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01/17/2010
- I have added
a page to the site that describes the various naval and military
Operations that Hassayampa was engaged in during her life at sea.
These descriptions have been taken from the on-line
dictionary/encyclopedia Wikipedia and can be seen here.
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01/16/2010 - I
would like to bring everybody's attention to what I believe the most
vivid addition was to this site during 2009: the submission of a
new image of the infamous USS Preble refueling that took place in
February 1976. It is truly awesome. The specific image can be seen
simply by clicking here
or visiting the Photo Page for 1976
which will give you a little history of that underway replenishment as
well.
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01/16/2010
- Although I
have made many changes throughout the website during the past year, I
just haven't listed them on this "what's new" page; for
that, I suppose, I should receive lashings, but I do beg your
forgiveness. I will try to keep with tradition and revert to updating
this page as necessary.
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01/11/2009
- I have just
completed a major overhaul and updating of the Ribbons
and Awards pages of the site bringing into view retroactivity of
awards made in recent past plus adding several other features of
information. While researching these topics, I discovered that former
Gunnery Officer Carlson LeGrand went on to become Rear Admiral Carlson
M. LeGrand and was the Navy’s former deputy judge advocate general.
I have also come across the name of Admiral Julian Lake, (a former
commanding officer of Hassayampa) who apparently was an electronics
wizard of some kind who went on to become Vice Admiral Julian
Lake, Commander, Naval Electronic Systems Command Headquarters. I
have added their names and information to the
History
Page where there are eight other individuals listed as having
Hassayampa history prior to attaining flag rank. I believe that you
will find interesting reading on this site's History Page; I further
believe that Hassayampa is one of the most decorated and memorable
fleet oilers that the U.S. Navy has ever had, if not THE most
decorated and
memorable fleet oiler that the U.S. Navy has ever had.
I challenge anybody to find a better one. I have also added several 'new'
photo images of Hassayampa on various pages of the site. Those, you
are going to have to look for, yourself......while you are learning
about THE most decorated and memorable fleet oiler the U.S. Navy
has ever had. Enjoy!
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11/20/2008
- It appears
that there are several websites that depict Hassayampa as having been
scrapped back in December 2005. Maybe I should be a little more alert
as to what's 'out there' pertaining to Hassayampa. In any event,
Hassayampa is Alive and Well and continuing to rest peacefully along
with a few of her sisters in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, California. This
is continued good news for all us 'ol salts.........
http://www.angelwind.com/hassayampa/photo_suisun-bay.html
http://www.angelwind.com/hassayampa/three_sisters_0604.html>
http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/19/19145.htm
| Copy of e-mail received
yesterday by webmaster:
From: Gary Priolo
(gppriolo@gmail.com)
Sent: Wed 11/19/08 4:52 AM
To: Terry Kuehn (terrykuehn@hotmail.com)
Terry,
Thank you for your email concerning Hassayampa. I am not sure where we came up with the information that she was scrapped. Perhaps this information was mistakenly added to her page at Navsource when it was intended for the Mississinewa's page. At any rate, we will make a change to reflect that she is still in reserve at Suisun Bay. This change will be included in this Friday's update. By the way the Navy's Naval Vessel Register (NVR) shows her as being transferred to the Maritime Administration and not scrapped.
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12/08/2007
- Updated
Apollo 11 Space Page with
image of USS
Hornet (CVS-12) approaching Apollo 11 capsule after splashdown.
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11/16/2007
- Have
created an
Operation
Dominic page
for reference regarding "Atmospheric Nuclear Testing
1946-1962."
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03/11/2007
- Have
created an Apollo 11 Page in recognition of the importance of USS
Hornet (CVS-12) and the Apollo Space Program. Please
click here
for a photo essay of the Apollo 11 splashdown recovery mission.
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03/09/2007
- Have
just been supplied with photo image of USS Hassayampa (AO-145)
refueling USS Hornet (CVS-12) 36 hours prior to Hornet picking up the
Apollo 11 Astronauts and crew fresh from their lunar excursion, and it
has been added to the 1969 Photo Page. Needless to say, Hassayampa
History Page has now been updated, as well. This refueling took place
on July 22, 1969. Bob Fish, Trustee,
USS
Hornet Museum met recently with former Hornet XO Chris Lamb for
the purposes of securing images of this refueling operation. The
efforts of Mr. Fish and the Hornet Museum will go down in Hassayampa
history.
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01/01/2007
- 2006
went so fast........ Here it is 2007 already. It's OK, though, because
there was a fantastic Florida National Reunion and a real neat
Bremerton, Washington Regional Mini-Meet. For pics of the Florida
National Reunion please
click
here. For pics of the Bremerton Mini-Meet please
click
here. NOW, FOR 2007, The National Reunion will be in Las Vegas
during the last weekend of September and the Pacific Northwest
Mini-Meet will be in Portland, Oregon on April 21st. I'll try to have
my nose more to the Hassayampa stone this year than I did last year.
Looking forward to a wonderful year -- hey, it has a "seven"
in it.
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10/09/2005 - USS/USNS
Hassayampa (AO-145/T-AO 145) 2005 reunion in Springfield, Missouri
went off without a hitch. Former shipmates from around the country
mustered for Hassayampa's fourth National Reunion. It was decided that
Jacksonville, Florida would be the site for Reunion 2006.
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09/12/2005 - Uploaded
additional pics of the Pacific Northwest Mini-Meet of April 2005.
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09/08/2005 - Have
added many pics to the 1972 page thanks to Wally Bennett and Ken Mapes,
both crew members of the 1972-1973 cruise. Am also working on posting
more pics of the Pacific Northwest Mini-Meet held in Astoria, Oregon. Should
have them on site in a day or so.
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05/01/2005
- Have
completed adding pics to each USS ship that was listed on the
Ships Refueled page; because of byte sizes, have broken pages into three sections:
Page One ("A-L"),
Page Two
("M-Z") and
Page Three ("Non-USS") ("Non-USS")
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04/25/2005 - Am
in the process of adding pics to each USS ship that is listed on the
Ships Refueled page.
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04/21/2005
- The
Pacific Northwest Regional Mini Meet was held in Astoria, Oregon April
16th and 17th with 11 Pacific Northwest shipmates in attendance,
including Chief Lange from California. Also in attendance was former
Commanding Officer W.G. Coulter coming in from Shoreline, Washington
specifically for Saturday's luncheon. The local highlight was a tour
of USCGC STEADFAST. A pictorial essay of the event can be found at
www.angelwind.com/hassayampa/reunion_2005_astoria.html.
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03/19/2005
- USS Hassayampa
Veteran's Association is scheduling its 2005 Reunion for September 23rd, 24th and 25th,
2005 in Springfield, Missouri. For additional information please visit
www.USSHassayampa.com
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03/19/2005
- A Pacific
Northwest Mini-Meet has been in the works for several months and will take place in Astoria, Oregon on April 16,
2005. For additional information please visit
www.angelwind.com/hassayampa/50
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03/18/2005
- Over the last
several months, orders have been taken for brand new USS Hassayampa
lighters. Zippo Lighter Company was the manufacturer of choice and it
came through with flying colors. Scores of lighters were ordered and
shipped to those who were interested in purchasing one or more of
them.
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07/20/2004
- Decided to
rebuild this entire site, primarily because pics and images relevant
to the various years of Hassayampa's history were beginning to get
completely out of sinc. Also updated historical elements relevant to
Hassayampa and Hawaii.
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07/12/2004
- Modified
website directory status somewhat so as to assist in the diversity
that this site is evolving into; have also added a section to
reflect a
small memorial
to USS
Arizona (BB-39). Also noteworthy, is the fact that this site has had
more than 10,000 page views since January 15, 2002.
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05/19/2004
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Copy of e-mail received this date
by webmaster:
Subj: USS Barbel Rescue of 87 Refugees
Date: 05/18/2004 10:58:09 AM Pacific Daylight Time
From:
To: (Hassayampa Webmaster),
Sent from the Internet (Details)
To Whom It May Concern -
The information on your web-site, regarding the rescue of 87
Vietnamese refugees by the USS Barbel (SS-580), are absolutely
correct. At the time, I was serving as the Supply
Officer on-board Barbel (I later served as Weapons Officer then Chief Engineer - Barbel was too small to have a
'real' Supply Officer assigned). As I recall, we came
across the small-boat rather late in the evening; if it had
not been for the keen eye of on of the look-outs, we might
have actually hit the boat. The boat was adrift with no
fuel, water or food. I do not recall how long the
individuals had been at sea when we happened upon them. We brought Barbel DIW (dead
in the water) and brought the Vietnamese top-side. We
provide blankets, food, water and medical attention as needed.
We remained DIW through the night and transferred our new
'passengers' the following afternoon to the USNS Hassayampa
(AO-145).
We did receive the Humanitarian Service Medal for our efforts
. . . it is good to hear about what has happened to at least
of few of those we rescued.
Regards.
J.R. (Rick) Roton
CDR USN(RET)
Served on-board USS BARBEL 1981 - 1985 . . . it was the best
time of my life. |
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04/18/2004
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| The following e-mail text is submitted for historical clarification purposes:
Subj: USS Hassayampa AO-145
Date: 03/25/2004 2:55:29 PM Pacific Standard Time
From: dogy@mbay.net
To: contovi@aol.com
Hi. My name is Charles Dougherty. First let me say that you have a great web page on all of the old fleet
oilers. I served on the Hass. 3 years. From 1958 through 1960. She was the best ship I served on. There is one thing I would like to correct. In 58 when I think his name was Locket, "he was a gunners mate" was washed overboard, He was picked up by the Destroyer behind us. Not by a Helicopter from the Midway. I was helping him with the phone line when he went over. I had a death grip on the line or I may have went with him. It was an experience. I haven't looked at the whole page yet, but you have spent a lot of time and effort on this. Thank you so much for bringing back the memories.
Charles Dougherty. AKA dogy. R div. Webmaster's
Note: Webmaster has amended this site's page to
reflect this information. |
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04/02/2004 -
Have created USS Tappahannock (AO-43) site dedication
to Virgil Werner {formerly of USS Hassayampa (AO-145)} whose dad served aboard USS Tappahannock (AO-43) during WW-II.
Sources of pics and information have been through Internet search and accumulation
of available data into one site. Have also added USS Tappahannock (AO-43)
to list of sister ships on home page.
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02/22/2004 -
|
Webmaster received this e-mail
this date:
"There is a picture on various websites
that show the "Hass" in bad weather alongside the USS Preble
in Feb. 1976. Many have the comment that says it was "trying to
refuel the Preble". Well it did refuel the Preble, about 30,000
gallons as I remember, from Station #3 and I was the rig captain.
Then I was a BM2 and LPO of the USS Hassayampa AO-145 1st Division.
And a few months later I was given several pictures from the Captain
for souvenirs. The "Hass" was my best tour of duty in 20 yrs
in the Navy. The "Hass" never tried to do anything, it
always did its job. --- CWO-3 (Boatswain) USN RET. J.S. Wolff"
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01/25/2004 - "Vietnam was and is the defining
period of my life...." Former shipmate Dennis Hitchcock was
featured in a PBS web
page in May 2002. Came across the article some time back and then
forgot I had it. His comments are worth reading, whether you're
politically motivated or not. I invite you to read what was found to
be most impressive by the staff of PBS. Step
back in time and read what Dennis Hitchcock had to say.
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01/25/2004 - And a happy belated Happy New
Year everyone. I trust that all are well, fit, and spunky and ready
for whatever.......... Cheers!
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12/14/2003 - Webmaster has just received
a web link from Vern
Bouwman,
formerly of USS
Kawishiwi (AO-146) depicting certain relationships of the Neosha Class
tankers that served the 7th and Pacific Fleets. Vern has done a phenomenal job of combining USS Hassayampa (AO-145),
USS Kawishiwi (AO-146) and USS Ponchatoula (AO-148) information and
putting it forward. It is an impressive piece of work.
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11/18/2003 - Just received:
pics of USNS
Hassayampa during Desert Shield/Desert Storm deployment circa
1990-1991 photos showing Big Mama laying off in Sri Lanka Harbor plus a
few replenishment photos during Desert Shield/Desert Storm deployment.
Photos courtesy Wayne Mincey, RMC(SW) (Ret), USNS Hassayampa (April
1990- July 1991)
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11/17/2003 - Have been experiencing server
problems for the past several weeks. Things appear to have been
rectified. I have updated the home page and the site's hit
counter. The USS Hassayampa Veterans Association has
just completed its second reunion -- this year again at the Best Western
Rancho Grande Motel in Wickenburg, Arizona -- which was held on October
24th-26th, 2003. Forr Reunion Report 2003, please click
here. Vic Alasio, President, USS Hassayampa Veteran's Association,
has again utilized his prose and poetic abilities to grace us all with
wit, wisdom, facts and fancy. Again, we have been blessed with an
officer and crew compliment that's damn hard to beat!
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09/27/2003 -
Vietnamese
Boat Rescue incident photos have been made available
by former Captain Pat Moloney,
Cargo Mate/Chief Mate 80/81, Master 84/88 and are now
incorporated within a permanent page within this website.
Webmaster's
Note: without the resources of Captain Moloney,
Hassayampa's recorded legacy would be nowhere where it
currently is. His contributions to the Hassayampa websites
have been invaluable and are most greatly
appreciated, to say the least! For viewing these
historical photos, please click
here.
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09/27/2003 -
|
The following is an e-mail received by Vic
Alasio, early
September 2003, from a survivor of Hassayampa's rescue efforts:
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing this email to express my deepest gratitude to those officers/sailors who had rescued the 211(87+124) boatpeople at sea on the 5th & 6th of May 1981.
I was among the first group of refugees, and was eleven at the time, (my birthday is on the 5th of May). Of the total 87 boatpeople, 84 migrated to the United States, one person (male)
went to France; my sister and I resettled in Australia.
For the last 22 years I have endeavored on multiple occasions to obtain information about the crew of the USS BARBEL & the USS HASSAYAMPA but to no success. It was purely coincidental that I have finally stumbled across this web-site. I was extremely thrilled and touched when reading the details of the rescue.
With each line, emotional and sentimental memories are brought back... Although more than two decades had passed, it seems like it was yesterday. I am now 33 years old and currently living in Melbourne, Australia. My occupation at present, is Financial Planner for Westpac Banking Corporation, one of the largest financial institutions in Australia. I would love to attend your reunion dinner, and hopefully, can catch-up with those officers/sailors that served on board the USS HASSAYAMPA during the rescue mission, but unable to do so due to immigration issues. I am also eager to get in contact with my fellow
expats.
Please kindly assist me with their contact details and photos of the rescue, if they are available. I would be very grateful if I could obtain copies of the photos of the rescue. They would be invaluable and timeless treasures of family history. Once again, thank you for your compassion and kindness. Your humane action had given us a chance to have a better future in a free and wonderful country like the United States and Australia.
THANK YOU & HAVE A HAPPY REUNION..
Pierre T H Nguyen baogiangnguyen@hotmail.com
PO BOX 2286, FOOTSCRAY, VICTORIA 3011, AUSTRALIA
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04/11/2003
Re: USS Barbel (SS-580)
Photos have been received from former skipper Pat
Moloney regarding USS Barbel and its involvement with Hassayampa in
Vietnamese boat people rescues c.1982. Computer scanning and web page
workup will follow.
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03/31/2003 The USS Hassayampa Veterans Association has once again reserved all the rooms at the Best Western Rancho Grande Motel in Wickenburg, Arizona for our Second Reunion to be held on October 24th-26th, 2003. As we did last year, any overflow will be accommodated at the Super 8 Motel about 1 mile from the Rancho Grande. Each reunion attendee will be responsible for making his or her own reservation, on a "first come, first serve" basis by calling the hotel at 1-800-854-7235 or by e-mailing them at
info@bwranchogrande.com. Please inform them that you are with the USS Hassayampa Veterans Reunion group. Also, please convey to them any special needs you may have.
This year we have imposed a cutoff date -- if you plan on attending you must have your reservation for both the motel and dinners by October 1, 2003! More to follow....
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02/20/2003 Uploaded revised "Ships
Refueled" Page; current page depicts vessels identified by former
shipmates in addition to the records made available by former Master (Commanding Officer)
Pat Moloney, USNS; updated counter on Home Page to 4,931 page views from January 15, 2002
to February 20, 2003.
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01/11/2003
Boat
Rescue page now on the site; standing by to receive photos from
Gary Nielson and Pat Moloney.
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01/09/2003 Have just received
information re: request for information re: submarine rescue of boat
people c.1982; am working up presentation page for this purpose; am to
receive photos of operation from Gary Nielson, crew member of USS Barbel
(SS-580) 1980-1983 who was active in rescue; will post temporary page
shortly describing BARBEL and will link from this page (What's New
Page) in addition to elsewhere later; please see notes dated
09/18/2002 and 04/02/2002 for reference to this post.
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12/05/2002 Am working on information
regarding Hassayampa's involvement with the Gemini 8 Space Program. I
will post on this "What's New" page when I have the Gemini
Page up and running.
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11/19/2002
We have just returned from Wickenburg, Arizona where our first-ever
ship's reunion took place November 15, 16 and 17. Very moving and
inspirational experiences.
The USS
Hassayampa (AO-145) Veterans Association has been formally created
and it has been voted that the second-ever reunion will take place
October 24, 25, 26, 2003 back in Wickenburg.
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11/13/2002 SHIP'S REUNION IN TWO
DAYS! -- Wickenburg, Arizona, standby to receive Ship's Company!
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09/29/2002 Updated "Ships
Refueled" page, adding AMERICA, CHIPOLA, SARATOGA and
WELCH to the list. As ever, any additions or corrections are always
welcomed. Please notify webmaster
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09/18/2002
For current update on Reunion Information please visit
USS Hassayampa (AO-145) Veteran's Association Web Site "We are continuing to
continue to standby...."
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09/18/2002 -
|
This e-mail just in
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"In response to the question of the rescue from the
sub:
I have photos of the sub with pax onboard
I have photos of our xfer to the Hass using Hass
whaleboat
The sub was the Barbel. ( I'm
pretty sure, but there were three boats in that class [the B-Girls];
it was one of them. Last Diesel boats in the USN. Check
her record. She would have got a Humanitarian Svc Awd out
of it.
We picked up another boat that day. Total Boat
people for the day (and I regret I don't have the breakdown) was 211
Viet Namese rescued that day. A good day's work!
Sea Story...
I was Cargo Mate, #3 in the chain of command...there isn't anything
like it that fits comfortably in the Navy chain so work with me here.
7th Fleet Oporders were to give directions and provisions to boat
people. Nothing more. I was a A Viet Nam Vet and anyone who
tried to get out of there was going to get a fair deal by me. I
went down to the boat with a fire ax and tested a few planks for
soundness. Sumbitch!!! That boat was taking water. She was
unseaworthy as I radioed to our Capt. We had to take those
refugees aboard.
I stayed in touch for a while. Of our 26 refugees on that two
wound up as MD's one in San Jose, another in Paris.
Best Regards
M/
---[end of e-mail]
webmaster,
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Please see entry dated 04/02/2002
for Request for Information |
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07/27/2002 For current update on Reunion Information please visit
USS Hassayampa (AO-145) Veteran's Association Web Site "We are continuing to standby....""We are continuing to standby...."
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05/12/2002
For current update on Reunion Information please visit
USS Hassayampa (AO-145) Veteran's Association Web Site "We are standing by....""We are standing by...."
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04/02/2002 REQUEST FOR
INFORMATION: an e-mail was sent to this webmaster seeking
information regarding the following:
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"The USNS Hassayampa picked up an
overloaded boat of Vietnamese escaping the communist country and (my
friend) was on it. This was in 1982 (I think). The story goes, first a U.S. submarine
surfaced in the Pacific near the boat of refugees and created a temporary
tent city on top of the sub for them to stay. Later the Hassayampa picked
them up and took them to Singapore. (My friend) would like to know the name of the submarine that rescued him before the Hassayampa
came along and took them to Singapore. Do you know of a way to find out
what the submarine's name was? Would the USNS Hassayampa have a ship's log
somewhere?"
- Any
info regarding this incident would be greatly appreciated. Please e-mail
any information you may have to webmaster
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03/25/2002 Updated
Ships
Refueled page; and if anybody is interested, a battleship
page has been added to this site. I hope nobody
minds.
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03/23/2002 Made up a little
Poster
Page (a little for laughter and a little for some serious
afterthought); modified home page a little to reflect an image of the
cap that Vic has been working on so diligently; official
Muster List now stands in excess of 112 members with 49 of them planning
to attend the November reunion; sent an e-mail to the quarterdeck hotel
and requested that they reserve their entire complex for the Wickenburg
Stampede; as of this date we have had 2,004 page visits to the site; it
is hoped that reciprocal linking will facilitate information being
passed to the world regarding the fine ship HASSAYAMPA;
USS Hassayampa is truly being blessed by certain individuals bearing
stars.
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03/08/2002
Cold War Veterans Recognition Certificate
information
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03/03/2002 THIS IS WORTH A SEPARATE
ENTRY: "USS Hassayampa" is now
well-entrenched into Internet search engines; anybody now searching for
the Hass will now be directed to the web sites that Vic and I are
currently operating. Later this year when we combine our sites, all
activities will be directed to, and emanate from, the USS Hassayampa
Veterans Association web site. Hoooooorah!
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03/03/2002 Have received input and
feedback re: ships refueled, ports of call, photo identification and
hotel accommodation requirements and have updated pages accordingly,
including "7th Fleet" information; our guest book has been
temporarily disabled during a Bravenet reconfiguration period and should
be back up in a few days
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03/01/2002 Vic is working on cups,
hats and shirts; photo of cup is on home page;
we've been spidered by the search engines (hot d...!); 43 members
planning to attend reunion in November; Hassayampa has been submitted to
two web rings; things are moving right along; deleted questionnaire
regarding ship's store items ~~ members have indicated items of choice
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02/22/2002 added
temporary
photo page 10 with photo and text
courtesy Midway Joe and temporary
photo page 08: photos taken from USS Fletcher (DDE-445) 1968 (notice the Hass's forward 3-inch gun
mounts); installed palm-treed image of USS
Hassayampa on all pages of this site; e-group membership now stands at
37; the USS Hassayampa Veterans Association has reserved 50 rooms
at the Best
Western Rancho Grande hotel in Wickenburg, Arizona for the Wickenburg
Muster to be held on November 15-17, 2002; each attendee must
make his or her own reservation which will be accepted on a "first
come, first serve" basis; call the hotel at 1-800-845-7234
or e-mail them at info@bwranchogrande.com, ask for Cassandra and be sure to tell her that you are with the
USS
Hassayampa Veterans Reunion group; also, convey to them any special
needs you may have; Hassayampa coffee cups
in planning stage (more information later)
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02/16/2002 Official
Muster List now stands at 81 members; as to our planned reunion in
November, 34 members currently have intentions of showing up for The
Wickenburg Muster, including former Commanding Officer Captain William
G. Coulter; Hassayampa website is beginning to be linked from various
other websites. (Maybe we'll become famous.)
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02/08/2002
uploaded
Ports
of Call Page with preliminary information subject to continuous
additions and corrections
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02/07/2002 Vic Alasio has begun a
Hassayampa Crew
List page which will be updated as newer information becomes
available; if anyone has any corrections or additions to the Crew List,
please please contact Vic at vic@alasio.com
and he will make the changes immediately
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02/07/2002 individuals interested
in attending the reunion in Wickenburg, Arizona in November of this year
are asked to please go the "sign-up"
page on that site and fill out the form that is provided and submit
it -- this ultimately will be the only way for us to know in advance as
to how many rooms and what accommodations may be needed for that event.
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02/06/2002 Official Muster List now
stands at 75 members strong and growing; we now have at least one
shipmate on our list from each year the Hass was in commission, from a
couple of Plank Owners to members of her last crew; ports of call
information currently being submitted to webmaster for creation of Ports
of Call page for website; Ship's Store voting questionnaire is being
responded to, and product lines will soon be investigated.
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02/03/2002 after several days of server
problems and whatever, site is up and running: checked linking and cross
linking and everything appears to work; have seen membership rise to 32;
this is great.................
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01/29/2002 deleted dead links from Sister
Ship links section; added Guest Page link from home page; created Ship's
Store questionnaire link on home page
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01/25/2002 updated history page and home
page; brought counter up to speed and fine-tuned Hassayampa history;
continuing to search the Internet in hopes of acquiring additional
information; visited Neosho the other day to say "Hi"
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01/22/2002 updated history page and
added temporary
photo page 09; reported to group as
to home-state addresses; continuing to work on Hassayampa history for
later insertion into site; had contact from USS Neosho e-group
moderator; informed him of progress with Hassayampa e-group and
Hassayampa website; moderator stated he would pass the word; I will
visit Neosho's e-group and say HI and wish them all a Happy New
Year.....
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01/19/2002 hearing a lot from many that
cruise books and photos will be forthcoming; 227 page views since
December 15th; have credited and labeled each photo on this site's
temporary photo pages (now we have names or some information to go with the photos); let's
keep-a-hummin' guys; this is great!
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01/18/2002 am working through proposed site
plan for web site layout; created temporary pages for all uploaded
photos of last several days of crew members to temporary
photo
pages 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07 so all can see; some images may be a little large kb size, but the wait
will be worth it; HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND GENTLEMEN!
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01/16/2002 am working on formulating
input data sheets to facilitate data base management for present, and
future, members of group; am attempting to make contact with Rear
Admiral Paul O. Soderberg who, during 1972-1974, was Supply Officer
aboard Hassayampa; placed solo photo of Hassayampa on a temporary
photo page 01 (this image is 441kb in size (about 3 minutes at 28k
speed) and has the Hass surrounded by palm
trees; many of the photo
images that we are receiving will have to be worked to decrease their kb
size for uploading quality; am receiving names and addresses to
facilitate future planning
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01/15/2002 placed hit counter on home
page
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01/15/2002 busy going
through posts and websites and photos and memos
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01/13/2002 launched
temporary web site with Photo Album and brief History Page
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01/13/2002 have
exhausted current list of names
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01/12/2002 sent out 7
invitations to join group
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01/11/2002
sent out 3
invitations to join group
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01/10/2002 sent out 24
invitations to join group
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Along came New Year's
Eve and nine days later resumed work on e-group
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Sent out first wave of
invitations to join e-group. There were 9 invitations in that group
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Began looking closer at
information on Internet than I had before. Began listing names with
e-mail addresses
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Decided to create Yahoo
E-Group HASSAYAMPA
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12/30/2001 searched
Internet for Hassayampa and found same kind of information
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Historical ---- Searched Internet
periodically for information on USS Hassayampa and found bits and
pieces
