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Miscellaneous
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This is the Miscellaneous page. Anything may appear here. Stories of the USS Altair. Salute To The Altair-AKS32. Why I Joined The Navy. It Was My First Mid Watch Aboard Ship. Strangest Encounters While On Shore Patrole. The Night I Almost Sank The LCVP. One Night In Barcelona. First Foreign Liberty Port. I Was a Sailor Once. A few Memories of L.L. Woodard. Pre and post Altair years. A POEM FROM THE SEAS. A Tale Of The Little "32". Dear Altair shipmate,. Email: fly2thesky22 at yahoo.com. 26 years in servi...
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Reunion Comments 08
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Comments from Harold Dillingham. Comments from Dick Braun. After the show, I was personally thanked for my service to the United States by the person seated behind me. WOW, that doesn't happen very often! During the show it started to rain so hard that you could hear it pounding on the building's roof. The rain continued until late that night, so most of us got somewhat damp in the mad dash to the car. After dinner many of the folks went back to the meeting room and continued swapping those sea stories.
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Battle Star
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SS Aberdeen Victory Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons. Precedence of Awards is from left to right. American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Medal (1-Okinawa) - World War II Victory Medal. 3 MAY 1945 16 MAY 1945. ASSAULT - OCCUPATION OKINAWA GUNTO. The invasion of Okinawa. The U.S.S. Altair (Aberdeen Victory) is out there somewhere!
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Personnel
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USS Altair personnel records. In case you have a slow server or dial-up, the size of these PFD files are given. You may want to save the file to your computer for faster access.
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Reunion Comments 2011
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Fifth Reunion at Baltimore MD 2011. Comments from reunion chariman John B. Thomas. I hope everyone returned home safe and sound. First of all, let me say "Thank You" to all the shipmates and their wives who attended the reunion, and to those who planned to attend but had circumstances occur that prevented them from going. Before I forget, let me give a special thanks to shipmate Joe Basso who made contact and helped with the follow up for out trip to the White House. Thanks, Joe. On Saturday we went to A...
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Navy Links
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USS Altair Links and PDF files. In case you have a slow server or dial-up, the size of these PFD files are given. You may want to save the file to your computer for faster access. Some USS Altair PDF files. 1944 SS Aberdeen Victory. 1963 - 1965 Altair Handbook. Other USS Altair web pages. Captain William B. Morton 1964-1965. A USS Altair information page. Remembered by Tomk Planes. HullNumber.com's mission is to provide a means for shipmates to keep in touch with one another. US Navy Rating T-Shirts.
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Memories of the Altair
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Fond Memories of the Altair! I remember the Altair running aground on the Rock of Gibraltar. At the Todd Shipyards in Brooklyn, NY, when they sank the dry dock, the Altair sank too. Someone forgot to close the sea cocks. When I returned from liberty, the deck was awash and water pouring out of the ammo hatch at the 01 level. The whole forward section of the Altair was flooded. (Second sinking in dry-dock! While home ported in Barcelona I befriended a young deaf Spanish boy. His family owned a restaur...
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Shipmates
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This is a current list of Altair shipmates that I am aware of. The shipmates are listed by service date and include their name, rate, dates onboard and email address. We are always looking for additional Altair shipmates to add their name to this proud list. The fields with a. Background are new entries/changes. The. Background will be removed after about 30 days. The names with a GRAY BACKGROUND. Placing the cursor over a record will give additional information. James R. Baker. RICHBAK8 at aol.com.
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History
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A link to navsource.org history page of the Altair. AK-257; dp 4,960; l. 455' 3; b. 62'; dr. 28' 6; $ 16.5 k. cpl. 250; a. 4 40mm. cl Greenville Victory,. Waterman Steamship Company Flag. Cross Section of a typical Victory Ship. Transferred to the Navy on 7 July 1951, a little over a year after Communist forces invaded the Republic of Korea, the ship as renamed Altair. Assigned to the Atlantic Fleet Service Force, Altair. Was decommissioned at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard on 5 January 1953 and taken to Bal...
