This is the original superstructure, as built. I was on the USS Impervious (scurvy Pervy) MSO 449, 10 OCT 70 until March 73 at the beginning of Operation Endsweep. I went to the starship Enterprise. After the rebuild at Dillingham, Honolulu harbor, it had a different appearance. That bouncing out of the water, oh brother, what memories!. I was the signalman on it.
I was on the Excel, Jan 1965 to Dec 1967. 2 Westpac deployments, Market Time ops. Made RM3 while aboard. In the 1966 yard period at Fellows & Stewart in LBEACH, they installed the radar transmitter room around the mast on the O1 level, and later, I believe in Guam. the windows on the bridge. Jon K. Thanks for the video.
I was on the Leader next to ya all in 67. In westpac, excel had a sonarman, Joe Slack, who I was in A and C school with. When he got medevacked in Nam, I was TAD to your boat to find an air craft that went down. Think I found it, and was transferred back to my boat the next morning.
my brother was on the Excel. he inherited the 'doesn't get seasick" gene . he said he was on bridge during this event. I would have been just heaving too. I'm such a chucker, the sharks be well fed .
Oh, the memories...half the crew waiting for lunch, while the other half is parting company with breakfast. Supply ship just cruising along, while the Sweep recreates the opening scenes from "Victory At Sea". Served on the Dash, MSO 428 & Adroit, MSO 509.
Was serving last westpac in 1969 steaming to Guam in a typhoon on midwatch we were hit by rogue wave took out sonar lost all power that was a hell time. The thing I'll remember most about that was Big Mike R. Yelling hang on Fish
in 1981 i was stationed on the uss dominant mso 431 for 8 month on deck division at Perth Amboy new jersey,then got orders for my A school in great lakes ill where i made 3rd class.
We took green water all the way up to the pilothouse one night off Hatteras. broke cable reels off the superstructure & the lockers in the forward compartment broke loose. Water & gear adrift sloshing all over the deck. All the sailors impervious to sea sickness, were moaning in their racks that night. Only people not sick were two of the Chiefs. Captain was puking in a bucket attached to the compass binnacle on the bridge. (MSO-474 1969-1971) Makes me want to sell Buicks. Buuiiicckk! LOL
Oh, I remember our minesweeper making sloshy sounds. The sea is rough in this video, You can't take waves like you see in the footage without making sloshy sounds.
Spent 3 years aboard that little sweep.
This is the original superstructure, as built. I was on the USS Impervious (scurvy Pervy) MSO 449, 10 OCT 70 until March 73 at the beginning of Operation Endsweep. I went to the starship Enterprise. After the rebuild at Dillingham, Honolulu harbor, it had a different appearance. That bouncing out of the water, oh brother, what memories!. I was the signalman on it.
I was on the Excel, Jan 1965 to Dec 1967. 2 Westpac deployments, Market Time ops. Made RM3 while aboard. In the 1966 yard period at Fellows & Stewart in LBEACH, they installed the radar transmitter room around the mast on the O1 level, and later, I believe in Guam. the windows on the bridge. Jon K. Thanks for the video.
I was on the Leader next to ya all in 67. In westpac, excel had a sonarman, Joe Slack, who I was in A and C school with. When he got medevacked in Nam, I was TAD to your boat to find an air craft that went down. Think I found it, and was transferred back to my boat the next morning.
I was an ET2 on Exploit 440 1983. Good times.
my brother was on the Excel. he inherited the 'doesn't get seasick" gene . he said he was on bridge during this event. I would have been just heaving too. I'm such a chucker, the sharks be well fed .
My ex-husband was on the USS Excel from 1974-1978
He was the cook - Frank Rose. 1:36 Are you interested in contacting me?
My grandfather was a 1st class boatswain's mate on a minesweeper during ww2
Oh, the memories...half the crew waiting for lunch, while the other half is
parting company with breakfast. Supply ship just cruising along, while the
Sweep recreates the opening scenes from "Victory At Sea". Served on the
Dash, MSO 428 & Adroit, MSO 509.
Was serving last westpac in 1969 steaming to Guam in a typhoon on midwatch we were hit by rogue wave took out sonar lost all power that was a hell time. The thing I'll remember most about that was Big Mike R. Yelling hang on Fish
in 1981 i was stationed on the uss dominant mso 431 for 8 month on deck division at Perth Amboy new jersey,then got orders for my A school in great lakes ill where i made 3rd class.
We took green water all the way up to the pilothouse one night off Hatteras. broke cable reels off the superstructure & the lockers in the forward compartment broke loose. Water & gear adrift sloshing all over the deck. All the sailors impervious to sea sickness, were moaning in their racks that night. Only people not sick were two of the Chiefs. Captain was puking in a bucket attached to the compass binnacle on the bridge. (MSO-474 1969-1971) Makes me want to sell Buicks. Buuiiicckk! LOL
I was on the USS Ability MSO519 from 1966-1968
Spent 1,5 years aboard MSO505 (M623 Baccarat) beetwin Jan 92/ and middle of 93
I was the commanding officer.
Thaks for the reply Tom.
I served aboard the USS Dynamic (MSO432) from 1968 to 1970).
We had the best names of any ship in the Navy.
Served 6 years on the Dash a lot of memories.
I was on ACME, MSO 508, '67-"69.
i hated to see these ships scrapped.
Sure wished they had some good flicks to trade .
Hi Mr Michael Fisher, do you know what ship that came into Philippines way back 1968-1969 just asking
Would have been better without the fake sloshy sounds and that music. HOWEVER!! I am grateful for the video!!!!!!
Hey Mike, are those patches available anywhere? I spent two weeks on the Excel when I was in NJROTC.
Oh, I remember our minesweeper making sloshy sounds. The sea is rough in this video, You can't take waves like you see in the footage without making sloshy sounds.
What year was this video taken?
This was in 1967. She came alongside VIRGO for highline transfer.
USS Impervious MSO-433
USS Engage MSO-449
Impervious was the 449, I was the signalman on it, the Engage was the 433.
USS FIRM (MSO 444) '63/'64