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USSHowardWGilmoreAS16
Charleston, SC, 1967
Thanks to Eldon Brown for his USS Gilmore home page and this picture of the Gilmore.
USS Howard W. Gilmore Home Page
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Midships - Key West - 1972
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Key West - 1972
That yellow van was the runabout the Animals used when doing repairs. Anybody recognize the two men in the foreground? I don't remember.
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Gilmore Submarines - Key West
1972 - Diesel subs
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Key West - 1972
This is me and Bill Pierce boarding ship after a lunch break.
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Key West - 1972
This is the bow of the Gilmore with visitors taking a tour.
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Key West - 1972
This is the front gun turret on the Gilmore - that's me, guiding a tour.
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Public Works Bldg - KeyWest 72
This building was right across from where the Gilmore was tied to the pier. Our 1966 Ford Galaxie.
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Open deck, outside the foundry
Background: a fuel barge alongside the ship. This picture was taken of me to send back home.
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The gangplank at the Gilmore
This is me and a friend we called "Ski" -- Dan Uzarski!
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Gilmore Foundry
This is Wayne Williams, Chief Mac and Bill Pierce (left to right).
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Gilmore Foundry
This is me and Wayne Williams. We are igniting a carbon-rod arcing rock furnace.
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Gilmore Foundry
I am throwing salt into the furnace to stabilize the arc.
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Floor Molds in the Foundry
We used these for making billets, which are solid cylindrical-shaped pieces of metal, sent to the machine shop.
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A Core in the Foundry
This is inserted to make the billets hollow.
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Floor Molds in the Foundry
Foreground: the drag - bottom part of the mold.
Behind that: the entire mold, ready to pour.
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Cores in the Foundry
These are made of sand, and this is what they look like before they are put together. They are so large, they have to be made in pieces which are glued together.
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Working in the Gilmore Foundry
Bill and I are getting a ladle full of molten bronze as Chief Sam supervises.
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Working in the Gilmore Foundry
Bill and I are filling the molds with molten bronze.
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Working in the Gilmore Foundry
Bill and I are getting a ladle full of molten bronze while Chief Sam supervises.
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Rocking arc furnace in Foundry
This furnace was out of date and was replaced when the ship was dry-docked in Mobile and Pascacoula, in 1972, before the Gilmore went to Italy.
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Arc coming out of the furnace
This is what the furnace looked like when it was melting metal....the arc illuminated the smoke as it escaped.
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In my rack aboard the Gilmore
This photo was taken by Twig (E.B.Wiggins) to send home to my fiance.
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Shipmates - 1971
This is Twig (Earl Bruce Wiggins) and Keebler (Wayne Fleming) and "Chris" I think. I'm kind of hidden behind Twig.
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"Animal Locker"
I'm way in the back, peeking over the top... then Stiles, Twig and Smitty (L to R). The three down in front were in the repair division, but I can't remember their names.
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April 1, 1971 - Rate Ceremony
I'm on the left: this was when I made 3rd class; Sam is to my left: this was when he made Chief.
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CHIEF SAM - CPO J.B. Syamken
Chief Sam was a good guy to work for. He died of a heart attack, the day after he retired from the Navy.
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On Leave - August 1971
Mary (my wife, then fiance) took this picture of me at O'Hare in Chicago, in my dress gabardines.
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IsleOfPinesTrCt - Gautier,MS
NEW 1972 Pinto w/ Mississippi license plates - Purchased in Pascagoula,MS for $1900.00.
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GilmorePierNovember
Photos from Walt Darnall
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GuyNamedChristopher
Photo from Walt Darnall
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HelodeckApril69
Photo from Walt Darnall - L-R: Dickie Darnall, Mike Smith, & Twig Wiggins - Steaming to San Juan, Puerto Rico
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MardiGras72
Photo from Walt Darnall -
L-R: Dickie Darnall, Dan Uzarski, & Ron Weber... this was a comic photo.
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RonWeber
Photo from Walt Darnall
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"Twig" Wiggins
Helping get ready for a party at our home in Key West.
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TwigNotSmiling
At our home in Key West
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Walt'sCarWreck
Photos from Walt Darnall
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