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U.S. Navy and back to the future Star Power

March 18, 2022Log Entries, Tracy D. Connors, Ph.D.aircraft carrier, armed forces, celestial navigation, Newport RI, OCS, piloting, Sixth Fleet, U.S. Navy, USS F. D. Roosevelt, USS F. D. Roosevelt (CVA-42), veteransTracy Connors

Flash: the U.S. Navy plans return to teaching celestial navigation. In my view, this is one of the smarter moves the Navy is making to ensure its ability to safely navigate no matter what and no matter where. In the early 1960s, at OCS, we learned the basics of both piloting and celestial navigation in … Continue reading U.S. Navy and back to the future Star Power →

Memories of the Fru Dee Roo

January 14, 2022Log EntriesA4C Skyhawk, acey-duecy, aircraft carrier, cold cat shot, CVA, deck log, hangar bay, hospital corps, Mayport Naval Station, Mediterranean Sea, rhyming deck log, sea bat, skyhook, stick, Straits of Bonifacio, Straits of Gibraltar, talk softly, U.S. Navy, U.S. Navy Hospital Corps School, USS F. D. Roosevelt, vulture's rowTracy Connors

We were “the stick” in case the “talk softly” part was not successful. When the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV A-42) was towed toward the oblivion of the scrap yard in 1978, she consisted of some 65,000 tons of obsolete steel and equipment–but she left many more tons of memories with the tens of thousands … Continue reading Memories of the Fru Dee Roo →

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Tag Archives: USS F. D. Roosevelt

U.S. Navy and back to the future Star Power

Memories of the Fru Dee Roo