It was. Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Chief of Naval Operations.
He was famous for his Z-grams, that would be sent out to the fleet.
And the reason my command was aboard USS Guam was due to his request to study the feasibility of using small (20,000 ton) escort type carriers.The Guam was the test platform.
It was because of him, I was always able to wear civilian close whenever I went on liberty.
** Edited by Atlee Hokie at 8/27/2022, 10:31:09 PM
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Pictures of the Night #1
-- Atlee Hokie
Aug 27, 2022 at 08:51 PM ET
Atlee Hokie
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08/27/22 08:51 PM ET
Atlee, what kind of camera were you using?**
-- astrohokiebob
Aug 28, 2022 at 07:02 AM ET
astrohokiebob
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08/28/22 07:02 AM ET
IIRC, Yashica RangeFinder. 35mm film camera. I always used slide film.
-- Atlee Hokie
Aug 28, 2022 at 10:11 AM ET
Atlee Hokie
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08/28/22 10:11 AM ET
Does the Navy have that many ships anymore? Thought they were retiring
-- reconhokie
Aug 27, 2022 at 10:59 PM ET
reconhokie
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08/27/22 10:59 PM ET
Fleet size is ~290 Pending retirements. Hi optempo**
-- ColoVT82
Aug 28, 2022 at 07:53 AM ET
ColoVT82
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08/28/22 07:53 AM ET
None of the ships I've shown so far exists now.
-- Atlee Hokie
Aug 28, 2022 at 04:12 AM ET
Atlee Hokie
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08/28/22 04:12 AM ET
Looks like Zumwalt era?**
-- B777Fr8Dog
Aug 27, 2022 at 09:51 PM ET
B777Fr8Dog
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08/27/22 09:51 PM ET
It was. Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Chief of Naval Operations.
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-- Atlee Hokie
Aug 27, 2022 at 10:23 PM ET
Atlee Hokie
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08/27/22 10:23 PM ET
It was because of him, my dad decided to retire. He hated the new Navy of
-- B777Fr8Dog
Aug 27, 2022 at 10:34 PM ET
B777Fr8Dog
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08/27/22 10:34 PM ET
He spoke at Boys State when I was there.**
-- EDGEMAN
Aug 27, 2022 at 10:56 PM ET
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08/27/22 10:56 PM ET