A WALK BACK IN TIME hOW THINGS CHANGE-i WAS A WESTPAC LIBERTY RISK IN OLONGPO CITY PI. ANYONE REMEMBER ME JUMPING OFF THE PIER AT GRANDE ISLAND


12/21/97 14:41:58
Name:
JIM DAVIS		 My URL:
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Dates of USN Service ?:
9/65 -9/67		 Ship(s) ?:
USS RAINIER AE5		 Rank/ Rating ?:
PN3
How'd you find us ?:
YAHOO

Comments:
FANTASTIC WEB PAGE-A WALK BACK IN TIME


12/21/97 14:39:11
Name:
JIM DAVIS		 My URL:
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Dates of USN Service ?:
9/65 -9/67		 Ship(s) ?:
USS RAINIER AE5		 Rank/ Rating ?:
PN3
How'd you find us ?:
YAHOO

Comments:
FANTASTIC WEB PAGE-A WALK BACK IN TIME


12/20/97 07:52:44
Name:
Bob Witkowski		 My URL:
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Dates of USN Service ?:
62-68		 Ship(s) ?:
USS Gearing DD-710		 Rank/ Rating ?:
FTG3
How'd you find us ?:
Another Sailor

Comments:
Nice site. Someone signed visitors log on my home page for USS GEARING DD-710 and said that got to me by a link from your page. Thanks for the link.


12/19/97 04:08:04
Name:
Mike Klein		 My URL:
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Dates of USN Service ?:
sept 60 Junre64		 Ship(s) ?:
Rainier AE 5		 Rank/ Rating ?:
Bt3
How'd you find us ?:
surfing

Comments:
I am so glad I found this web site I hope to find ship mates from 60 to 64 I have 2 here in St.Helens Oregon Mike


12/03/97 22:21:30
Name:
Willie Zukosky (Ski)		 My URL:
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Dates of USN Service ?:
1966-1970		 Ship(s) ?:
USS Oxford AGTR-1, USS Ranier AE-5		 Rank/ Rating ?:
EN3
How'd you find us ?:
Alta-Vista

Comments:
Served on the Rainier from 1968 until the decommissioning at Mare Is. Stood Engineroom watches on the Evaps and Generators, and was the only Air Conditioning and Refrigeration mechanic for most of my duty.


12/03/97 04:05:41
Name:
Roy Edwards		 My URL:
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Dates of USN Service ?:
63-67		 Ship(s) ?:
Ashtibula, Rainier		 Rank/ Rating ?:
RM
How'd you find us ?:
Exide search engine

Comments:
Nice page!!! Have many 35mm slides circa 65-67 Have 67 cruise book (Rainier)


11/30/97 23:00:25
Name:
Rev. Jimmy Jarrell		 My URL:
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Dates of USN Service ?:
1956-1966		 Ship(s) ?:
USS Diamond Head AE-19. USS Vulcan AR-5, USS Seneca ATF-91		 Rank/ Rating ?:
OM2
How'd you find us ?:
Just Look around

Comments:
This is great. Please let me hear from other AE sailors.


11/25/97 09:36:47
Name:
Mike Mantini		 My URL:
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Dates of USN Service ?:
1988-1994		 Ship(s) ?:
AE25/CG30		 Rank/ Rating ?:
BT2
How'd you find us ?:
search engine

Comments:
I like your page. I had a lot of fun on the Haleakala, too bad about Subic though :)).


11/24/97 19:47:09
Name:
Bob Gregory		 My URL:
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Dates of USN Service ?:
66-95		 Ship(s) ?:
Ticonderoga, Bennington, Kawishiwi, Sample, Worden & Harod E Holt		 Rank/ Rating ?:
FCCM/FTCM (SW)
How'd you find us ?:
Surfing

Comments:
Excellent Page, Good Job shipmate.


11/22/97 16:11:08
Name:
richard zeutschel		 My URL:
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Dates of USN Service ?:
6/49 to 12/69		 Ship(s) ?:
rainier ae-5 plus many more		 Rank/ Rating ?:
gmcs
How'd you find us ?:
surfing

Comments:
you have the best site i have foound yet pertaining to the old grils [ships that is]


11/21/97 06:40:10
Name:
Bob Fakler		 My URL:
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Dates of USN Service ?:
64-66		 Ship(s) ?:
AE-14 Firedrake		 Rank/ Rating ?:
Ens
How'd you find us ?:
just looking around

Comments:
Enjoyed reading the comments on the Rainier. We streamed in several unreps with her. I was in Westpac during the Tonkin Gulf incident, and we were very busy after that. I was trying to find out when AE-14 was decommissioned, but haven't seen anything o it yet.


11/21/97 00:50:32
Name:
Dan "DK" Emmons		 My Email:
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Dates of USN Service ?:
67-71		 Ship(s) ?:
Firedrake AE-14
Rank/ Rating ?:
RD3		 How'd you find us ?:
looking for pic's

Comments:
Nice page,very well done!


11/06/97 18:59:12
Name:
Terry Carroll		 My URL:
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Email Me		 How'd you find us ?:
YAHOO search

Comments:
My son is just completing his CIWS school in San Diego and got his orders. He is going to the USS Rainier (AOE 7) and I wanted to check out info on the ship. Thanks.


09/28/97 23:20:57
Name:
Richard Beltran		 My URL:
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Dates of USN Service ?:
4/44 - 4/46		 Ship(s) ?:
USS La Porte APA 151		 Rank/ Rating ?:
Gunner's Mate First Class
How'd you find us ?:
Web Browsing

Comments:
Like you web page. I'm trying to find info on my ship. Saw your page and decided to take a look. Thanks alot.


09/25/97 20:10:51
Name:
S W Bryant		 My URL:
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Dates of USN Service ?:
1-65 to3-68		 Ship(s) ?:
USS Mt. Katmai AE-16		 Rank/ Rating ?:
Deck-Ape Coxswain
How'd you find us ?:
AOL

Comments:
I was looking around for pictures of Mt. Katmai and found this. This page looks GREAT!! Will be back again.


09/21/97 03:22:16
Name:
John Widener
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Comments:
Mr. Freeman needs to update his email address at the bottom of the page to one that will work!


09/08/97 04:48:42
Name:
John Bythel Widener, Jr		 My URL:
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Dates of USN Service ?:
1951- 1971		 Ship(s) ?:
Ranier AE5 Vesuvius		 Rank/ Rating ?:
HMC
How'd you find us ?:
Search "Ammunition"

Comments:
I was aboard Ranier briefly during the overhaul at Bethlehem Steel. I remember the new decks being poured and ground in the heads and I think also in the general mess. The red and white plastic stuff that looks like inlaid gravel. The only time I was aboard when under way was from NWS Concord to Bethlehem Steel. I was only on TAD orders. This page is definitely going into my "Favorites List".

09/08/97 04:48:42
Name:
John Bythel Widener, Jr		 My URL:
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Dates of USN Service ?:
1951- 1971		 Ship(s) ?:
Ranier AE5 Vesuvius		 Rank/ Rating ?:
HMC
How'd you find us ?:
Search "Ammunition"

Comments:
I was aboard Ranier briefly during the overhaul at Bethlehem Steel. I remember the new decks being poured and ground in the heads and I think also in the general mess. The red and white plastic stuff that looks like inlaid gravel. The only time I was aboard when under way was from NWS Concord to Bethlehem Steel. I was only on TAD orders. This page is definitely going into my "Favorites List".


09/01/97 01:53:36
Name:
LESTER CHAMBERS GENE		 My URL:
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Dates of USN Service ?:
apr 51 to jan 53		 Ship(s) ?:
USS RAINIER AE-5		 Rank/ Rating ?:
IC-2
How'd you find us ?:
SEARCH OF WEB

Comments:
Hope to see you in Norfolk in Sept.


08/31/97 19:37:01
Name:
Gene Jones		 My URL:
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Dates of USN Service ?:
70-present		 Ship(s) ?:
USS Rainier (AOE-7)		 Rank/ Rating ?:
CWO3...Ships' Bosn
How'd you find us ?:
By Acccident

Comments:
Good Web Site...Lots Of Info...BZ


08/16/97 02:12:21 GMT
Name:
Jon H. Oberg		 My URL:
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Dates of USN Service ?:
Aug '66 - Aug '70		 Ship(s) ?:
USS Rainier (AE-5), USS Arlington (AGMR-2)		 Rank/ Rating ?:
LTJG
How'd you find us ?:
Excite Search USS Rainier

Comments:
Somebody tell Tom Miner he forgot his new Hong Kong shoes when he left his Rainier stateroom in December '66; I wore them about ten years. Anybody remember why CAPT SMITH wouldn't relieve CAPT O'ROURKE in the South China Sea on time, that stormy day in Au '67? We were lost! LT VINSON was the new navigator, had never been to sea!


07/20/97 00:31:19 GMT
Name:
Tom Thomas		 My URL:
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Dates of USN Service ?:
1955 - 1975		 Ship(s) ?:
Uss Virgo (AE30) and lots more		 Rank/ Rating ?:
e1 -Lt (LDO)
How'd you find us ?:
Looked

Comments:
Nice Page!!


07/10/97 16:00:50 GMT
Name:
Wm Fair		 My URL:
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Dates of USN Service ?:
1956-1977		 Ship(s) ?:
LSD-21,32, LPD-1, AR-12, AO-32 LKA-116, AE-12		 Rank/ Rating ?:
HTC
How'd you find us ?:
Looking for Wrangell AE-12

Comments:
Great web page!!!! A tribute to all AE sailors. In all the pictures of Nam and the AE operations the only differance I can see between our ships is the hull number.


06/26/97 03:09:51 GMT
Name:
JIM THOMAS		 My URL:
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Dates of USN Service ?:
July '52 - Oct. '55		 Ship(s) ?:
Zelima AF-49& Rainier		 Rank/ Rating ?:
LTjg
How'd you find us ?:
LUCK!!

Comments:
Would like to make contact with shipmates aboard Rainier from May '54 to Sept. 55.

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