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USS Guardian (MCM 5) and the Navy’s Post-World War II Minesweepers
USS Guardian (MCM 5) aground on the Tubbataha Reef. U.S. Navy photo 130129-N-ZZ999-033. By Captain George Stewart, USN (Retired) On 17 January, 2013, the USS Guardian (MCM 5) ran aground on Tubbataha...
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BOOK REVIEW – Love at First Flight
By W. Stewart and Fran E. Orr, Astor and Blue Editions, New York, NY (2012). Reviewed by Captain Roger F. Jones, U,S, Navy (Retired) “Bud” and Fran Orr, husband and wife, write alternating sections in...
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Minesweeper USS Force (MSO 445) Experiences
USS FORCE (MSO 445) underway off Oahu in 1971. NHHC image. NH 84418 By Captain George Stewart, USN (RET) In 1959 I was coming up on three years service aboard USS Halsey Powell (DD 686), a Fletcher...
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Life on a Fletcher Class Destroyer in the 1950’s
The author served in USS Halsey Powell (DD 686), shown here in an undated post-World War II photo. NHHC image NH 91903. By Captain George Stewart, USN (Retired) This is the first of a series of...
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Manning Fletcher Class Destroyers
By Captain George Stewart, USN (RET) LTJG George Stewart from the 1958 USS Halsey Powell Cruise Book This is the second in a series of articles by Captain Stewart detailing the technical...
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Fletcher Class Destroyer Operations – Part I
By Captain George Stewart, USN (RET) This is the third in a series of articles by Captain Stewart detailing the technical specifications, manning, and operations of the U.S. Navy’s Fletcher class...
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Fletcher Class Destroyer Operations – Part II
By Captain George Stewart, USN (RET) This is the fourth in a series of articles by Captain Stewart detailing the technical specifications, manning, and operations of the U.S. Navy’s Fletcher class...
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Fletcher Class Destroyers: My Experience During the 1950’s
By Captain George Stewart, USN (RET) This is the fifth in a series of articles by Captain Stewart detailing the technical specifications, manning, and operations of the U.S. Navy’s Fletcher class...
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USTS Charleston (PG 51) Massachusetts Maritime Academy Training Ship 1948-1957
By Captain George Stewart, USN (Retired) USS Charleston in the 1940’s at Buzzard’s Bay. NHHC image NH 77120. This article is intended to provide a basic description of the ex USS Charleston (PG 51)...
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Shipping Out: My Experiences on a Commercial Tanker (Part III)
This is the third of three articles that describe my experiences while serving as an engineer aboard commercial tankers in 1961. These articles provide a perspective on the different engineering...
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