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1 Sat June 27 2009 - 07:20:25 Fullname: Buzz Daly Rate/Rank: SA RM striker Where are your from?: henderson, nv (now) Email: buzzdaly@aol.com Comments: worked under galligan in the radio shack, was ship's laundryman during one caribbean cruise...two carib cruises and one to the med....1962-64...remember good times with good guys....career in journalism and p.r....now semi retired, but still write about sports betting.... 2 Sat March 14 2009 - 01:24:31 Fullname: Gerald (Jerry) J Wickham Rate/Rank: EN3 Where are your from?: Minnesota Email: dwickha1@frontiernet.net Comments: This is great to be able to maybe meet some of my shipmates. I was on the Notable from Aug. 1961-Aug.1963 and worked in the aft engine room. I retired in 2001 after working 30 years for Metropolitan Transit in Minneapolis. My wife and I live on Dam Lake which is 12 miles southeast of Aitkin MN. (Ever hear of the "Dead Sea" Mille Lacs Lake). We are 35 miles north of it or 125 north of Minneapolis. If anyone ever gets this way, give us a holler and we'll give you directions. You have our e-mail! Would sure like to hear from you. Jerry 3 Thu November 20 2008 - 15:27:45 Fullname: Raymond Hartman Rate/Rank: FA to BMSN Where are your from?: Maryland, Florida now Email: raywhartman@yahoo.com Comments: Was onboard from July 1961 to April 1964. I spent time in the radio room studying Morse code. I also lent for use what was considered back then a portable reel to reel tape player for use from the radio room to produce a radio show. 4 Sun August 05 2007 - 22:49:36 Fullname: W. W. "Mike" Warren Rate/Rank: EN2 Where are your from?: Bradford Island, California Email: usslucid@usslucid.org Comments: Members of the minesweeping community; The Lucid MSO-458 Foundation was formed by a group of minesweeper crewmen who served aboard US Navy MSO's. MSO's are a class of wooden hull oceangoing minesweepers that are now decommissioned and fading from public memory. The group has obtained the USS Lucid MSO-458 and has her docked at Bradford Island, California. Work has begun! The organization is restoring her and a public museum is established. The MSO is a little known and poorly documented, extremely interesting facet of Naval history. The USS Lucid Museum is dedicated to telling the story of the minesweeping men and their wooden ships, the last all wooden US Naval ships, to navigate the oceans. We will be telling the stories of Mine Recovery and UDT teams, Floating Pigs, Hammer Boxes, Magtails, Aluminum Engines and Towed Sonar. The little known stories of Contact, Magnetic and Acoustic minesweeping as well as the mystery of Magnetic Countermeasures will be told through the displays, narratives and museum media. Typhoons, tiny ships and ice-clad superstructures are only a small part of the "Wooden Ships and Iron Men" story. From sweeping the Mekong Delta in Viet Nam, observing the final Nuclear blasts on Johnston Island to sweeping the Persian Gulf, "Where the Fleet Goes, We've Been" will be clearly illustrated. Since there is no other Naval Museum that even attempts to tell the story of the MSO the USS Lucid is an important and living detail of US Naval History. First, Lucid must undergo a restoration. Previous civilian owners for commercial use have modified her. She needs hull repairs and painting and re-outfitting to be brought back to her former Naval dignity and glory. The Lucid MSO-458 Foundation has a workforce of planners, engineers and volunteer manpower who are vested and committed to this grand and worthy project. Bringing her to life is a large financial undertaking. We’re looking for tax-exempt gifts from the Military Industrial sector and individuals to help with this extremely valuable endeavor. Of course, all donors will be properly and prominently acknowledged aboard the vessel. Your donation will help preserve this vital part of Naval History. Please join us in telling the MSO story by sending a tax-exempt gift to Lucid MSO-458 Foundation, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit foundation through our website. http://www.usslucid.org 5 Thu September 29 2005 - 23:28:09 Fullname: Jon Harrold Rate/Rank: yn3 Where are your from?: Iowa Email: harrold1@evertek.net Comments: Would be great to hear from anyone who served on the Notable. I was on her 1961-1962 6 Thu September 22 2005 - 22:28:02 Fullname: Al Hines Rate/Rank: YN2 Where are your from?: Email: Comments: Welcome to the MSO Community ! Crew member: USS ADROIT 1967-69 USS SALUTE 1969-70 Pics bring back many memories. Webmaster USS ADROIT MSO 509 http://www.mso509.com/ 7 Thu September 22 2005 - 20:45:52 Fullname: John Love Rate/Rank: EN 2 Where are your from?: Lafayette, La Email: lovejl70503@yahoo.com Comments: You did a great job, love your pictures. Higgins ship yard is no more but the WW2 Museum in New Orleans is on Andrew Higgins drive. He made most of the landing craft used in the invasions of WW2, they were wood as well. 8 Thu September 22 2005 - 20:25:20 Fullname: Rick Christie, Sr. Rate/Rank: EM3 Where are your from?: Sacramento, CA Email: rick94501@yahoo.com Comments: I served on the USS Pledge (MSO-492) from 1963-1965. It's great to see another MSO website online. Come visit mine at http://www.uss-pledge.minesweeps.com 9 Mon September 19 2005 - 22:24:03 Fullname: Larry Chism Rate/Rank: RD 2 Where are your from?: Illinios Now Grand Island New York Email: lchism@adelphia.net Comments: Served on the mightly Notable from 1961 to 1963. Would love to hear from others that were on the ship when I was. Larry 10 Mon September 19 2005 - 20:41:16 Fullname: Louis Frank Bosler III Rate/Rank: EN3 Where are your from?: Louisville Kentucky Email: fboz3@win.net Comments: This is great to have a Notable site
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