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USS Independence CVA-62 1960-64,USS Tutuila ARG-4 1964-66,Sub Base,
New London 1966-68,Uss Simon Lake AS-33 1968-70,
USS John Paul Jones DDG-32 1970-73,Navy Recruiting Dist.
Newark, N.J. 1974-79, Navy/Marine Corp Reserve Center,
New Rochelle, N.Y.Jan.79-Sept.79,USS H.W.Gilmore AS-16 @ Sardinia,
Italy-Decom. Crew Decommissioned 13 Sept.1980 @ D&S Piers, NORVA.
USS Yellowstone AD-41 1980-82, Transferred to Fleet Reserve April 1982.


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