AO3 Smitty's USS Enterprise Logbook

[AO3 Smitty]

plank owner, i reported aboard at newport news . i remember going to the gate carrying my seabag and asking the guard where the enterprise was. he said go the the water and turn right, its the biggest thing there. i was walking along behind what i thought was a building until i saw the name on the fantail. then i went up the wrong gangway. nice start. dt3
jim white
jim white
kansas city mo, usa - 08:57:49 2/28/2002
popo41@yahoo.com



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I was an AO3 onboard from Aug.1961-May 1964 I also put her in comission Sept. 1961
Darrell Hunt
St. Charles, Mo. - 16:59:27 2/27/2002
bojangels582@aol.com



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I,m a crew member on the Big E,It's in the yards right now for a much needed over hule.We put the old girl out for a ruff ride this time and she didn't let us down.She cryed a lot but never quit.IYAOYAS
AoAn JohnRBurragr
- 20:37:28 2/22/2002
burragej@aol.com



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Excellent Web-Page, enjoyed the tour !
Mug's

Mug's Senior
J-Ville Fl., U.S.A. - 22:47:58 2/21/2002
mug_s_senior@hotmail.com
http://www.MugsPlace.net



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I've added two photos of the Big E in drydock. Click the link below to see them.
Thank you very much, AT2 Mike Petersen, for the nice photos.

And thank you, Mr. Philip D. Tuckey, Senior Project Engineer at Newport News Shipbuilding, for providing me with a wealth of information regarding the 1991 Overhaul.

I've got a few dozen more Enterprise photos I'll be putting up on the site sooner or later, as soon as I get around to digging them out and scanning them. If you'd like to be notified when they are up, just shoot me an e-mail.

AO3 Smitty
Lehigh Acres, FL, USA - 17:57:48 2/18/2002
cvn65@sizor.com
http://www.sizor.com/cvn65/big_e/



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I was aboard for 3 days from subic
to singapore. I traded with a sm2 I was on Benjamin stoddert ddg 22. I was also there when she was on fire off the coast of hawaii.I was in the whale boat as the sm,we were looking for anyone
that we could find. our ship picked up
one body. it was a bad time


M L Jarvis
Wintersville ohio, usa - 14:46:39 2/10/2002
Nhmcrangerfinder@aol.com



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I was on the USS Enterprise when she took off on her maiden voyage...I remember standing there watch them put her in the water and thinking that there was no way she'd ever float she was so big.Is there anyone out there that was there the same time I was?
Harvey Ingram
Woodland,Georgia, USA - 21:53:44 2/08/2002
cheydaw@yahoo.com



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Thanks for the most interesting site. I'm doing a research project on the CVN-65 fire in 1969. Need to know where ship was repaired and arrival/departure dates at repair facility. Can you help?
Thanks, Tom Hayes
Tom Hayes
Westbrook, Ct, USA - 13:45:36 2/06/2002
tahayes98@yahoo.com
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THIS IS A GOOD SITE TO FIND INFORMATION ON THE REAL USS ENTERPRISE DAVID. LIVE LONG AND PROSPER.
DAVID D
WESTLAKE, OHIO, UNITED STATES - 18:00:15 2/02/2002
DAVENTERPRISE@AOL.COM



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I was on the Big E 1965 to dec 1969, does anyone remember the pueblo.Very interesting times. we were sent to attempt a rescue after returning from R+R in Hong Kong stood many bridge watches on the helm. left as a BM-3 out of first division.Great web page, keep up the good work
ed menard BM-3
northbridge mass., u.s. - 17:01:50 2/01/2002
emenard@ctcnet.com