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Posted: Mon Dec 21st, 2009 12:44 pm |
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Paladin 3T WIS
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As I eluded to in Fridays DWC; Me and my son's Webelos den spent the weekend onboard the WW2 aircraft carrier USS Yorktown CV10. The ship is located in Charleston, SC. We left Friday afternoon and the 10 boys with there accompanying Akele arrived at the ship by 8:30pm. We got the boys onboard and after a greeting and safety brief; we got the boys up to their berthing... We got up Saturday and had breakfast in the CPO mess... We were greeted with an unexpected 25 degree wind chill factor; so even though we had the boys in their class A's you couldn't see their uniforms. But it didn't' stop the boys from being on the Flight Deck... Gunner Sam Some of the aircraft... A couple in the Hanger Bay... And here is the Topgun in a F9F Cougar... yourock.gif We also took a ferry down the Cooper River to Fort Sumter... We also took all the tours available on the ship and took a tour thru an old Deisel Submarine, Uss Clamagore (sorry, didn't get any other pics). We left Sunday morning after breakfast. Needless too say the boys had a blast.woohoo.gif Thanks for looking :D Bill
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Posted: Mon Dec 21st, 2009 12:57 pm |
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bigrustypig 3T WIS
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What a great way to bond with your son, Bill! hand6.gif Did you see any any anti-sub armaments, too?
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Posted: Mon Dec 21st, 2009 01:19 pm |
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scottran 3T WIS
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Cool! was there many years ago. Do they have the Confederate sub Hunley on display there yet?? I thought I heard that was going to be the place it was going to be displayed.
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Posted: Mon Dec 21st, 2009 02:09 pm |
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Paladin 3T WIS
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Jeff... Funny that you should mention anti-submarine armament; the Yorktown was changed to an ASW platform in the late 60's. On one of the tours we got to see the topedo shop. And , some of the aircraft were used for ASW. We also got to see the fore and aft torpedo rooms on the Clamagore. Samuel thought it was cool that the crew slept on bunks above the torpedos. Scott... The H L Hunley has not been moved to Patriots Point yet. I did see a sign for a Hunley display but we didn't get to go there.
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Posted: Tue Dec 22nd, 2009 09:32 am |
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zippofan 3T WIS
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Awesome! That's another place I'd like to take the Troop. Looks like the Scouts had a great timehand6.gif Cheers, Griff
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Posted: Tue Dec 22nd, 2009 10:51 am |
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Skipdawg 3T WIS
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That would be fun to visit. :)
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Posted: Tue Dec 22nd, 2009 11:13 am |
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teddyhanna Guest
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Bill looks like you and your boy plus Den had a blast. Looks like they had fun. Glad you shared this.......
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Posted: Tue Dec 22nd, 2009 03:31 pm |
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Natevan70 Guest
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That looks to have been an awesome trip! I think it's great to see kids that age taking an interest in history. So many these days ( if my wife's students are any indication) don't know much about what happened before they were born. By the way, she teaches English, not history:) Last edited on Tue Dec 22nd, 2009 03:33 pm by |
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Posted: Tue Dec 22nd, 2009 05:10 pm |
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KenC Admin
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WOW... my boys would kill for a trip like that!
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Posted: Thu Dec 24th, 2009 01:25 pm |
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Paladin 3T WIS
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Thanks Guys! We have a good bunch of boys in this Webelos den; along with very involved fathers. Ken... they also had a mock-up of a South Vietnam Navy Support Base (Huey Gunship and PBR included). Got a picture of my son on the Sea Cobra...
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Posted: Thu Dec 24th, 2009 10:29 pm |
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murphy j 3T WIS
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What an AWESOME trip you guys took. I know when I was that age I would have had the time of my life on a trip like that.
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