FastEagle
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I served 31 years in the USN. My primary classification was Aviation Structural Mechanic (Hydraulics).
My first and only duty as part of the ship’s company was aboard the USS Boxer (LPH-4). The Boxer had been converted from its Korean was designation as an attack aircraft carrier (CVA-21) to a helicopter carrier. My assignment on the Boxer was with the AIMD department where the ship provided intermediate maintenance functions for assigned and temp assigned aircraft.
The Boxer was a wooden decked ship with roll-up hangar doors that had to be shored-up when in high winds and heavy seas. It operated mostly in the Caribbean seas area of the Atlantic Ocean until Vietnam. It did not have an angle deck and could transit the Panama Canal to provide replacement US Marines and their aircraft to those serving in Vietnam.
There are many places for RV travelers to visit that have military displays and museums. I'll show you a lot of them in this thread.
My first and only duty as part of the ship’s company was aboard the USS Boxer (LPH-4). The Boxer had been converted from its Korean was designation as an attack aircraft carrier (CVA-21) to a helicopter carrier. My assignment on the Boxer was with the AIMD department where the ship provided intermediate maintenance functions for assigned and temp assigned aircraft.
The Boxer was a wooden decked ship with roll-up hangar doors that had to be shored-up when in high winds and heavy seas. It operated mostly in the Caribbean seas area of the Atlantic Ocean until Vietnam. It did not have an angle deck and could transit the Panama Canal to provide replacement US Marines and their aircraft to those serving in Vietnam.
There are many places for RV travelers to visit that have military displays and museums. I'll show you a lot of them in this thread.
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