Previously Held NEC SOG-0000-Sonar Technician Surface
ST-0455-AN/SQS-23 Operations and Maintenance
ST-9502-Instructor
Service Years
1960 - 1980
Other Languages
Japanese
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Cold War
Order of the Golden Dragon
Official Badges
Unofficial Badges
Additional Information
What are you doing now:
I am involved in the Patriot Guard. We are a National Volunteer organization of Bikers that escorts the bodies of fallen Servicemen and women to their final resting place! Our main purpose is to block protesters of these funerals from the families
Other Comments:
I am currently in a relationship with a wonderful lady from Southern Quebec, Canada!
Named forHenry Warren Tucker was born 5 October 1919 in Birmingham, Ala. He enlisted in the Naval Reserve 24 June 1941 and after being trained as a pharmacist's mate reported to the oiler Neosho 15 January 1942. On 7 May 1942, in the opening phase of the Battle of the Coral Sea, Neosho and her escorting destroyer were attacked by three waves of Japanese planes. The escort sank and Neosho was so severely damaged that the skipper ordered all hands to prepare to abandon ship. Many of the oiler's crew, believing that "abandon ship" orders had been given, went over the side at once. As the men struggled through the water trying to reach the few undamaged life rafts, Henry W. Tucker swam among them, treating the burned and wounded. Disregarding his own safety, he helped many of his shipmates to safety on the life rafts while refusing a place himself, at the cost of his life. For his gallant and devoted service to his wounded comrades, Pharmacist's Mate Third Class Henry W. Tucker was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.
CLASS - GEARING As Built. Displacement 3460 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 390' 6"(oa) x 40' 10" x 14' 4" (Max) Armament 6 x 5"/38AA (3x2), 12 x 40mm AA, 11 x 20mm AA, 10 x 21" tt.(2x5). Machinery, 60,000 SHP; General Electric Geared Turbines, 2 screws Speed, 36.8 Knots, Range 4500 NM@ 20 Knots, Crew 336. Operational and Building Data Laid down by Consolidated Steel,Orange Texas. May 29 1944. Launched November 8 1944 and commissioned March 12 1945. Completed FRAM upgrade December 1963. Decommissioned and Stricken December 3 1973. To Brazil December 3 1973, renamed Marcilio Dias Fate Sunk as a target in 1992.
