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Ken's Ships

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Ken Poorman

Ships I was on - some for a day, months, one for a year+

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USS Kitty Hawk CVA-63 San Diego
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Did Gitmo shakedown & took Kitty on her Maiden Voyage crost Equator & round the Horn to PacFlt
USS Forrestal CVA-59 Norfolk
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My Unit's berthing compartment was 02-167-2-L
USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CVA-42 Mayport
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Dominican Republic Operations
USS Shangri-La CVA-38 Mayport
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Hey, turn that light out!
We're in the Band, man!
WE DON'T DO REVEILLE!
   
USS Midway CVA-41 Alameda NAS
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Dad took me aboard when I was about 13 y/o

USS Kenneth D. Bailey DD-713
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No place to hide on these Tin Cans - this was not fun - and neither was the high-line!
HMS Hermes R-12 Portsmouth, England
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Went aboard in the Med - not nuts about the GROG! The rum was good though.

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Some of these photos are the ships I was at sea on, and their aircraft, i.e. USS Kitty Hawk, USS Forrestal, USS FDR, USS Shangri-La, USS K.D. Bailey; Aircraft: Douglas A3D Skywarrior, McDonnell F4B Phantom II, Vought F8U Crusader, McDonnell-Douglas A4B Skyhawk, Douglas AD Skyraider, Grumman E1B Tracer aka Willie Fudd

You have to see our fire power live to appreciate
what "Shock and Awe" really means!
Feel the power!
F-4B Phantom II
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Loaded for bear!
F-8U Crusader
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Guns Blazin' & Sidewinders Ready
A-4B Skyhawk
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Haulin some Little Bombs
A-3D Skywarrior
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Haulin some Big Bombs
AD Skyraider
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Love to see those 20MM's strafin & missile power
Willy Fudd - WF-2 Tracer
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Huey - HU-1
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German Jet (no tailhook!)
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Crashed into our barrier

 
After I seperated from active duty, I moved from Norfolk back to Lock Haven and went to work at Piper Aircraft Corporation . . .

   

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