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1 Fri December 25 2009 - 11:59:20 Fullname: marvin h. dane Rank/Rate: sn. Email: martydane@yahoo.com Where are your from?: oregon Comments: transferred from uss epping forest in 63 to uss reaper while in the phillipines.served aboard until 65 2 Sun December 21 2008 - 19:01:05 Fullname: DENNIS DEVRIES Rank/Rate: SK3 Email: DJDSCTSDLE@HOTMAIL.COM Where are your from?: SCOTTSDALE AZ NOW Comments: THIS FOUND THIS.. AMAZING.... 66-68... SK3.WOULD LOVE HEARING FROM ANYONE.. WHERE IS STEVE WARREN... WAY TO MANY MEMORIES AFTER 40 YEARS.. HARD TO BELIEVE .... 3 Sat March 08 2008 - 17:22:46 Fullname: Sherman Radford Rank/Rate: en Email: sradford43@yahoo.com Where are your from?: 16 miles north of Detroit, Mi Comments: came aboard in Pear Harbor in January of 1961, left to go to engineman school in Sepetember 4 Wed September 19 2007 - 07:13:11 Fullname: Christopher Hutton Rank/Rate: MN3 Email: Where are your from?: Houston,Tx Comments: I am currently serving on Uss gladiator on MCM Rotational Crew REAPER... I want to thank each and everyone of you for your service in wars past... thank you Mineman Third Class Christopher A Hutton 5 Sun August 05 2007 - 23:38:10 Fullname: W. W. "Mike" Warren Rank/Rate: EN2 Email: usslucid@usslucid.org Where are your from?: Bradford Island, California 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 6 Tue May 29 2007 - 18:22:26 Fullname: Eric Ayers Rank/Rate: E-3 SK Striker Email: eayers07@comcast.net Where are your from?: New Jersey Comments: I was on the Reaper from about Oct. 1965 to Oct. 1966. 7 Sat October 21 2006 - 14:34:37 Fullname: Jim Pierce Rank/Rate: ETN3 Email: k-bike@nmdoregon.com Where are your from?: California Comments: 8 Thu August 31 2006 - 12:28:35 Fullname: William S. Park Rank/Rate: SK3 Email: mrpark120@gmail.com Where are your from?: New York Comments: Served under "FAT JACK" for three xcruises to Vietnam (1968 - 70) 9 Sun April 09 2006 - 04:08:31 Fullname: Al Hines Rank/Rate: YN2 Email: al_hines.geo@yahoo.com Where are your from?: North Carolina Comments: Great site! Al Hines Webmaster USS ADROIT MSO 509 http://www.mso509.com/ 10 Sat October 15 2005 - 03:04:57 Fullname: ROBERT A. SOLAR Rank/Rate: BM 3 Email: captbob@eatel.net Where are your from?: Donldsonville,La. Comments: USS REAPER was my first ship, right out of boatcamp,Jan.1957. Was a 17 year old country boy but I grew up some on that ship. It gave me a home and a family it was an experiance I will always remember and cherish. It also gave me a foundation to build my life and my life's work from. I have been a Ship Pilot for the last 32 years on one of the world's most difficult waterways from below New Orleans,La. to Baton Rouge, La. on the Mississippi River. Have piloted over 6000 ships including the battle ship USS WISCONSIN BB-64.This is what the Navy and the USS REAPER has helped me accomplish. I am forever greatful. 1 2
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