What's New? NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS- April-2008 EDITION Flotsam and Jetsam CANNON Class DE's Kilroy was Here Replacing a Shaft Recent changes to the Tin Can Sailors Web Site July 3, 2008 News From Today's Navy: SECNAV Releases Independence Day Message to the Fleet, Nassau Expeditionary Strike Group Sailors Improve Community Relations Abroad, Momsen Enjoys Seychelles Port Visit Lighters: USS Hale (DD-642) Reunions in Review: USS Dahlgren (DLG-12/DDG-43) Tin Can Trivia: Announced June's winner and posted July's question July 1, 2008 Reunions in Review: USS Shannon (DM-25) June 30, 2008 Updated Reunion Listing News From Today's Navy: Civilian Logistician of the Year Recognized for Work on LCS-Related Projects, Active Chief Selection Board Convenes; Advancement Opportunity Holds Steady At 15-Year Average, Navy Saves Millions in Fuel Costs, Carl Vinson Sailors Wear Test New Dress Uniform Reunions in Review: USS Forrest B. Royal (DD-872) June 26, 2008 Shipmate Registry updated (97 entries added) News From Today's Navy: USS Momsen Provides Mechanical Assistance to Cargo Dhow Updated Tributes Page June 25, 2008 News From Today's Navy: Next Generation of Navy Uniform Arrives Added the USS Slater DE-766 Sonar Reactivation June 23, 2008 Reunions in Review: USS Hughes (DD-410), USS Power (DD-839), USS Mullinnix (DD-944) June 20, 2008 Added ship history for USS Benjamin Stoddert (DDG-22). Added the Kidd DD-661 Fall Field Day June 19, 2008 Added to Events:  The New England, Tri-State, and Western States Bull Session Added to Announcements:  17 issues of CIC Combat Information Center magazine are now available for viewing on the HNSA web site Book Reviews: The Saltiest Ship in the Fleet Updated Tributes Page June 17, 2008 Shipmate Registry updated (316 entries added) Book Review: Murder on Pratas Reef by Rick Ainsworth Reunions in Review: USS Knudson (APD-101), USS Buck (DD-761) June 16, 2008 News From Today's Navy: Stennis Sailor offers life through bone donation June 12, 2008 News From Today's Navy: Canadian Ships Tow Yemeni Dhow Back to Safety Updated Tributes Page Reunions in Review: USS Conyngham (DD-371/DDG-17), USS Johnston (DD-821) Added Ship Photos for USS Epperson (DD-719) June 9, 2008 Added shoulder patches for USS Compton (DD-705) and USS Yosemite (AD-19) News From Today's Navy: USS Russell Assists Vessel In The Gulf Of Aden; Admiral Cosgriff Addresses Pakistan Navy War College Reunions in Review: USS John W. Thomason (DD-760) June 6, 2008 News From Today's Navy: Essex Sailors Earn Certification in CPR; USS Russell Participates in Exercise Khunjar Haad; DESRON 50 Changes Hands June 3, 2008 Tin Can Trivia: Announced May's winner and posted June's question. Updated link for USS Kearny (DD-432) News From Today's Navy: Peleliu Expeditionary Strike Group Rescues Six Mariners from Sinking Vessel; Service Dress Khaki Wear Test Commences; Carrier Strike Group 7 Hones Anti-Submarine Warfare Skills in USWEX; Training Saves Lives During Ship's Fire; Stake Net Achieves Multinational Operation’s Goals; USS Bulkeley Conducts COMREL Project In Seychelles May 30, 2008 Updated Tributes Page News From Today's Navy: Photo of CTF 152 Focused Operation Stakenet; CTF 150 Helps Ensure A Lawful Maritime Order From Commander, U.S. Naval Central Command Public Affairs May 29, 2008 News From Today's Navy: Carrier Strike Group Commander Stresses Interoperability, Partnerships; SECNAV Names New Guided-Missile Destroyer USS Michael Murphy; USS Ronald Reagan Departs on Third Deployment; Ships Parade Through Seattle for Great White Fleet Centennial; Navy Sails into 21st New York Fleet Week Reunions in Review: USS Thomas E. Fraser (DD-736/DM-24) Memorabilia: USS MacDonough (DD-351) Drawing May 28, 2008 Added to Announcements: Author is looking for US Navy personnel who served aboard the Prinz Eugen IX300 after WWII May 27, 2008 Ship Profile Prints: USS Porter (DD-356) Pre-War 1936-37 and USS Porter (DD-356) 1941-1942 Reunions in Review: USS Soley (DD-707), USS Yarnall (DD-541) Poet's Corner: Ode to 770 Shipmate Registry updated (227 entries added) May 23, 2008 Updated Reunion Listing Book Reviews: This is Latch The Story of Rear Admiral Roy F. Hoffmann by Weymouth D. Symmes May 22, 2008 News From Today's Navy: US, Pakistan Forces Complete Exercise Inspired Union 2008, Battleship New Jersey Premieres City At Sea Tour Reunions in Review: USS Willard Keith (DD-775), USS Steinaker (DDR/DD-836), USS Compton (DD-705), USS KIDD (DD-661)/DESRON 48 May 21, 2008 Updated Reunion Listings May 20, 2008 Added to Announcements: "Hero Ships"  a new series on the History Channel International Added ship histories for USS Coontz (DLG-9), USS King (DLG-10), USS Harry E. Yarnell (DLG-17), USS Gridley (DLG-21), USS Halsey (DLG-23), USS Josephus Daniels (DLG-27), USS Jouett (DLG-29), USS Horne (DLG-30). May 13, 2008 News From Todays Navy: Essex ESG Departs For Exercise Cobra Gold '08, Navy Re-Establishes U.S. Fourth Fleet Reunions in Review: USS Ingraham (DD-694), USS Hailey (DD-556), USS Nelson (DD-623) Updated Tributes Page May 9, 2008 Reunions in Review: USS Purdy (DD-734), USS Moale (DD-693) Envelopes: USS Holder (DD-819) Added to Announcements:  Some American WWII servicemen may be eligible for the French Legion of Honor May 8, 2008 Shipmate Registry updated (88 entries added) Updated Tributes Page Added to Announcements:  New Acquisitions at the USS Constitution Museum Poet's Corner: A Tin Can Sailor by Glen V. Ruff May 7, 2008 Tin Can Trivia: Announced April's winner and posted May's question Reunions in Review: USS Harry E. Hubbard (DD-748) Added ship plaque for USS Holder (DD-819) May 6, 2008 Reunions in Review: USS George K. MacKenzie (DD-836) Added to Announcements:  USS CONSTITUTION Museum Unveils Newest Paintings and Plaque dedication ceremony for the USS JOHN A. BOLE Updated Tributes Page April 30, 2008 Added Lighters: USS Badger (FF-1071), USS Bryce Canyon (AD-36), USS Cochrane (DDG-21), U.S. 7th Fleet, Fleet Training Group Western Pacific, USS Francis Hammond (FF-1067), USS Kirk (FF-1087), USS Knox (FF-1052), USS Lockwood (FF-1064), USS Oldendorf (DD-972), USS Prairie (AD-15), USS Preston (DD-795), USS Reeves (CG-24), USS Sterett (CG-31), USS Towers (DDG-9) Added new recipes to That Old Navy Chow Added changes to National Reunion 2008 Schedule Added list of Destroyer Escorts by class Shipmate Registry updated (138 entries added) April 28, 2008 Added lists of Destroyer Escorts by name and by hull number April 22, 2008 Shipmate Registry updated (115 entries added) April 18, 2008 Updated Tributes Page Added USS Lawrence (DD-250) Christmas Menu 1927 Added Financial Report 07 April 17, 2008 Added USS Warrington (DD-843) photos to Photo Gallery Added to Announcements Help Support the USS ORLECK DD-886 Relocate April 16, 2008 News From Today's Navy: USS JOHN S. MCCAIN, At Sea, Chief of Naval Operations Releases Podcast on Building the Fleet of the Future, USS Farragut Sailors Embark on Maiden Deployment, USS Farragut Makes First International Port Visit, USS Bulkeley Celebrates 115th CPO Birthday, USS Kidd Holds Change of Command April 15, 2008 Book Reviews: Gainard Against the Odds by L.R. Moise, PhD Updated Call Signs April 14, 2008 Shipmate Registry updated (189 entries added) April 10, 2008 News From HNSA: Cutter's Costs Add Up Museum Looks Into Reclassifying Bramble to Save Money April 4, 2008 Ship Models: USS Myles C. Fox (DDR-829) April 3, 2008 Shipmate Registry updated (282 entries added) Reunions in Review: USS Cowell (DD-547) Book Reviews: Morning of the Rising Sun: The Heroic Story of the Battles for Guadalcanal April 2, 2008 Added to Events 65th Anniversary Commemoration of the Battle of Vella Gulf Added to Announcements Tin Can Sailors to meet in Ashtabula, OH Added Joseph P. Kennedy DD-850 Mini Field Day Report March 2008 April 1, 2008 Tin Can Trivia: Announced the March winner and posted April's question. Reunions in Review: USS Buchanan (DDG-14), USS DAVIDSON (DE/FF-1045) Updated Call Signs March 28, 2008 Added to Announcements Carrier Screening  Invite for Atlanta, Athens and Norfolk Area Added Joseph P. Kennedy DD-850 Mini Field Day Report Feb. 2008 March 27, 2008 News From Today's Navy: Stennis’ Chief honors father   March 24, 2008 Poet's Corner: Fleet Post Office by G. L. Riggs, Jr. LTJG USNR Ship Profiles: Added Farragut (DD-348) Class destroyers as modified during 1943-1944 and Allen M. Sumner (DD-692) Class as converted to high-speed minelayers Photo Gallery: USS Bache (DD-470) March 21, 2008 News From Today's Navy: Navy Tows JFK from Norfolk to Philadelphia for Storage Added Tin Can Sailors of Goose Creek, South Carolina to have a Liberty Call Event March 20, 2008 Memorabilia: Added Launching Announcement and envelope for USS Gherardi (DD-637) and USS Butler (DD-636) Added link for USS Cogswell (DD-651) Add ship histories for USS Worden (DD-16), USS Tillman (DD-135), USS Ralph Talbot (DD-390), USS Steinaker (DD-863), USS Semmes (DDG-18), USS MacDonough (DLG-8), USS Mahan (DLG-11), USS Reeves (DLG-24), USS Sterett (DLG-31), USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25), USS Truxtun (DLGN-35). March 19,2008 Shipmate Registry updated (185 entries added) Added Field Days for the Michigan to hold statewide reunion of all WWII Veterans March 18, 2008 News From Today's Navy: Nimitz and Essex Strike Groups complete Expeditionary Strike Force training March 17,2008 Added Field Days for the USS Joseph P. Kennedy DD-850 and USS The Sullivans DD-537 March 14, 2008 Added ship histories for USS La Vallette (DD-448), USS Henry B. Wilson (DDG-7), USS Hoel (DDG-13), USS Barney (DDG-6), USS Berkeley (DDG-15), USS The Sullivans (DDG-68), USS Richard E. Byrd (DDG-23) and USS Decatur (DDG-73). March 13, 2008 Added ship histories for USS Mugford (DD-389), USS Mullany (DD-528), USS Murphy (DD-603), USS Murray (DD-576), USS Myles C. Fox (DD-829), USS Morton (DD-948) and USS Mustin (DD-413). March 12, 2008 Added ship histories for USS Sterett (DD-407), USS Sands (DD-243), USS Stanly (DD-478), USS Turner (DD-506) and USS Timmerman (DD-816). March 11, 2008 Added ship histories for USS Stevens (DD-479), USS Sigsbee (DD-502), USS Southerland (DD-743), USS Shea (DD-750), USS Robert K. Huntington (DD-781), USS Rich (DD-820) and USS Samuel B. Roberts (DD-823). March 7, 2008 Added photos for USS Macomb (DD-458/DMS-23) Added to Announcements News About the USS CHARLES F. ADAMS Added ship histories for USS Quick (DD-490), USS O'Brien (DD-725) and USS Preston (DD-795). Shipmate Registry updated (270 entries added) March 4, 2008 Tin Can Trivia: February's winner and March's question. February 27, 2008 Added to Announcements News About the Orleck Book Review: Three Minutes Off Okinawa February 25, 2008 Added ship histories for USS Lardner (DD-487), USS Laub (DD-613), USS Ludlow (DD-438), USS Maddox (DD-731), USS Manley (DD-940), USS Monaghan (DD-354), USS Monssen (DD-798), USS Moody (DD-277), USS Morris (DD-417), USS Morrison (DD-560), USS McKee (DD-575) and USS Lansdale (DD-766). February 21, 2008 Added photo of USS Robert H. McCard (DD-822) Shipmate Registry updated (294 entries added) Added ship histories for USS Tracy (DD-214), USS Strong (DD-758), USS Stringham (DD-83), USS Stribling (DD-867), USS Stormes (DD-780)USS Stoddert (DD-302), USS Stoddard (DD-566), USS Stockton (DD-646), USS Stickell (DD-888). February 20, 2008 Book Review: Destroyer Captain -- Lessons of a First Command News From Today's Navy: Navy Awards Contracts for Zumwalt Class Destroyers Added to Announcements 2nd Annual Female Faces of War at Battleship Cove, and PBS will air Carrier February 19, 2008 Book Review: Tin Can 367 Dedicated to the Crew of the Lamson 36-46 News From Today's Navy: CNO Calls for More Ships February 16, 2008 Added ship histories for USS Stevenson (DD-645), USS Sterett (DD-13), USS Sterett (DD-27), USS Stansbury (DD-180), USS Southard (DD-207), USS Stack (DD-406), USS Stephen Potter (DD-538), USS Sproston (DD-577), USS Stembel (DD-644), USS Grayson (DD-435), USS James C. Owens (DD-776), USS John D. Edwards (DD-216), USS Johnston (DD-557). Added to Announcements Carrier-Daily life aboard a US aircraft carrier February 14, 2008 Added ship histories for USS Bryant (DD-665) and USS Somers (DD-381). Updated Reunion Listings February 13, 2008 Added photos of USS William C. Lawe (DD-763) Added patch for USS William C. Lawe (DD-736) February 11, 2008 Added ship histories for USS Stevens (DD-86), USS Somers (DD-301), USS Somers (DD-947), USS Spence (DD-512), USS Soley (DD-707), USS Smalley (DD-565), USS Sigourney (DD-643), USS Shubrick (DD-639), USS Shields (DD-596) and USS Stribling (DD-96). February 8, 2008 Poet's Corner: Navy's Fighting Crew, What Every Sonarman Dreads February 6, 2008 Added ship photo of USS Holder (DD-819) Updated Dispositions Added ship histories for USS Shannon (DD-737), USS Semmes (DD-189) and USS Sharkey (DD-281). February 5, 2008 New Ship Store Item under Books and Miscellaneous Shipmate Registry updated (328 entries added) Added ship histories for USS Carpenter (DD-825) and USS Cushing (DD-55). February 4, 2008 Added ship histories for USS Schley (DD-103), USS Sumner (DD-133), USS Spruance (DD-963), USS Sampson (DDG-10), USS Stockham (DD-683) and USS Caldwell (DD-69). February 1, 2008 Tin Can Trivia: Announced January's winner and added February's question. January 31, 2008 Added ship histories for USS Shelton (DD-790), USS Shaw (DD-68), USS Shaw (DD-373), USS Schroeder (DD-501) and USS Saufley (DD-465). Updated Reunion Listings Added Coupons for Georgia, Texas, St. Louis, Up-Midwest, Michigan, PA/DE Bull Sessions Added to Announcements Bridge of the USS KNAPP is on display   January 29, 2008 Book Review: Thunder and Storm: The Haverfield Incident January 28, 2008 Added ship histories for USS Parker (DD-48), USS Parker (DD-604), USS Mannert L. Abele (DD-733), USS Marshall (DD-676), USS Massey (DD-778), USS Mayrant (DD-402), USS McCord (DD-534), USS McCaffery (DD-860), USS McCormick (DD-223), USS Mansfield (DD-728), USS Manley (DD-74), USS Maury (DD-401), USS McCall (DD-400), USS McCalla (DD-488), USS McCook (DD-252), USS McDermut (DD-677), USS McDougal (DD-54), USS McDougal (DD-358), USS McGowan (DD-678), USS McFarland (DD-237), USS McKean (DD-784), USS McLanahan (DD-615), USS Meade (DD-602), USS Melvin (DD-680), USS Meredith, (DD-890), USS Mervine (DD-489), USS Mertz (DD-691), USS Metcalf (DD-595), USS Miller (DD-535), USS Moale (DD-693),USS Moffett (DD-362), USS McKean (DD-90), USS Monssen (DD-436) and USS Montgomery (DD-121). January 25, 2008 Added ship histories for USS Lansdale (DD-426), USS Mackenzie (DD-614), USS MacLeish (DD-220), USS Madison (DD-425) and USS Mahan (DD-364). Added link for USS Atherton (DE-169). Add ship histories from the Tin Can Sailor for USS Melvin (DD-680) and USS Stanly (DD-478). January 24, 2008 Added Commissioning photos of USS Bristol (DD-453) Added photos of USS Caldwell (DD-605) after being hit by a kamikaze Add ship histories for USS Lloyd Thomas (DD-764), USS Meredith (DD-165), USS McCalla (DD-253) and USS Meredith (DD-434). January 23, 2008 Memorabilia: USS Hamilton (DD-141) Christmas Menu 1938, USS Hamilton (DD-141) Thanksgiving Menu 1938, USS William R. Rush (DD-714) Buz Sawyer Cartoon Ship Photos: USS Glennnon (DD-840) Added history and namesake information for USS Sarsfield (DD-837). January 22, 2008 Shipmate Registry updated (113 entries added) Added Call Sign for USS Gatling (DD-671) Added Ship Model for USS Herbert J. Thomas (DD-833) Memorabilia: USS Bridgeport (AD-10) 1917 Football Team, USS Arkansas (BB-33) July 4th Menu Reunions in Review: USS Paul Hamilton (DD-590)/USS Twiggs (DD-591) Added ship history from the Tin Can Sailor for USS Johnston (DD-557), USS Babbit (DD-128), USS Schenk (DD-159), USS DeHaven (DD-469), USS Duncan (DD-485), USS Charrette (DD-581), USS Laffey (DD-459), USS Cony (DD-508), USS Barton (DD-599), USS Baldwin (DD-624), USS Braine (DD-630), USS Turner (DD-648), USS Walke (DD-723), USS Meredith (DD-726), USS Drexler (DD-741), USS Amesbury (DE-66) and USS Voge (DE-1047). January 18, 2008 Updated Reunion Listings Add ship history information for USS Macomb (DD-451), USS Macdonough (DD-351), USS Laws (DD-558), USS Lawrence (DDG-4), USS Prichett (DD-561) and USS Nields (DD-616). January 17, 2008 Added ship profiles for: Allen M. Sumner Class as originally built with the British-style bridge and the Mahan Class destroyers as modified during 1942-1944. Added link for USS California (DLGN-36/CGN-36) Add ship history information for USS Lawrence (DD-8), USS Long (DD-209), USS Lofberg (DD-759), USS Luce (DLG-7), USS Luce (DD-522), USS Lowry (DD-770), USS Longshaw (DD-559), USS Little (DD-79), USS Livermore (DD-429), USS Litchfield (DD-336), USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729) and USS Lynde McCormick (DDG-8). January 16, 2008 Reunions in Review: USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729) Book Reviews: Black Oil Chief USN by William E. Sneed January 15, 2008 Shipmate Registry updated (228 entries added) January 11, 2008 Added link for USS Coolbaugh (DE-217) January 3, 2008 Updated Tin Can Trivia Updated Tributes Page Shipmate Registry updated (249 entries added) January 1, 2008 Happy New Year!