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| Anchored at Danang
Viet Nam, Sunday morning I was on quarterdeck watch and some of the crew
circled the Endurance on water skis. When asked where they got the skis
they never told. 1962 |
Viet Nam Coast
and fishing nets. |
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| Patrol duty north
of Danang, Viet Nam south of the DMZ 1962 |
Coast line at Danang,
Viet Nam 1962 |
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| ENC Rogers, master
at arms and close friend. One great guy. |
Part of Danang
Viet Nam harbor. 1962
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| Minesweeper (Web
Master's Note: "MSC") approaching Viet Nam fishing boat
(Bum Boat) while on patrol off North Viet Nam waters. Part of our patrol
consisted of looking for refugees trying to get to South Viet Nam and safety.
The NVA would blow them out of the water. There would be 9 Mine sweeps from
MineDiv. 91, MinRon 9 all operating out of Nam. 3 would be in Subic Bay,
Philippines for fuel and stores. 3 sweeps would be enroute to or from Nam
and 3 would be in Viet Nam. 2 would be on patrol and 1 would be anchored
in Danang. Normal tour was 90 days. Our squadron did two tours in Nam. While
the Endurance was on patrol duty, we were watching a movie on the fan tail
when GQ was sounded; I was operating the movie projector at the time. As
I left the fantail for the foreword engine room I saw boat hooks coming
over the side and they were trying to board us. We only had a 40 MM bow
mount and small arms at this time. They did repel the boarders. That was
all I can attest to as I was in the forward engine room on GQ. |
Colors on USS
Endurance MSO 435
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| Operating out
of Esquimalt, Canada with the Canadian Navy Minesweepers. Prior to Viet
Nam duty. These girls came out to wave at us. 1961 |
Man soaking wet
returning from beach party, other man engineer but name escaped. He was
an EN3 |
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| Anchored at Danang
Viet Nam, Sunday morning I was on quarterdeck watch and some of the crew
circled the Endurance on water skis. When asked where they got the skis
they never told. 1962 |
Starboard
Hammer Box, believe in Esquimalt , Canada |
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The ships cook!
This man was great! We would have steak feeds on the fantail. Grills were
made from 50 Gal. drums. The mid watch never went hungry as this man would
stay up and bake donuts and bear claws and have them waiting for the crew.
If he didn't bake there would be cold cuts waiting. ( we had a different
name for cold cuts. ) |
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| Returning from
a beach party at Danang, Viet Nam. Small boat was rigged by the Bos'n so
we could pull ourselves to shore and back. As the Electricians were in charge
of the movies two of us would leave the ship every day and show a movie
to the South Vietnamese. We were warned to watch for a tattoo on the upper
left chest area SAT CONG to insure they were not NVA. |
Man standing on
hatch, Strong EN3 and Ships Stores. Man in front of Strong, BT2 man in charge
of filling and emptying the ‘Blob’.
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| Coast line at
Danang, Viet Nam 1962 |
40 MM Bow Mount,
believe person on mount could be UDT man. We sometimes had three on board.
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| Ships Corpsman
last name Maya. Deck hands had been cleaning sweep locker. |
Strong returning
from beach party. Man with back to camera Ken Adkisson EM3. |
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Man facing camera
unknown, man with back to camera Ken Adkisson, EM3 and my main man.
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Card game on the
fan tail |
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| Fantail of Endurance,
MSO 435 |
Port Acoustic Hammer
and Pig |
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| Starboard Hammer
Box, believe in Esquimalt , Canada.
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Crew member on
the fantail, guard belt would indicate messenger for quarterdeck watch.
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| Reel House of MSO
435
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Quarter Deck Watch,
Names have slipped by me, Could it be Bruce Riley?
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