Semi-retired after 26 years on the Wilmington PD - as the Senior Master Sergeant. Have three lovely daughters who keep me busy and my first grandchild on the way.
Would like to hear from shipmates who served with me on the USS Farragut DLG-6 ('67-'68) or the USS Power DD-839 ('68-'69)
If all goes well I will be attending the Tin Can Sailors - Pennsylvania/Delaware - Bull Session - August 7, 2010.
*Not sure exactly how to enter my information on this site but I'll work through it, hopefully without to many mistakes!!!
Best Moment Taking her to the Philadelphia Naval Yard for decommissioning (to totally rebuild the boilers and engines) in April '68. Being meet by my father & family members at the pier. They got a great tour of the ship and the crew. 1st warship that my dad was ever aboard, he never forgot it.
Worst Moment Seeing the USS Liberty AGTR-5 all shot to hell and tied up at a pier in Malta. A sad chapter in Naval history. Our ship constantly having problems with it's propulsion system. It was not a lot of fun to go dead in the water while in the North Sea.
Chain of Command Commander William A. Kanakanui Jr. USN
Other Memories Visting Oslo, Norway and Helsinki, Finland plus Copenhagen, Denmark among other ports while in the North & Baltic Seas. Going into the Med. with stops at Malta, Rota, Naples and Palermo, Sicily. Also did a couple of deployments in the Caribbean Sea, stopping in Puerto Rico, Gitmo and the US Virgin Islands.