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Recent changes to the Tin Can
Sailors Web Site
November 4,
2009
Shipmate Registry
updated (112 entries added)
News From Today's Navy:
New York Lands Marines, Full
USMC Static Display in Transit
to City;
Retired Senior Chief Returns to
College;
Pre-Commissioning Unit New York
(LPD 21) conducts flight and
embarkation operations.;
Photo of the Day;
NYC Guests Visit PCU New York;
Cole Completes Security
Cooperation Port Visits in
Finland, Estonia;
PCU New York Crew Hosts Mayor
Bloomberg;
Headlines From Around the Fleet;
New York
Arrives in Big Apple;
GW Carrier Strike Group Departs
Hong Kong Following First Visit;
Expeditionary Strike Group 5
Assumption of Command in Bahrain
Reunions in Review:
USS Kimberly (DD-521);
USS Grand Canyon AD/AR-28;
USS Walker (DD/DDE-517)
Added ship photo:
Multiple ships--AD-9, DD-213,
217, 227, 212, and 226
November 3,
2009
News From
Today's Navy:
DESRON 50 Expands Maritime
Security Mission
November 2,
2009
Patches:
USS O'Callahan (DE-1051);
USS Koelsch (DE-1049);
USS Hepburn (DE-1055);
USS Rathburne (DE-1057);
USS Stein (DE-1065);
USS Donald B. Beary (DE-1085);
USS Barbey (DE-1088);
USS Pharris (DE-1094);
USS Ouellet (FF-1077)
Reunions in
Review:
USS Melvin (DD-680);
USS Walton (DE-361);
USS Jarvis (DD-799),
USS Zellars (DD-777)
Tin Can Trivia: Announced
October's winner and added
November's question.
News From Today's Navy:
USS Lassen's (DDG 82)
Vietnamese-American commanding
officer prepares the ship to
visit Vietnam;
H1N1 Vaccine Order Includes
Enough for National Guard;
USS Turner Joy Museum Ship
Transforms into Haunted Ship;
US, Australian Boarding Teams
Conduct Joint Training for Deep
Sabre II;
USS John L. Hall Visits
Klaipeda, Lithuania;
Navy to Commission Guided
Missile Destroyer Dewey at Seal
Beach;
Pre-Commissioning Unit New York
(LPD 21) heads to its namesake
for commissioning.;
Headlines From Around the Fleet;
Future USS New York Sets Sail
for the Big Apple
October 30,
2009
Added to Announcements
Memorial service for
Augustine M. Vasquez, in San
Saba, Texas, 66 years and 1
day after his death, and
Discounts to Veterans in honor
of Veterans' Day.
October 29,
2009
News From Today's Navy:
USS Russell Returns from Western
Pacific Deployment;
Retiree Appreciation Day Keeps
Veterans Updated on Benefits,
Services;
Joint Warrior 09-2 Wraps Up;
DoD prepares for mandatory
fleetwide H1N1 vaccination to
begin next month.
Reunions in
Review:
Added photos from USS Samuel N.
Moore (DD-747) Reunion;
USS Tingey (DD-539)
October 28,
2009
News From Today's Navy:
USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51)
returns to Naval Station Norfolk
after completing a six-month
deployment;
Normandy Completes Group Sail
with Ike Strike Group Ships;
Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike
Group Returns Home;
USS Higgins Honors 1983 Beirut
Barracks Bombing Victims;
Coalition Assets Rescue Civilian
Mariner at Sea;
Headlines From Around the Fleet
Reunions in
Review:
USS Robert A. Owens (DDE-827);
USS Dale (DLG-19/CG-19)
Poet's Corner:
Hazing in the Med, 1937
Added link for
USS McCord (DD-534)
Updated ship
lists for Alreigh Burke ships
Arleigh Burke
(1991)
October 27,
2009
Shipmate Registry
updated (204 entries added)
October 26,
2009
Reunions in Review:
USS Meredith (DD-434/726/890);
USS O'Bannon
(DD-450/987/DDE-450);
USS Frank Knox (DDR-742)
October 23,
2009
News From Today's Navy:
Photo of the Day;
Headlines From Around the Fleet;
USS James E. Williams (DDG 95)
returns home after a six-month
deployment;
Foreign Defense Attaches Visit
Quarterdeck of the Navy;
SWOS Set to Teach Material
Readiness to PCOs;
USS Arleigh Burke Returns From
African Partnership Station;
Pacific Command holds a change
of command ceremony
Reunions in
Review:
USS Lewis Hancock (DD-675);
USS Everett F. Larson
(DD/DDR-830);
USS Conway (DD-507);
USS Jeffers (DD-621/DMS-27)
Updated Reunion
Listings
October 22,
2009
News From Today's Navy:
Photo of the Day;
A Look at the Birth of the
Continental Navy;
Hundreds Join Old Ironsides'
Return to Sea for 212th Birthday;
USS Anzio Seizes Four Tons of
Narcotics;
USS George Washington
participates in exercises with
the Republic of Korea.
October 21,
2009
News From Today's Navy:
USS Missouri Pulls into Dry Dock;
USS Jarrett Returns to San Diego
from Deployment;
Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike
Group Coming Home;
Nitze Sailor Drops the Puck at
Norfolk Admirals Military
Appreciation Night;
Navy Conducts First Successful
Structural Test Firing for LCS
Gun;
Navy Region Northwest Big Band
Cascade Honors Veterans through
Music;
GW CSG Completes Bilateral
Exercise with ROK Navy;
Headlines From Around the Fleet
Reunions in Review:
USS English (DD-696);
USS Wren (DD-568);
USS Soley (DD-707);
USS Witek (DD/EDD-848)
Book Reviews:
South Pacific Destroyer: The
Battle for the Solomons from
Savo Island to Vella Gulf
October 19,
2009
Added link for
USS Jouett (DLG/CG-29)
Updated Reunion
Listings
Reunions in
Review:
USS Bausell (DD-845);
USS Davidson (DE/FF-1045);
Ralph Talbot (DD-390)
Patches:
USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37);
USS Frontier (AD-25);
USS Markab (AR-23);
Desron-25;
Shoulder Patches:
USS Edson (DD-946);
USS Davis (DD-937)
Memorabilia:
USS John R. Craig (DD-885)
Decommissioning Invitation
October 16,
2009
Added coupons for
Mid-Atlantic, Florida, Arizona,
Fort Myers, and Jacksonville
Bull Sessions
October 15,
2009
News From Today's Navy:
USS Freedom to Deploy Early;
USS Nitze in the Spotlight
During Fleet Week;
Headlines From Around the Fleet;
U.S. and Brazilian Navies Work
Together During Joint Warrior;
Wayne E. Meyer's Spirit Lives on
in Namesake Ship's Commissioning;
Chief of Naval Operations speaks
to plank owners at commissioning
ceremony for USS Wayne E. Meyer
(DDG 108)
Added Ship Model
for
USS Roper (DD-147)
Reunions in
Review:
USS Bordelon (DD-881)
October 14,
2009
Book Review:
Southern Redfeet by Charlie
Stephen Nelson, Sr.
October 13,
2009
News From Today's Navy:
Women Will Serve on Submarines,
Navy Secretary Says;
USS Hawes Returns From
Deployment;
Carr Sailors Return Home from
Deployment;
USS Carr (FFG 52) and USS Hawes
(FFG 53) return to Naval Station
Norfolk;
Joint Warrior 09-2 Commences;
USFF Takes Action to Man the
Fleet;
USS McCampbell Heads to
Indonesia for Humanitarian
Mission;
McCampbell Sailors Prepare to
Assist in Indonesian
Humanitarian Efforts;
Navy to Commission Guided
Missile Destroyer Wayne E. Meyer;
PCU New York Receives Special
Gift;
Headlines From Around the Fleet;
Navy Bids Farwell to Last BTCM;
Ingraham Crew Proud to Assist
Citizens of Samoa
Reunions in
Review:
USS Brough (DE-148);
USS John R. Craig (DD-885);
USS Agerholm (DD-826);
USS John R. Pierce;
USS Towers (DDG-9);
USS Endicott (DD-495/DMS-35)
Patches:
USS Schofield (DEG-3);
USS Joseph Hewes (DE-1078);
USS Connole (DE-1056);
USS Vreeland (DE-1068); USS
McCandless (DE-1084);
USS Truett (DE-1095);
USS Capodanno (DE-1093)
October 9,
2009
Added link for
USS Rogers (DD-876)
October 8,
2009
News From Today's Navy:
Pacific Fleet Helping American
Samoa, Indonesia, Philippines;
First Cruiser Sails with New
Fuel-Saving Hull Coating;
USS Cole Prepares for Joint
Warrior;
Photo of the Day;
USS Ingraham Visits Tahiti,
French Polynesia;
Technology Approach Could Extend
Gun Barrel Service Life;
McInerney Sets Sail for Final
Deployment;
Storekeepers, Postal Clerks
Unify to Support Global Mission;
Naval War College Marks 125
Years of Educating Leaders;
New Video Highlights SK, PC
Merger into LS Rating;
Headlines From Around the Fleet
Added links for
USS MacDonough Reunion
Association,
DesDiv38 and
USS John C. Butler (DE-339)
Chapter of DESA
October 7,
2009
News From Today's Navy:
Chief of Naval Operations Adm.
Gary Roughead
Statement regarding women on
submarines
Tin Can Trivia: Announced
September's winner and posted
October's question.
October 6,
2009
Reunions in Review:
USS Cotten (DD-669)
October 5,
2009
News From Today's Navy:
$555 Million DoD Homeowners
Assistance Program Details
Announced;
Headlines from around the fleet;
Distribution of H1N1 vaccine has
begun for military and family
members;
USS McClusky Deploys in Support
of Counter Illicit-trafficking;
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander
Underscores CARAT Engagement
with Critical Partners;
Momsen Port Visit Strengthens
Canadian-American Partnership;
Photo of the Day;
Navy's Logistic Specialist "A"
School Opens in Mississippi;
Cole Celebrates Hispanic
Heritage Month;
Cole Sailors Provide Civil
Maritime Support;
NSTC Hosts Visit by Officers
from 13 Countries;
SK, PC Rates Merge to Form LS
Rate;
Navy Establishes Carrier Strike
Group 1;
Navy Secretary Welcomes Detter
for Exeditionary Warfare
Reunions in Review:
USS Monssen (DD-798);
USS Ozbourn (DD-846;
USS Fiske (DD/DDR-842);
USS Price (DE/DER-332/USS
Strickland (DE/DER-333);
USS Bradford (DD-545)
October 2,
2009
Reunions in Review:
Charles P. Cecil (DD-835);
Alfred A. Cunningham (DD-752)
Updated newspaper
highlights (above)
October 1,
2009
News From Today's Navy:
USS Stout Completes Deployment,
Highlights BMD Capability;
USS Cole, USS Hall, USS Ramage
Depart for Joint Warrior 09;
From 3rd Fleet to 6th Fleet, USS
Higgins Provides Seamless
Performance;
FBI, Navy Foil Alleged Terror
Plot on Quantico;
Photo of the Day;
WWII Veteran Celebrates 90th
Birthday at Pearl Harbor;
Pacific Fleet Changes Leadership;
The Truman Carrier Strike Group
completes a joint task force
exercise with nine nations;
Pirate attacks on rise off
Somalia;
Pacific Fleet has a change of
command ceremony;
Harry S. Truman Strike Group
Completes JTFEX Training
Evolutions off East Coast;
Ramage Departs for Joint Warrior
Ship Photos:
USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109)
Reunions in
Review:
USS Shenandoah (AD-26)
September
30, 2009
Updated Reunion
Listings
September
28, 2009
News From Today's Navy:
Navy Adds a Year to NROTC
Obligation
Reunions in
Review:
USS Samuel N. Moore (DD-747)
Shipmate Registry
updated (415 entries added)
September
25, 2009
Reunions in Review:
USS Haggard (DD-555);
Eugene A. Greene (DD/DDR-711)
Book Reviews:
Join the Navy and Discover the
World by Karl G. Heinze
September
24, 2009
Patches: Added patch for
USS Elmer Montgomery (DE-1082)
and
USS Cook (DE-1083)
News From Today's
Navy:
Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike
Group Arrives in Thailand for
Port Visit;
Chilean Ship Conducts PSI
Boarding During PANAMAX 2009;
Bainbridge Returns Home to a
Heroes' Welcome;
Headlines From Around the Fleet;
Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet
Airs Farewell Podcast;
Guam Native Promoted to Admiral
Memorabilia:
Added ship model of
"USS Cloud DD-84"
Reunions in
Review:
USS Strong (DD467/758);
USS Laws (DD-558)
Ship Crests:
USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG-108);
USS
Freedom (LCS-1)
Ship Photo:
USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG-108);
USS Freedom (LCS-1)
September
23, 2009
News From Today's Navy:
PANAMAX 2009 Tests Peruvian
Frigate's Capabilities;
USS Thach (FFG 43) visit, board,
search and seizure teams protect
oil terminals in the Persian
Gulf;
USS Nimitz Launches First
Sorties, Support Coalition
Troops in Afghanistan
Reunions in Review:
USS Peterson (DE-152);
USS Maddox (DD-731);
USS Hale (DD-642)
September
22, 2009
Updated Reunion
Listings
September
21, 2009
News From Today's Navy:
Photo of the Day;
TSCE Infrastructure Installed at
SCSC Wallops Island;
SEA 21 Reorganizes to Support
Fleet Readiness;
Shipboard Protection System
Achieves Milestone Decision;
Sailors Salute Medal of Honor
Recipients at Wrigley Field;
Navy Teams to Study Marine
Mammals in the Mediterranean;
New Chain Gun Installation
Aboard USS Ingraham;
Navy Moms Spend Day Aboard USS
Carney;
Carney Sailors Represent U.S. in
NATO 9/11 Ceremony;
USS McCampbell Hosts 9/11
Survivor;
Mesa Verde and Doyle Sailors
'Pay It Forward';
Postal Clerks and Storekeepers
Merge to Become Logistics
Specialists;
Harry S. Truman Strike Group
Begins JTFEX 09-4 Off East Coast;
Porter Renders Aide to Egyptian
Mariner;
USS Nimitz Relieves USS Ronald
Reagan, Launches First Sorties
in Support of Coalition Troops
in Afghanistan;
New Weapons Simulator Installed
at Naval Support Activity,
Bahrain
Dispositions: Added
disposition for USS Coates
(DE-685)
September
18, 2009
Patches:
Desron 2;
USS Roark (FF-1053);
USS Whipple (FF-1062)
News From Today's
Navy:
Headlines From Around the Fleet;
Navy Recognizes Acquisition
Excellence;
USS Freedom (LCS 1) Completes
Industrial Post-Delivery
Availability;
Sailors Salute MOH Recipients at
Chicago's Soldier Field;
BUMED Emphasizes Strategies to
Keep Flu at Bay;
Littoral Combat Ship Down Select
Announced
September
17, 2009
News From Today's Navy:
Sept. 11 terrorist attacks are
remembered;
PCU New York Remembers 9/11;
USS Carney Sailors Featured in
New York City's New Visitors'
Center;
Navy Carrier Strike Group
Deployment Schedules to Shift
;
Commander U.S. 2nd Fleet Visits
Brazilian Ship;
Photo of the Day
Reunions in
Review:
USS William R. Rush
(DD/DDDR-714);
USS Norris (DD/DDE-859);
USS Waldron (DD-699)
September
15, 2009
Updated Reunion
Listings
September
11, 2009
Updated Reunion
Listings
September
10, 2009
Added to Museum Ships' Page
September 2009 Major Field Day
Notice
September
8, 2009
News From
Today's Navy:
Navy Historian
Traces Rise of Piracy;
Doyle Begins Second Half of
Southern Seas 2009;
U.S. Navy's Father of Aegis Dies
John Barrett
Profiles:
USS Dorsey (DMS-1) Class and USS
Chandler (DMS-9) Class
September
3, 2009
Added
Ship Profiles for USS
Stribling (DM-1) Class and USS
Tracy (DM-19) Class
Tin Can Trivia: Announced
August's winner and posted
September's question
September
2, 2009
Updated
Announcements
September
1, 2009
Reunions in Review:
USS Theodore E. Chandler
(DD-717);
USS Gainard (DD-706)
August 31,
2009
News From Today's Navy:
Navy to Transfer Decommissioned
Destroyer for Artificial Reefing;
Paul Hamilton Returns from
Western Pacific Deployment;
Navy Breaks Ground For New
Seabee Museum;
USS Carr Intercepts More Than
One Ton of Cocaine;
Nimitz Visits Japan, Reinforces
Friendship, Cooperation in
Region;
Headlines From Around the Fleet;
Somali Pirates Fire on U.S. Navy
Helicopter;
After Delivery, PCU New York
Crew Looking Forward to Missions;
Doyle Sailors, Colombian
Military Serve Community;
Farragut Executes Second Fleet
Initiative to Enhance Readiness;
Academy Museum, Preble Hall,
Reopens Its Doors;
Tests of the MQ-8B fire scout
performed aboard USS McInerney
(FFG 8)
August 24,
2009
Shipmate Registry
updated (320 entries added)
Updated Reunion
Listings
Updated link for
USS Power
(DD-839)
August 20,
2009
Reunions in Review:
USS Borie (DD-704)
News From Today's
Navy:
Strike Group Departs Manila
Following Historic Port Visit;
McCampbell Participates in
Indonesia Fleet Review Parade;
CNO Meets with Forward-Deployed
Sailors Aboard GW;
Roughead Participates in
Indonesian Navy Maritime
Seminar, Sailing Pass in Review;
U.S. 5th Fleet Executes the
Maritime Strategy;
Reserve Admiral
Makes History,Takes
Command of CMF Task Force
August 19,
2009
News From Today's Navy:
Southeast Asian
Nations Come Together For
Maritime Security Training;
Israel, Turkey, U.S. Set to
Begin Reliant Mermaid Exercise;
USS Mitscher Returns from
Multimission Deployment
;
Speicher Hailed
as Hero, Laid to Rest in
Hometown;
Headlines From Around the Fleet;
Headlines From Around the Fleet
August 18,
2009
News From Today's Navy:
Army helicopter lands aboard USS
Curtis D. Wilbur (DDG 54) during
a joint operation;
Navy Region Hawaii Conducts
Anti-terrorism Exercise;
First of Its Kind Surveillance
System Guards Peleliu Sailors;
CJCS Mullen Inducted into NPS
Hall of Fame;
GW Carrier Strike Group Pays
Respects to Fallen Service
Members;
Warrior-Diplomat Commodore M.C.
Perry Honored, Remembered;
Collaboration will Make Virtual
Lifetime Electronic Records a
Reality;
McCampbell Arrives in Bitung for
International Fleet Review
August 17,
2009
News From Today's Navy:
USS Sterett (DDG 104) completes
installation of Automated
Metbench Calibration System.;
Headlines From Around the Fleet;
Photo of the Day
Ship Models:
Added ship model for
USS Mertz (DD-691)
August 13,
2009
News From Today's Navy:
Nimitz Strike Group Prepares to
Execute Maritime Strategy;
Arleigh Burke Wraps up APS
Mission in Tanzania
;
GW Carrier Strike Group Arrives
in Manila;
Naval Chaplains School to Hold
Last Graduation in Newport;
Coalition Counter Piracy Task
Force Changes
August 12,
2009
News From Today's Navy:
Longstanding Tradition
Celebrates Friendship Between
US, Japan;
McCampbell Sailors Join City of
Darwin in Welcoming Home Service
Members;
Technology Enhances Warfighters'
Threat Detection Capability;
USS Paul Hamilton Departs Hong
Kong After Successful Port Visit
Added to
Announcements
Looking for descendants of
Commodore Joel Abbot
Updated Reunion
Listings
August 11,
2009
News From Today's Navy:
USS Doyle (FFG 39) conducts
community relations project in
Chile as part of Southern Seas
2009;
Navy ships participate in 60th
Annual Seattle Sea Fair Fleet
Week celebration;
Longstanding Tradition
Celebrates Friendship Between
US, Japan;
McCampbell Sailors Join City of
Darwin in Welcoming Home Service
Members;
Laboon Conducts Counterpiracy
Operations with NATO Partners
August 10,
2009
News From Today's Navy:
USS Doyle (FFG 39) conducts
Anti-terrorism and Force
Protection Training;
National Broadcast Brings Naval
Power Home to Living Rooms
Across America;
Chief of Joint Operations
Attends Opening of Pacific
Partnership Mission in Solomon
Islands;
Kauffman Completes Southern Seas
2009 Deployment, Returns Home
August 5,
2009
News From Today's Navy:
USS Simpson Interacts with
Panamanian Maritime Force and
Community in Panama;
USS Russell Deploys to Support
Cooperation Afloat Readiness and
Training 2009
Tin Can Trivia: Announced
July's winner and posted
August's question.
August 4,
2009
News From Today's Navy:
Navy Christens Newest Arleigh
Burke-Class Ship Jason Dunham;
Group Sail Sharpens Critical
Skills Necessary for Mission
Accomplishment, Global
Deployment;
USS Paul Hamilton Visits Hong
Kong;
Seattle Citizens Learn of Navy's
Capabilities during Seafair Ship
Tours;
The Navy christens
Pre-Commissioning Unit Jason
Dunham (DDG 109) during a
ceremony in Bath, Maine;
Headlines From Around the Fleet
Patches:
USS Trippe (DE-1075);
USS Sampson (DDG-10);
USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729);
USS Gridley (DDG-101);
USS Brewton (DE-1086);
DesRon-3;
DesRon-13;
Sonar Tech
Reunions in
Review:
USS Warrington (DD-843)
August 3,
2009
News From Today's Navy:
Photo of the Day;
Headlines From Around the Fleet;
Pearl Harbor, Oldest Medal of
Honor Recipient Celebrates 100th
Birthday;
Ike Stops at Mayport After
Successful Deployment;
Ships Arrive in Seattle for
Seafair, Sail in Parade of Ships;
National Broadcast Features
Navy's At Sea Operations
July 31, 2009
Shipmate Registry
updated (322 entries added)
July 30,
2009
News From Today's Navy:
Navy Christens New Guided
Missile Destroyer Jason Dunham;
Operation White Hat: Brightening
Lives of Children One White Hat
at a Time;
Navy Updates Confirmed Cases of
H1N1;
Doyle Sailors Renovate Peruvian
School;
GW Completes Participation in
Talisman Saber;
Service members and civilians
celebrate diversity and honor
the late Vice Adm. Samuel
Gravely in Washington, D.C.
July 29,
2009
News From Today's Navy:
Photo of the Day;
Headlines From Around the Fleet;
Admiral Expects U.S.-China
Military Talks to Resume Soon;
Nimitz Strike Group Set To
Deploy
July 28,
2009
News From Today's Navy:
Gen. Petraeus Visits Bainbridge
Sailors;
USS Doyle Sailors Renovate
Chilean School;
Kauffman Chiefs Revisit,
Rekindle Chile Relations;
Kauffman Conducts Subject Matter
Expert Exchange with Colombia;
Future USS New York Completes
Acceptance Trials;
Combined Maritime Forces Issues
Piracy Warning to Mariners;
Gen. Petraeus Recognizes
Bainbridge Sailors During Visit;
Navy Leadership Gives Accolade
Honoring Navy Trailblazer
July 27,
2009
News From Today's Navy:
Arleigh Burke Sailors Volunteer
in Cape Town;
Arleigh Burke, SAS Amatola Host
Ship Riders During Collaborative
At-Sea Engagement;
U.S. Fleet Forces Celebrates
Change of Command;
Combined Maritime Forces Issues
Piracy Warning to Mariners
July 24,
2009
Ship Models: Added diorama
for
USS Sierra (AD-18)
News From Today's
Navy:
First Gun Fired at Dahlgren in
1918 Returns Home;
USS John S. McCain (DDG 56)
visits the port of Yokohama,
Japan
Reunions in
Review:
USS Alfred A. Cunningham
(DD-752)
July 23,
2009
News From Today's Navy:
CNN Broadcast to Feature Naval
Research Project;
Mayport Sailors Touted as Good
Stewards of the Environment;
U.S. 4th Fleet Executes Maritime
Strategy
Reunions in
Review:
USS Basilone (DD-824);
USS Power (DD-839)
Ship Photos:
USS John Hood (DD-655)
July 22,
2009
News From Today's Navy:
Secretary of Defense Gates
Thanks Sailors for their
Decision to Serve;
Arleigh Burke, SAS Amatola
Arrive in Simon's Town, South
Africa;
Remembering the Apollo 11
Mission;
New SOUTHCOM Commander Makes
First Visit to 4th Fleet;
U.S., Australia Strengthen
Partnership During New York
Visit;
Task Force Commanders Meet in
the Gulf of Aden;
Headlines From Around the Fleet;
Naval Special Warfare Celebrates
40th UDT-SEAL East Coast Reunion;
Stout Improves Maritime
Partnership in Batumi, Georgia
July 20,
2009
Added to Announcements
Thirty ship plans are on the
HNSA web site.
News From Today's
Navy:
Pakistan Assumes Command of
Combined Task Force 150;
Navy, Army Name First Three
Joint High Speed Vessels;
SECNAV Visits future of Navy at
Recruit Training Command;
Newport Combat Training Pool
Dedicated to MOH Recipient;
Crew of New Multimission
Destroyer Honors Namesake in
Mast Stepping Ceremony;
Navy Concludes Assistance in
Search of Air France Flight's
Data Recorders;
LCS 1 Completes Structural Test
Firing
Reunions in
Review:
USS McKee (DD-575),
USS Murphy (DD-603)
July 15,
2009
News From Today's Navy:
USS Carney (DDG 64) visit,
board, search and seizure team
trains for upcoming deployment;
Arleigh Burke Arrives in South
Africa;
Multinational Exercise Focused
on Multi-Mission Capabilities;
Photo of the Day;
Headlines from around the Fleet;
Australian Midshipmen Experience
U.S. Navy During Talisman
Saber 09;
Sonar Operators Test Their
Skills During COMPTUEX
July 14,
2009
Added New Book to Ship Store
At War with the Wind
Added TCS histories
for
USS Kearny
(DD-432) and USS Henderson (DD-785).
Updated Reunion
Listings
July 13,
2009
News From Today's Navy:
Fourth Fleet Task Group Renders
Salute to Chilean Navy Memorial;
Photo of the Day
Updated link for
USS Somers
(DDG-34)
Add TCS histories
for
USS
Southerland (DD-743),
USS
Vance (DE/DER-387),
USS Cooper
(DD-695),
USS Robert
H. Smith (DD-735/DM-23) and USS Mayo
(DD-422).
July 9,
2009
News From Today's
Navy:
USS Kauffman (FFG 59) Sailors
renovate a special needs school
in Belize;
MCPON Presents Own Warfare Pins
to Newly Qualified Sailors;
Senior Enlisted Sailor Aims to
Make Warfare Programs Mandatory
for All Ranks;
Reagan Relieves Eisenhower,
Launches Sorties in Support of
OEF;
Fleet Activities Yokosuka
celebrates Independence Day;
Navy Updates Confirmed Cases of
H1N1;
USS Shiloh Sailor Missing at Sea;
CNO Visits Japan, South Korea,
Enhances Friendship;
CTF 150 Seizes 10 Tons of
Narcotics;
Photo of the Day;
Naval officers render honors to
the Captain Pratt Memorial in
Iquieque, Chile;
Stethem Sailors Strengthen Ties
in Russia;
USS Shoup Supports NORAD in Air
Defense Exercise
Reunions in
Review:
USS Hugh Purvis (DD-709);
USS Dahlgren (DLG-12/DDG-43)
July 8, 2009
Updated Reunion
Listings
Added to Events coupons for
New
England, Tri-State, Albany,
Western States, and New York
Bull Sessions
Shipmate Registry
updated (113 entries added)
July 6, 2009
Tin Can Trivia: Announced
June's winner and posted July's
question
Patches:
USS Laws (DD-558)
July 1,
2009
Price increase for
Ship Store Item (Destroyer
T-shirt) due to supplier
cost.
News From Today's
Navy:
VA Begins Stimulus Payments to
Veterans;
Navy Working Uniform Now
Authorized Off Base;
Photo of the Day;
Team Work South 2009 Gets
Underway;
MCPON Sends Independence Day
Message To The Fleet;
Headlines From Around the Fleet;
Navy Updates Confirmed Cases of
H1N1
Reunions in
Review:
USS Shannon (DM-25)
June 30,
2009
News From Today's Navy:
Photo of the Day;
Minyard Named New Pacific Fleet
Master Chief;
Navy Updates Confirmed Cases of
H1N1;
USS Nitze Crew Welcomes
Midshipmen for DC Olympics;
'Tophatters' Tip Their Hats to
90 Years of Success;
Pierside Training Helps Ready
Fleet
Reunions in
Review:
USS Dyess (DD-880)
June 29,
2009
Shipmate Registry
updated (213 entries added)
June 26,
2009
Updated Reunion
Listings
News From Today's Navy:
Midshipmen Experience Navy
Aboard USS Mustin;
Sterett Officers Choose Surface
Navy Careers;
Midway Survivor Recounts
Historic Battle
June 24,
2009
News From Today's Navy:
DESRON 50 Change of Command;
USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)
begins a composite training unit
exercise
June 23,
2009
Reunions in Review:
USS Ingraham (DD-694)
June 19,
2009
News From Today's Navy:
USS Doyle Creates Lasting
Impressions in Guatemala;
Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike
Group 7 Enters 7th Fleet Area of
Responsibility;
George Washington CSG Departs
Japan on First Summer Deployment;
USS Thach (FFG 43) conducts a
burial at sea;
Headlines From Around the Fleet;
Navy Approves Two-Year Schedule
for Blue Angels;
USS Freedom Maximizes Crew's
Safety, Mitigates Fatigue;
CNO Stresses Naval Adaptability
at NWC Forum;
Leaders Challenged to Look
Beyond Horizon in Dealing with
Today's Threats;
Sailors Team with Local
Professionals to Make a
Difference in Peruvian Community;
Kidd, Preble Return Home from
Deployment
June 18,
2009
News From Today's Navy:
Photo of the Day;
Capt. Richard Phillips of the
Maersk Alabama receives the
Admiral Arleigh Burke Leadership
Award;
Navy Updates Confirmed Cases of
H1N1;
Multimission Ship Departs Pearl
Harbor for Western Pacific
Deployment
John Barrett
Profile Prints: Added
Sims Class and
USS Kidd Guided Missile
Destroyer Class
June 17,
2009
May 2009, Restoration Report and
photos for USS Joseph P Kennedy
Jr DD-850
Updated Newspaper
Highlights
June 16,
2009
News From Today's Navy:
Capt. Richard Phillips of the
Maersk Alabama receives the
Admiral Arleigh Burke Leadership
Award;
Third Fleet Changes Command;
NAVSO, 4th Fleet Changes Command
Reunions in
Review:
USS Jenkins (DD/DDE-447)
June 15,
2009
Shipmate Registry
updated (256 entries added)
June 12,
2009
Reunions in Review:
USS Isherwood (DD-520)
June 11,
2009
News From Today's Navy:
Sailors aboard USS Dwight D.
Eisenhower (CVN 69) tour the
French warship Forbin (D620)
Patches:
USS Bradley (DE-1041);
USS Epperson (DDE-719);
USS Perkins (DD-877);
USS Decatur (DD-936);
USS Beale (DDE-471);
USS Newell (DER-322);
USS Samuel Gompers (AD-37);
USS Twining (DD-540);
USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25);
USS Vammen (DE-644);
USS Van Voorhis (DE-1028)
Updated
Ships and Maritime Museums
Admitting Tin Can Sailors Free
or at reduced rates
June 9,
2009
News From Today's Navy:
Photo of the Day;
Sailors Visit Portland Shriners
Hospital;
Iron Nickel Earns Phalanx
Excellence Award;
Thousands Visit Shoup During
Rose Festival;
Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike
Group Honors Midway Veterans;
Porter Crew Attends D-Day 65th
Anniversary Ceremony in Normandy;
Sailors run the 12th annual Rock
and Roll Marathon in San Diego;
Combined Maritime Forces Issues
New Update for Mariners;
Museum Exhibit Highlights Navy's
Role in Timekeeping Exploration;
PCU Independence Sailors Honored
at Armed Forces Day Luncheon;
Simpson Rescues Stranded Vessel
at Sea;
GW, CVW-5 Finish COE, Ready for
Summer
Deployment
June 8,
2009
News From
Today's Navy:
Navy Updates Number of Confirmed
H1N1 Cases;
New Hull Coatings Cut Fuel Use,
Protect Environment;
U.S. 2nd Fleet Hosts Battle of
Midway Commemoration;
Portland Welcomes Fleet for
Annual Rose Festival;
Navy's Top Officer Testifies
Before Congress
June 5,
2009
Reunions in Review:
USS John Paul Jones
(DD-230/932/DDG-32/DDG-53)
Added to
Announcements
Watch a live webcast discussion
about the programs and services
available to Massachusetts
veterans and their families.
Tin Can Trivia: Announced
May's winner and posted June's
question.
June 4,
2009
News From Today's
Navy:
Photo of the Day;
Navy Updates Number of Confirmed
H1N1 Cases
June 3,
2009
Book Reviews:
At War With the Wind: The Epic
Struggle with Japan's World War
II Suicide Bombers
Updated Reunion
Listings
June 2,
2009
News From Today's Navy:
Unrep Brings Son, Father
Together;
Doyle Sailors Refurbish Schools,
Ties, in Honduras;
USS Doyle Conducts
Military-to-Military Events,
Community Projects in Honduras;
Top Pacific Commander Embraces
Early Leadership Principles;
LCS, Legacy Platforms Key to
Mine Warfare;
Navy Updates Number of Confirmed
H1N1 Cases From the
Department of the
Navy;
Nimitz: Missiles 2, Drones 0;
Task Group 40.0 Receives
Meritorious Unit Commendation
Award;
Photo of the Day;
HMS Portland Intercepts and
Disarms Pirates
Reunions in
Review:
USS Morton (DD-948)
May 29,
2009
News From Today's Navy:
USS Ronald Reagan Deploys
May 28,
2009
Ship Photos: Added photos to
USS Miller (DD-535)
News From Today's
Navy:
Sailors Renew Their Commitment
to the Country at World Trade
Center Site;
SECDEF Announces Flag Nomination;
Combined Maritime Forces Works
With International Navies to
Counter Piracy
Shipmate Registry
updated (108 entries added)
May 27,
2009
Ship Photos:
USS Twining (DD-540),
USS Ramage (DDG-61)
Reunions in
Review:
USS Smalley (DD-565);
USS Yellowstone (AD-27);
USS Willard Keith (DD-775)
News From Today's
Navy:
U.S., Allies Prepared for
Emergent Missions Following
Joint Warrior;
Joint Warrior Task Force
Exercises Air Defense;
Ronald Reagan CSG Ready to
Deploy;
Second Fleet Commander, Navy
League Review Fleet Week Parade
of Ships;
USS Doyle Visits Colombia During
Southern Seas Deployment;
New York City Mayor Welcomes Sea
Service Members for Fleet Week;
Navy Storekeepers Perform Postal
Work at NAS Jacksonville;
Assistant Secretary Duckworth
Joins U.S. Postal Service for
Purple Heart Stamp Ceremony;
Bremerton Dedicates Lone Sailor
Statue;
Office of Naval Research
Provides Exhibit During Fleet
Week;
Secretary of Defense Robert
Gates receives the 2009 Intrepid
Freedom Award;
Chafee, Philippine Sailors and
U.S. Coast Guard Team Up For
Maritime Security Training;
PCU Wayne E. Meyer and Navy
League Recognize Young Leaders;
CARAT 2009 Marks 15 Years of
Enhancing Maritime Cooperation;
CTF 151 Strengthens
International Ties against
Somali Piracy
Added links for the USS Slater
DE-766 newsletter and how to
volunteer on the USS Slater
May 26,
2009
News From Today's Navy:
Parade of Ships Kicks off Fleet
Week in New York City;
Keel Laid for future USS
Spruance;
Porter Takes Part in
Counterpiracy Training During
Joint Warrior;
Midway Vet Recalls Historic
Battle
May 21,
2009
Added to Announcements:
Memorial
Day Message from Tin Can
Sailors' President Capt. James
V. Jones USN (Ret)
May 20,
2009
News From
Today's Navy:
Mabus Sworn in as New Navy
Secretary;
Colombian CNO Visits USS
Kauffman to Strengthen
Friendships between U.S.,
Colombia
Updated
Call Signs
Reunions in
Review:
USS Compton (DD-705)
Shipmate Registry
updated (163 entries added)
May 19,
2009
Reunions
in Review:
USS Claude V. Ricketts (DDG-5);
USS Bainbridge (DD-246)
News From Today's Navy:
Preble's Crew Preps to Protect
Ship;
Navy Updates Number of Confirmed
H1N1 Cases;
Anti-Submarine Warfare Drills
Enhance Readiness, Maritime
Dominance;
Headlines From Around the Fleet;
Vice Admiral Samuel L. Gravely
is Remembered;
CNIC Visits Yokosuka During
Western Pacific Tour;
International Frigate Working
Group Held In Mayport;
Navy Christens Newest Arleigh
Burke-Class Ship Gravely;
USS Porter Gains Skills for
Real-World Efficiency;
U.S., Royal Navy Partnership
Enhances Readiness for Global
Assignment;
USS Stark Shipmates Remembered;
Headlines From Around the Fleet
Updated
Tributes Page
May 15,
2009
News From Today's Navy:
Photo of the Day;
USS Constitution Sailors Sail
Coast Guard Tall Ship to Europe;
Navy Energy Conservation Program
Saves $79 Million;
International Warriors Train to
Execute Maritime Strategy;
Navy Christens Newest Arleigh
Burke Class Ship Gravely
Reunions in
Review:
USS Johnston (DD-821)
May 14,
2009
News From Today's Navy:
Navy Updates Number of Confirmed
H1N1 Cases;
First Sailor to Carry the Navy
Flag Returns to Visit Ceremonial
Guard;
Mulitnational Exercise Increases
Interoperability in Caribbean;
USS Forrest Sherman Returns to
Norfolk Following UNITAS;
Admiral Cites Partnership,
Commitment as Keys to Piracy
Crackdown;
Headlines From Around the Fleet;
Turkish-Led CTF 151 Makes First
Suspected Pirate Capture
Reunions in
Review:
USS Knudson (APD-101);
USS Knapp (DD-653)
Memorabilia:
USS Everett F. Larson (DD-830)
Plan of the Day;
USS Eugene A. Greene (DD-711)
Transfer to Spain
Envelopes:
Eugene A. Greene (DD-711)
Thanksgiving Menu: Eugene A.
Greene (DD-711)
Christmas Menu: Eugene A. Greene
(DD-711)
Updated Reunion
Listings
May 13,
2009
Added photos of the
2009 Texas Bull Session
News From Today's
Navy:
USS New Orleans Underway from
Bahrain
May 12,
2009
News From Today's Navy:
Photo of the Day;
Pinckney Gets SMART;
USNS Lewis and Clark Prevents
Suspected Piracy Attack;
Pinckney Sailor Goes All-Navy;
USS Freedom (LCS-1) Sailors work
together to accomplish missions;
Forrest Sherman Wraps up
Successful Fleet Week Port Visit;
Surface Ship Life Cycle
Management Activity Stands Up;
Navy Revises Number of H1N1
Cases;
Former CNO Speaks at Oceana
Prayer Breakfast;
Chief of Naval Personnel Visits
Bahrain Sailors;
Deploying Kauffman Sailors Learn
Spanish from Shipmates;
Chief of Naval Personnel Holds
Board Results;
Navy Takes Delivery of Aircraft
Carrier George H.W. Bush;
The Navy recognizes the 50th
anniversary of the Navy flag
Reunions
in Review:
USS Hazelwood (DD-531)
May 8, 2009
Shipmate Registry
updated (232 entries added)
May 7, 2009
News From Today's Navy:
USNS Lewis and Clark Prevents
Suspected Piracy Attack
Reunions in
Review:
USS Moale (DD-693)
Updated
Tributes Page
May 6, 2009
News From Today's Navy:
Multinational Naval Force Sinks
ex-USS Connolly;
Mustin, McCain Sailors Improve
More than Just Relationships in
Korea;
Phoenix Express 2009 Sails into
Underway Operations;
Navy Confirms One Case of H1N1
Flu;
Photo of the Day;
USS Truxtun (DDG-103) Sailors
visit a children's hospital;
50 Years of Success for the
Joint Typhoon Warning Center;
Navy Updates Number of Sailors
with H1N1;
Carr Builds Relationships in
Costa Rica;
UNITAS Gold 2009 Draws To A
Close;
India, Japan, U.S. Foster
Relationships During MALABAR;
Freedom Makes Inaugural Visit to
National Capital Region;
USS Freedom (LCS 1) makes an
inaugural trip to the national
capital region
Tin Can Trivia: Listed May's
Question and posted April's
answer.
Reunions in Review:
USS John A. Bole (DD-755);
USS Forrest Sherman (DD-931)
May 5, 2009
April 2009,
Restoration Report and photos
for USS Joseph P Kennedy Jr
DD850
Added to
Announcements:
Looking for
sailors who were in
Barcelona’s
Port between 1951 and 1987
and
Tribute to the 74 lost
sailors in the collision of
the USS Frank E. Evans
May 4, 2009
News From Today's Navy:
Forrest Sherman Helps Set up
Garden for Disability Assistance
Center;
Holocaust Survivor Shares Story
of Courage, Strength;
Commander U.S. 2nd Fleet Praises
Sailors During Fleet Week Visit;
USS Mustin Visits Donghae,
Republic of Korea;
Naval
Special Warfare Combat Support
Sailor Killed in Iraq;
UNITAS Gold Participants
Practice MIO, Replenishment at
Sea;
Commander U.S. 2nd Fleet Praises
Sailors During Fleet Week Visit;
UNITAS Gold Welcomes Mexican
Navy
Poet's Corner:
Let There Be No Moaning at the
Bar
Updated Reunion
Listings
May 1, 2009
Updated
Call Signs
News From Today's
Navy:
Photo of the Day;
Arleigh Burke Departs for
Deployment, Exercise Joint
Warrior;
U.S., India, Japan Increase
Interoperability during Malabar
2009;
Lookouts On Board Key to
Protecting Marine Life;
Iraq Assumes Control of Oil
Terminal from Coalition Forces;
Simpson Strengthens Relationship
with Colombians through
Donations
Reunions in
Review:
USS Mullinnix (DD-944)
Memorabilia:
Master at Arms Badge, USS John
R. Pierce (DD-753),
WWII Flat Hat,
USS
Lowry plaque at Nimitz Museum
Ship Photos:
ARC BOYACA ex-USS HARTLEY
(DE-1029)
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