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REUNION San Francisco California -

SEPTEMBER 2010

Gary & Trish Adams are Hosting next Years Reunion In San Francisco.

The Combined Association, of USS Everglades, USS Currituck and the Torpedomen’s Association, are cordially inviting the Crews of AD-24 Sister ships USS Klondike, USS Arcadia and USS Frontier to join us in 2010 San Francisco, California for the next reunion. We currently have other Tender and Tin Can Sailors joining us in SF, so get out there and let every one know it is welcome aboard.

We have booked a Number of rooms at Crown Plaza at $89 a night, and for San Francisco that is a very good rate.

The Event starts September 29^th until October 3^rd

(The room rate is good for +/- 3 days)

The More people we have the better deal we can get on Tours and other events.

There is a planned Dinner and Breakfast. There will be a Hospitality Room, were we all can share Old Photos and Sea Stories (Bring your old photos & cruise books).

Contact Gary Adams 2010 SF coordinator at.

AD24History@ATT.net for details.

Preface by Webster Wilson Former Everglades Crew Member. {From Everglades to Razorblades} The Everglades is not a ship that distinguished itself by winning battles, sinking ships, or spearheading invasions. Its claim to immortality is in the quality of the men who competently fulfilled its mission of keeping destroyers afloat and in good repair. For those competent men, service on the Everglades has proved to be a high point in their naval careers, both in the quality of service they were able to provide and in the comradeship they were all a part of, and which continues even today. Their memories are of a job well done, of a mission fulfilled.

Those who manned the Everglades were a cross-section of America Society, except that there were no women (besides a few smuggled aboard), no felons (at least, not many), and no geniuses (although half the crew talked as if they were, and the other half secretly knew they were.)

One characteristic we all had in common - we were all liars. We were all sailors. Some of us excuse our lying (is that too harsh a word - maybe “exaggerators” is better) on old age, some blame it on a troubled youth, and some of us know that we’re psychopaths. I point out this tendency we sailors have so that we can’t be accused (or sued) of any malice in that we put down in the following pages. Also it is my intention to update this “history” as new facts come to light (or are manufactured.) And, finally I’d like to make it clear that I don’t attest to the accuracy of anything published in this web page, as most of it was told to me by fellow crew members and started with “this is no shxx”

if you wish to contribute please address your Photos, Sea Stories and Copies or Originals of Everglades memorabilia to AD24History@att.net Also Please put AD-24 or Everglades in subject title. Thanks Gary Adams Crewmember and ships historian.

From The Scrap Books of fellow shipmates: Sent by the late Samuel Simpson 5th Division officer 1960 to 1962. Sam also sent five other Photo copies including one of the 5th Division and the Warrant officers mess .

Retrieved from a old scrap book Donated by Loren Bollig , Colorado Springs. Click on the Photo so you can read the article that was published in Jan 1970

This news photo was sent to me by another Ship mate Bill Carpenter, Texas. This was the Glades Last Cruise the Date is still in question, if you know Email us.

Chow line 1952 and it did not change, always good chow and most of the time we fed the nested ships giving their crews a break and us time to fix their galley. You could have Veal Cordon-bleu or Hot Dogs. Typically always served together. The Hot Dogs were familiar comfort food , the Veal ??
As Mess Decks Master of Arms, I was responsible for Stores and the unloading of reefers from the ships we were serviced, one day we found a wooden crate with steel bands in the back of the reefer of a old Destroyer being decommissioned. The Crate was full of Corn Beef, the date on the crate was 1942 that was older than the ship or any of us. The next day we had Corn Beef for dinner. No one on the working party had any this time we went for the Hot dogs.

The Moon over Charleston piers taken Christmas Eve 1968 from the helo deck . Check out other Charleston Photos Click on Page.

Dash Power Turn up (Drone Anti Submarine Helo) This was in Naples harbor, Note Naples Skyline in background. See More Click on DASH Page

Bill Smith Provided the photo obviously of himself standing by the aft 5 inch gun. When I reported aboard in April 1968 the 5" had been removed and the FT & DASH workshop was added in 1963. The DASH hanger and flight deck was above the shops..

The Photo Below is a Copy of the Everglades Blue Print drawing. In 1991 it was found aboard prior to scrapping by Ron Reeves. Ron allowed Us to Copy the Blue print and I had them Digitized and Reversed the Image to Black & White. Double click on the Photo and it will enlarge to full size. Possibly larger than you want but has a lot of detail.