NORFOLK RE-UNION
OCTOBER 20TH THRU THE 24TH

Some of the photo's were taken and provided by
Jody Gagnon of Price Perfect Photo's





The Sheraton Norfolk Waterside Hotel
the Site of our 2011 Re-Union

Our Sponsers for the Re-Union

Left to Right
                                                                           Rhoda Rull, Sheraton Norfolk Waterside Convention Services Manager
                                                                              Elizabeth Kintzing, Sheraton Norfolk Waterside Sales Manager
                                                                          Melissa Hopper, Associate Director Norfolk Convention Visitors Bureau

                                                                      "GREAT JOB LADIES, and a big THANKYOU" from the USS Maury AGS-16


Our first Day Tour was a walking tour from the Hotel to the Nauticus Maritime Museum
Which included a quick tour of the USS Wisconsin BB-64
and Our Memorial Service on the Fan Tail

Nauticus Maritime Museum

                       
                                                                                                                    Do these bunks look familiar

                       
                                     Mock-up of CIC boards                              Radio Gear from Wisconsin's Radio room

                         
                          Shells and powder kegs from Wisconsin                                        Nick and Laura Gann


The Loan Sailor Statue

         
                    Starboard view of the USS Wisconsin BB-64                                                 Portside view USS Wisconsin BB-64

                                                                      Memorial Service

            

            
                                   Not listed
             Ralph Mc Kibbon  SN  1967 - 1968      April 11, 1972    
                                

Nicholas Gann Leading Us in The "Pledge of Alligence"


Gwen, Nicholas and Maddie

  
                                                   Memorial Service on Aft Deck of the USS Wisconsin BB-64   

                         

                          

                                  
                                                     The Reverand James Mc Connell leading us in prayer                                                                                                      
   
                                                       Bugler   MU-1 Justin Skorupa, U S Navy Fleet Band, Norfolk
                                                           Played Taps for the Memorial  Service

                              Rev Jim Mc Connell, Chuck Lewis, Pete Dana along with Mu-1 Justin Skorupa, Reading the names of Our Departed
       
            
Frank Burgess Ringing the Ships Bell for Each Departed Shipmate

After the "Memorial Service" we were treated to a sack lunch in the Nauticus Cafe and then we visited the Armed Forces Memorial,
we then proceeded to the Memorial Dock for a harbor cruise aboard the Victory Rover.

                                


                             

We then took a two hour harbor cruise which included seeing the Norfolk Container Facilities as well as the Naval Operatons Base

                         
Norfolk has one of the largest container ship ports in the world


                         
The container ship Maersk Utah


                         
                                                 USS COLE  DDG-67                                                                  USS NEW YORK  LPD-12


                      
                                                                                           USS ENTERPRISE  CVAN-65 


                                                                       BOARDING THE BUSES FOR OUR NAVAL BASE TOUR

                        

                                                                            NORFOLK NAVAL STATION VISITOR CENTER

                         

                        


                                      NAVAL STATION GALLEY WHERE WE SERVED LUNCH, MILITARY STYLE,  YUM!
                      

                      
                                                                                                                                                      MAURY HIGH SCHOOL
                                                                                                                         MAURY HIGH SCHOOL, OUR DRIVE BY TOUR
  

    
THE GENERAL DOULAS MacARTHUR MEMORIAL

                          

                          

                            

                             

AND THEN WE WENT TO THE WORLD FAMOUS DOUMAR'S ICECREAM PARLOUR
HOME TO THE FAMOUS HOME MADE SUGAR ICECREAM CONES FOR A DIP
        

                
                                                                                                                          MR. DOUMAR AND SON-IN-LAW SHOWS US HOW ITS DONE

                   
            NICK GANN, PETE DANA, MR. DOUMAR AND SON-IN-LAW              CHOWING DOWN ON THE BEST ICE CREAM EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI

     
                          GUESS YOU COULD SAY THIS IS THE GREAT ICECREAM LINE UP, A SAILOR IS ALWAYS STANDING IN A LINE SOMEWHERE WAITING FOR SOMETHING.


THE BANQUET

                                           
                

Photo's provided by Charley Krachy


             
                              Peggy and Charly Krachy                                                                Gene Cain,  Don Wasserman,  Roy Hanson


        
                         BAR-B-QUE BASKET DONATED FOR THE RAFFLE BY TERRY, LAURA  AND NICHOLAS GANN


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