USS Lake Champlain CV 39 CVA CVS refueled while underway
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Thank you for this video. My father served on this ship from 1951 to 1955. My father died in 1999 at age 69. He kept very quiet about his 4 year experience on the ship and even my mother knows very little except that his close friend died during a refueling mission when a fuel line burst and killed his friend. His name was George Hase, the same as mine. Thank you again for posting this video. God Bless.
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Thanks for the video. I was wondering about those Dixie Cups. I hated having to wear a hat at sea..They kept blowing over the side!
Fair Winds from an old skivvy waver.
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This video was taken after the Champ's Korean cruise on the return trip from Yokosuka to Mayport, sometime between late October 1953 and early December 1953.
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cool, my grandfather served on that ship during the korean conflict. this is the first and only video i've found of that ship. thank you for posting this.
During WW II, the late actor Jack Lemmon served in the Naval Reserve and was the communications officer on the USS Lake Champlain.
BushPilot444 1 year ago
When I was on the Mt Mac and the USS Guadalcanal LPH-7 you sure didn't want to get caught on deck without your hat and it had better be the right one for the uniform of the day. I spotted at least one guy without a hat. He must be a snipe, huh? lol
BushPilot444 3 years ago
I got carried away adding sound effects but thought my fellow former sailors might get a kick out of hearing the nostalgic sounds, even if they weren't all appropriate. The original video had no audio at all.
BushPilot444 3 years ago