Actually, I wished the Navy or at least the Captain would have felt the same way when I was on Indy in '74.<br><br>While certainly not as visible? Painting the...
Hello to All...<br><br>Just found this site and joined. Ken Olsen (Oly) here. Was on Indy 60 - 62 V4 Div; then VAW 33 Quonset Point, R.I., detached to Indy....
"The Flight Deck? They just lifted a couple of Trailers up and applied the generic CV paint scheme of the period. Indy looked the same as all the other...
Thanks for the welcome, sparrowhawk! Wasn't a Grape..was a Red Shirt...then red shirt went on another division?? Please advise if you have knowledge. Thanks,...
Looks like the spotted skin of a whaleshark. Im gonna plead lucky ignorance on this matter. HS-15, and I were safely on the beach when all this flight deck art...
Man am I feelin lucky. I made it thru 2 E-Bay auctions and wasn't sniped on either one by our pal. Of course......... no cruise books were involved. But I did...
Goodmorning SRCHIEF <br> Know all about the noise and dust,didn't use the grinder but did spend a lot of time with needle gun.Hanger bay #2 port side was my...
The non-skid surface was a real mess. The guys applying it never got it out of their clothes.It was also hazardous. I have an article on it. Pretty potent...
Hope you guys get your answers...hoping I will also get mine. The history I read on the Indy is not as I experienced it back in the early days:'60-62... Some...
Hey Ralph,<br> Congrats on the big 60! Boy bet we never thought we would live to be that old when we were young, devil may care squids.Happy birthday from a ...
Hey Oly!! I was there with ya guy, from '59 till<br>Spring '62. The only incident I can remember was in early '62 when we were somewhere down in the Caribbean....
Thanx brother! I did some quality assurance checks on some DeWarr's scotch. Yeah. It's still drinkable. With a beer back all went well. Now for the next 10!...
It seems as if ignorance is in fact, bliss. <br> Last time I was there it was Intrepid. This jerk ain't even close. CVS 11 can't be close to CVA/CV-62. <br> ...
Hey, I did find my model of the Indy from about 1985-1986. It is unopened in the box!!!!!<br><br>How about that???? Smooth Seas!! DELTA 795, Earl Langley!!...
I also have a very large model that has Indy on it, however, the number is 68??? Duh!!! <br>I thought I could maybe change the number, unless it is ground into...
I wrote the gent selling the Indy model:<br>Sir, please excuse me making a correction to the item you are putting up for bid. The USS Independence CV-62 is not...
Hang on to it Earl. Does it have all eight guns? My 1/32 scale that I put together in the early 70's did. Unfortunatly, none of my ships models survived, due...
<a href=http://www.senate.gov/~rpc/rva/982/982152.htm target=new>http://www.senate.gov/~rpc/rva/982/982152.htm</a><br><br>This was the bill that was passed...
