USS Kirk ~ FF1087
I have not told this blog that this is the ship that I spent 4 great years of my life. I call them great, of course, through the rosey glasses of time. Yet, even over a decade later I still dream of this ship, of the Pacfic ocean waves rolling black under its bow during nights that who's only light was the moon, stars, and lichen under the sea. The ports this ship took me too, the things I learned. It was as if this boat was my surrogate mother, bringing me to the world, and the world to me. Is it any wonder people associate around this giant hunk of metal? USS Kirk
I was a CIWS tech, an electronics geek who fixed the Phalanx weapons system. If you don't know what that is, think R2-D2 with a 20 mm gattling gun shooting depleted uranium rounds at 3000 rounds per minute. :)
The worst shame of it is, I cannot visit this place of my youth but in my dreams. The US government sold our beloved vessel to a foreign government, which is better, I suppose, than complete mothballs. Thanks to the guy who's doing the website. Great job!
posted by joefec @ 10:06 AM
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