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1 Sat January 23 2010 - 23:13:44 Fullname: Daniel Laundy Rate/Rank: SN Email: dlaundy@msn.com Where are your from?: Broomfield, Colorado Comments: I served on the Vital in Charleston SC for approx 8 months and departed arund April 1972 2 Sat January 16 2010 - 00:28:13 Fullname: Carl Whitcraft Rate/Rank: RD2 Email: carlwhitcraft@comcast.net Where are your from?: Severn, Maryland Comments: Came aboard in Panama City Florida from Radarman A school in 1969. The home port was changed to Charleston in January 1971. Was on board when it was decommisioned in August 1972. I was one of eight crew members to remain on board until it was sealed an put into mothball status in Jacksonville Florida. It was towed away from the shipyard Dec. 4 1972. All eight of us were released from active duty Dec. 8 1972. 3 Tue June 09 2009 - 05:34:10 Fullname: Robert Odegard Rate/Rank: RMC(SS) Email: obegardb@otenet.gr Where are your from?: Chania, Crete, Greece Comments: Reported aboard the USS Vital in 1966 as an RM2. Left the Vital in 1968 for San Francisco. 4 Tue April 21 2009 - 17:02:11 Fullname: Terrance(Terry) E. Booher Rate/Rank: SN Email: t_booher@att.net Where are your from?: Navarre,Fl Comments: Was on the Vital in 1957. Was on Med cruise that year. Cruise to Gulf of Mexico, Panama City,Fl. then on to Texas where I was transfered. 5 Tue March 31 2009 - 21:47:45 Fullname: Daniel J. Laundy Rate/Rank: SN Email: dlaundy@msn.com Where are your from?: Broomfield, Colorado Comments: Hello everyone, I served on the Vital for several months and went to the west coast to finish my time. I ended up on the USS Rupertus DD-851. i got out of the Navy in january 1974. Since then I served in the Army Reserve, Air Force Guard and Reserve retiring with 26 total years service... Imagine that - me staying in the military. 6 Sun January 13 2008 - 15:02:46 Fullname: Richard J. White Rate/Rank: LCDR Email: RJWhite098@aol.com Where are your from?: Now in Cincinnati Comments: Command of VITAL from summer of 1968 till spring of 1970. Took command in New Orleans at Avondale shipyard. First underway trip for sea trials down the Mississippi. One deployment to the Med in 1969. Also an SQQ-14 Sonar demo out of Belgium during that deployment. Relieved of command in Jacksonville at the shipyard there. 7 Mon December 03 2007 - 06:20:22 Fullname: Travis Porter Rate/Rank: N/A Email: travlin74@sbcglobal.net Where are your from?: Little Rock, Arkansas Comments: RE: Donald H. Porter Hi, My late brother was Donald H. Porter, retired, who commanded the Vital during her ascent up the Mississippi River for the Cotton Carnival in 1967. I would be interested in hearing from those who served with my brother. Thanks, Travis Porter 8 Sun August 05 2007 - 23:57:24 Fullname: W. W. "Mike" Warren Rate/Rank: 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 9 Sun June 17 2007 - 04:09:10 Fullname: Roger Eldred Rate/Rank: emsc Email: brendampatterson@bellsouth.net Where are your from?: Covington, ga Comments: I am writing to find out if anyone served with my dad. He was on the uss vital from sept 71 - I know 72. He passed away 5 years ago. He was a wonderful man. Thank you Brenda 10 Fri May 04 2007 - 02:04:56 Fullname: john l. cacicio aka vito Rate/Rank: rm3 Email: rjca1@comcast.net Where are your from?: boston, ma. now ft myers fl. Comments: served on vital all through 1967. 1 2
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