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.