Scuttlebutt

By Captain Hank Munnikhuysen, CO, (’59-’61) Virginia Beach, Va. Regarding the stern anchor situation. It seems that the navigator and quartermaster each figured out the distance the stern anchor should be let go. The first […]

By Barry Sutton, RD3, (’59-’61) Casey Creek, Ky. Nick Gardner, QM3, and I were reminiscing and sharing some sea stories about the T-bone a while ago, and we talked about the time the stern anchor […]

By Ray Pfeiffer, RM2, (’70-’71) I must respectfully disagree with my good friend Rick Erisman’s account of Thanksgiving dinner aboard the T-Bone in 1970 on Med 3-70 as described in his NEWSLETTER column in this […]

By Ship’s Historian Rick Erisman, RM3, in Pittsburgh Ray Pfeiffer, RM3 (70′-’71), and his wife Cris have just returned to Normandy from three weeks on the road with Easy Company and their Band of Brothers […]

Of the Navy’s varied mission groups, some get more attention, and glory than others. Named for the reptile it emulates, the Gator Navy is one of the more low-profile pieces of the U.S. military machine. […]