photo
courtesy of Ltjg Si Daugherty

Here is a rare view of the
Tidewater at sea. Most of the time she sat in one
of two places - the Norfolk Destroyer Sub Piers
or in Naples Harbor. So many months were spent in
port that sailors liked to say that the Tidewater
couldn't get off the pile of coffee grounds
underneath. This picture was taken prior to 1962
when she was refitted for a DASH hanger on the
fantail.
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