Photos & Graphics Below

I have posted a few photos and graphics on this page representative of some of my father's and my Naval Careers along with graphics of ship construction jobs I have or am working on now. The graphics include photos of our ships and ship's patches and emblems.

If you are looking for a good source of ship photographs, histories or ballcaps; try:
Seaweed's ships Histories
P.O. Box 154
Sistersville, WV 26175-0154
Or you can go to their Web-site USS SEAWEED -Ship's Histories

	The Mystic Whaler Gaff-Boom rigged, 105 foot cruise schooner - My father's last Command.
	USS Northampton CA 26 My Dad's first command in 1936
	USS Boise CL 47 My father was at sea aboard this cruiser on December 7, 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
	USS Harlan R. Dickson DD 708 One of dad's destroyers.
	RMSA Rich Tucker 1964 This shot was taken at the Amagansett, Long Island, NY Train Station. I was waiting on the train to Kennedy Airport on my way to NAVCOMSTA Greece (My first real duty station).
	USS Northampton CC 1 National Emergency Command Post Afloat (NECPA). My first Ship 1967 to 1968, Snort'n Nort'n carried (4) 5"54 cannon and had the worlds tallest mast on an active Naval warship. The large dish is a Tropospheric Scatter system.
	USS Franklin D. Roosevelt CV 42 Served on board from 1970 to 1974
	Rosey Communications Patch for Med Cruise 1972
	USS James K Polk - SSBN 645 My First Boomer.
	USS James K Polk in Floating Drydock This shot was taken at night and the lighting effect is just fantastic!
	Loading a Torpedo Taken alongside Canopus while loading a Mark 48 Torpedo down the forward hatch.
	USS James K Polk - Ship's Patch
	In 1979 I was initiated into the ranks of Chief Petty Officer. One of my shipmates was initiated at the same time. Our sponsor thought it would be cute if he dressed as Mary and I showed up as her Little Lamb. Enjoy!
	We Take the Oath as Chief Petty Officers in the United States Navy. Mary (Fred Sebold) is far left and The Little Lamb (Yours Truly) is standing next in line.
	USS George Bancroft - SSBN 643 My Last Boomer
	USS George Bancroft SSBN 643 - Ship's Plaque I was piped over the side on this, my second boomer and last duty station.
	Vist the Updated and Revised Osprey Class Mine Hunter Graphics pages.
	LPD 17 This is the new ship we are building at Avondale shipyards in New Orleans. The actual fabrication has yet to begin so you will have to be satisfied with an artist's conception of the ship.
	The Delta Queen The Riverboat Delta Queen plies the waters of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. On this trip, she is traveling up the Ohio River from Cincinatti to Pittsburg. I took this photo at a stopover in Marrietta, Ohio.
	The Bill of Rights One of the Tall Ships, visited us in Savannah Georgia. She carried the original Bill of Rights on board and was open to visitors.
	I tease my son about feeding him to one of these.
	The Ego Page - Awards for this site.

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