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  One of the crew's favorite hangouts aboard AD31
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WELCOME TO THE FANTAIL

Bill Cook, ET2 - USS Tidewater 10/62 - 9/65his was one of my favorite spots on the Tidewater. While we were in Portsmouth's Dry Dock in late 1962 and early 1963, the ship's fantail was outfitted with a new DASH (Distant Airborne Sonar Helicopter) pad and hangar. It was the latest in electronic surveillance technology - but more than that, it was a place to hang out and drink coffee and tell stories. So it became a favorite spot of many of us. And the view of the Naples harbor from that vantage point is still vivid in my memory.

I hope you'll allow me to indulge myself in naming our web log after that favorite place aboard the Tidewater during the Sixties - and I hope that you'll take the time to give us a yarn or two of your own - just click here to sign our WebLog at the Fantail.

Bill Cook, Webmaster
USS Tidewater AD31 - 10/62 - 9/65
E-mail Bill at MailCall@TidewaterSailor.net

 

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