Strip Trips over
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Taking teletypes from USS Caperton in Philadelphia
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Loading up |
Items retrieved from
the USS Newport News |
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The Strip Crew |
1995 |
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James River Fleet,
stripping USS William C. Lawe (DD-763) |
2001 |
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Strip Ship stuff leaving
Pennsylvania to Massachusetts
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Small stuff from the Philly strip trip |
Large stuff from
the Philly strip trip |
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More large stuff from
the Philly strip trip |
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Furniture we off loaded
from a truck from strip trips to Philadelphia |
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2002 |
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Water Tight Doors found on a farm 2002
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12" Signal Light on a farm
cart powered by a generator for deer spotting
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Strip Crew
at Philadelphia Navy Yard |
2006 |
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Stripping the USS Des Moines |
2007
Suisun
Bay, California - MARAD Fleet stripping |
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USS Sea Shadow |
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USS Hoga (YT-146) in background |
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Stuff we left behind |
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Stripping aboard the USS
Forestal |
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Suisun Bay on 7 December 2007, and the Pearl Harbor survivor USS Hoga (YT-146), was there. She is in many 7 December 1941 pictures pouring water on burning BB's. We thought it appropriate to raise a flag that morning.
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Typical scenes aboard the mothballed ships |
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