USS Theodore E. Chandler (DD 717)
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Rear Admiral Theodore Edson Chandler
Born: 1894, Annapolis, Maryland Died: Killed in action, 1945, off Luzon |
Destroyers are named for American Naval leaders and heroes.
Anchors Aweigh!
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Verse 1
Stand Navy out to sea, Fight our battle cry; We'll never change our course, So vicious foe steer shy. Roll out the TNT, Anchors Aweigh. Sail on to victory And sink their bones to Davy Jones, hooray! Verse 2 Anchors Aweigh, my boys, Anchors Aweigh. Farewell to foreign shores, We sail at break of day. Through our last night ashore, Drink to the foam, Until we meet once more. Here's wishing you a happy voyage home. Verse 3 Blue of the mighty deep; Gold of God's great sun. Let these our colors be Till all of time be done, done, done, done. On seven seas we learn Navy's stern call: Faith, courage, service true, With honor, over honor, over all. Revised Lyrics of 1997 by MCPON John Hagen, USN (Ret) |
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U.S.S. Theodore E. Chandler (DD 717)
Plan of the Day for Tuesday 9 August 1955
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The Chatterbox: A Letter From The Chaplain
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The Navy Hymn
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Eternal Father, Strong to save, Whose arm hath bound the restless wave, Who bid'st the mighty Ocean deep Its own appointed limits keep;
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Transferred to USS Twining (DD 540)
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USS Twining (DD 540)
Rear Admiral Nathan Crook Twining
Born: 1869, Boscobel, Wisconsin Died: 1924, Nantucket, Massachusetts |
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Highline Transfer At Sea
"A Sailor’s Tales: Depending on the weather, Sailors watched movies on the fantail or in the mess
hall, on a large screen, using a 16mm projector. Bill said, “Of course we got tired of the same movies
so we exchanged them with the carrier and other tin cans in the group. To get the movies from the
carrier when we were at sea, was quite an ordeal. Our ship would move closer to the carrier, then
when in position, the Boatswains mate would shoot a line to the elevator level of the carrier. A ‘Boats’
there would catch the line and secure it to a much larger line, then we would pull that line down
to the ship where we would pull it through the chock and secure it to the ‘David.’ We would designate
an EM to highline to the carrier and exchange movies. This was a BIG, SCARY, DANGEROUS DEAL!”
And Bill should know, he was one of the EM’s who was chosen to exchange movies!"
Quote taken from:
Alzheimer's, Archaeology, and the Armed Forces
by Susan Steele
Copyright 2016
Used with permission
hall, on a large screen, using a 16mm projector. Bill said, “Of course we got tired of the same movies
so we exchanged them with the carrier and other tin cans in the group. To get the movies from the
carrier when we were at sea, was quite an ordeal. Our ship would move closer to the carrier, then
when in position, the Boatswains mate would shoot a line to the elevator level of the carrier. A ‘Boats’
there would catch the line and secure it to a much larger line, then we would pull that line down
to the ship where we would pull it through the chock and secure it to the ‘David.’ We would designate
an EM to highline to the carrier and exchange movies. This was a BIG, SCARY, DANGEROUS DEAL!”
And Bill should know, he was one of the EM’s who was chosen to exchange movies!"
Quote taken from:
Alzheimer's, Archaeology, and the Armed Forces
by Susan Steele
Copyright 2016
Used with permission
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