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Photo from USS Ramsey
Christmas card 1968 |
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Photo from USS Ramsey post card, date
and location unknown. |
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Painting of the USS Ramsey, artist unknown. |
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Ship control center on the Bridge. |
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This is what happens to the berthing
compartment after numerous calls to General Quarters over
several days. |
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Having a middle rack is quite
convenient. |
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One 5".38 round on the way |
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TARTAR missle ready to rock 'n roll. A
military secret at the time, this photo was taken 7 Jul
68 in the Tonkin Gulf. |
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One TSAM (Training Surface to Air
Missile) on the rail. Live Tartar missiles were painted
white, the training and system calibration dummy was blue.
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TARTAR missle launch taken 22 Jun 68.
Out of all the crewmembers taking photos that day with
expensive 35mm cameras, I was the only one who got a good
shot with a crummy Polaroid. |
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ASROC launcher just forward of the
weather break. Another military secret that should not
have been photographed. Photo taken 29 Jun 68. |
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Ramsey mast/stack combination, called
a "mack". The AN/SPG-51 missile guidance radar
is in the foreground pointed straight up. |
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Looking aft down the port side during
heavy weather. |
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Looking forward up the port side
during heavy weather. |
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SF1 Czarnick watching the ocean from
the starboard side. |
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Music in the helo hanger... and one sick
puppy. |
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Sonar dome from the bottom of the drydock. |
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Quiet evening at sea |
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Who among us hasn't taken a picture of
a sunset over the stern? To a Westpac sailor it means one
thing... Eastbound... Headed home. |
