Well lets see...the only name I can remember is the USS Kitty Hawk...I think you were on it out of Whidby...but when you were stationed on this boat mom was still here in school...so I am going to guess you were stationed out east somewhere...maybe florida...I do know this ship was 'moth balled" or "dry docked" several years ago when Jeff served his time...I do believe they moved it Bremerton Washington...but it could be at the Navel Museum out East....

okay I think I have it figured out...i had to go back and look through scrap books for this one...this ship is the "pensacola" at the time you were stationed on it, it was based out of hawii so you must have also been based out of hawii too. i am going to guess upon its return to the states it was dry docked and made into a museum or some such thing...in Pearl Harbor. As for the previous post...a before coffee guess...were you even on the Kitty hawk or did I as a young girl just fall in love with the name?

USS CONSTELLATION was the second ship in the KITTY HAWK - class and the third ship in the Navy to bear the name. Nicknamed 'America’s Flagship', USS CONSTELLATION was decommissioned on August 7, 2003, after 41 years, nine months and 11 days of naval service. Since its commissioning, nearly 120,000 Sailors and Marines have served aboard the ship. The arresting gear aboard has amassed an impressive 436,000 'traps', or laUSS CONSTELLATION returned to San Diego, Calif., on June 2, 2003, and was decommissioned on August 7 at Naval Air Station North Island.
ndings.

oh, homeport was San Diego california.

If you want mor info on Connie go to Navysite.de. A lot of neat photos and cool info like little tid bit: One of the fliers on CONSTELLATION, Everett Alvarez, Jr., on August 5, 1964, was the first American pilot to be shot down over North Vietnam.

I really hope I got these rigth

Oh by the way I found the name because your son said this was the only aircraft carrier you served on. He is full of knowledge just like you.

As a side note, the U.S.S. Constellation was the only aircraft carrier to visit the port of Anchorage. It was an awesome sight to see a carrier going up Cook Inlet. Don't remember the year, must have been in the early 90's, I had a frined onboard her that I was stationed with, he came down to A.P. to visit and brought me a zippo lighter engraverd with her name on it.

I remove my ealier guess. After taking a closer look, you gave us one really easy clue. 38. The USS Connstilation had the numbers 54 on her deck, so while she seemed to be the one she is not. The only other boat I found withthe numbers was the USS Shangri-la. Shangri-La, an aircraft carrier, was laid down by the Norfolk Navy Yard,at Portsmouth, Va., on 15 January 1943, launched on 24 February 1944, sponsoredby Mrs. James H. Doolittle, and commissioned on 15 September 1944, Capt.James D. Barner in command.
The first time she was decomissioned and placed in the Reserve Fleet at San Francisco was on 7 November1947 and recommissioned on 10 May 1951.
Until 1960, she alternated western Pacific cruises with operations out of San Diego. On 16 March 1960, she put to sea from San Diego en route to her new home port, Mayport, Fla.
Between 1961 and 1970, Shangri-La alternated between deployments to theMediterranean and operations in the western Atlantic, out of Mayport.
On 9 November, Shangri-La stood out of Subic Bay to return home. En routeto Mayport, she visited Sydney Australia; Wellington, N.Z.; and Rio de Janiero,Brazil. She arrived in Mayport on 16 December and began preparations forinactivation. After preinactivation overhaul at the Boston Naval ShipyardSouth Annex Shangri La decommissioned on 30 July 1971. She was placed inthe Atlantic Reserve Fleet and berthed at Philadelphia, where she remainsas of July 1974.

what does 38 stand for

Shana is all wrong…erica…did research…I knew the answer but wanted to do some research. Thanks for the history lesson; I learned a lot…..

USS SHANGRI-LA was one of the ESSEX - class aircraft carriers and the first ship to bear the name. The name "SHANGRI-LA" was taken from a speech of President Roosevelt regarding the Doolittle Raid - the first American air strike against the Japanese homeland - in 1942. In his speech, President Roosevelt referred to the origin of the Tokyo raid only as "SHANGRI-LA".

Decommissioned on July 30, 1971, the SHANGRI-LA was subsequently placed in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet and berthed at Philadelphia. SHANGRI-LA remained there for the next 11 years, and was stricken from the Navy list on July 15, 1982. On August 9, 1988, she was disposed of by the Marine Administration.

You were on it when it was stationed in the Atlantic Fleet. Shortly, before that though, it was stationed in the pacific. Washington State, Puget Sound area, I believe.

So where you on the carrier when it…..?

She evaded another typhoon on 11 and 12 August, then hit Tokyo again on the 13th. After replenishing on the 14th, she sent planes to strike the airfields around Tokyo on the morning of 15 August 1945. August 26, 1965 off Sardinia, Italy USS SHANGRI-LA and USS NEWMAN K. PERRY (DD 883) collide off Sardinia, killing one sailor and injuring another on the destroyer. The PERRY's bow is crushed and twisted to starboard. Both ships are repaired at Naples and return to duty with the Sixth Fleet.

Why did they have the “Z” (in 1946) on the flight deck instead of her hull number, CV 38?

Did you know about this site? You weren't listed....

http://navysite.de/crew.php?action=viewall&start=A

Okay i am waiting.....whats the answer? I can't beleive you haven't commented....gosh

What agreat surprise, so far 13 hits on this posting, you are to be congratulated on the research that was conducted. I will review the the choice for winner a little later. To answer your qestion Heidi, I was not aware of that site, but I finally got to it and reviewed it. Only those who have submitted their names appear on he list as crew members, not very many duringhte time I served when we had about 3,000 people onboard. Appreciate the info on the site. Did not recognize any of the names.

Shana - you may have solved the mystery of where my grandfather got the nickname of "Ten", at least it is a logical guess. We have ruled out the other obvious pertaining to number of children, or siblings - you may be right! I know he and his family were very religious and "Ten" in latin is easier to remember than Philo! Good Guess.

just to give you another hit, buddy!

O.K. Shana, you got me unus butyou will not get me duo, tres is unimaginable, and quattuor will never happen. For you see, I now know the latin numeral system up to 20! Ten is decem in Latin! The word "Philo" in Latin means a scholar, a learned man, thus the word PHILOspher or PHILOsophic is derived from the base root of Philo. You may be ont he right track in solving the mystery, but Philo is not "Ten"

Trivial Pursuit IX: New record on the number of hits and was very impressed with the research that was done. Shana started it all off, she got Florida right. Wrong ship, never been on the "Big Cat" and there was never a carrier named Pensacola. Erica was on the right track on her first guess, but wrong ship, never on the "Connie" but a lot of good history. Refined her research and nailed it on her 2nd attempt. Her one personal source was wrong, I served on two carriers! Her history on the Shang was very good and correct. Heidi came in late, because they were both researching at the same time by the posting time of their comments. Heidi provided additonal history on the Shang which was very good. I chose that particular picture of her leaving the Mayport Harbor (St. James River) with our escort tugs because the hull number was visiable as a hint to you. All Navy ships will have a hull number, they are never the same for any active ship of the line. Heidi asked about the "Z", that was strictly to keep the Japanese pilots from knowing which carrier they were seeing, that way they could not track where the various carriers were at. All names and hull numbers were removed for security. Good job to all, I will declare Erica as the winner since she was the first one to post, congratulations you have just won a box of Girl Scout Cookies - put them on my tab! The rest of the story will appear as a Blog Posting including one that Heidi discovered, the Shang - Perry collision.

WOW guess you too do your research...the latin language is a very interesting one...philo...plays a mager role as a suffix for this language...most words in latin are made up from two or three "root words" philo does meamn scholared or learned but it also will be found in the numerical system...keep counting...you will find it...when you find the magic number...which is a very important number in all societies...taking into consideration that money has not always been as we see it....and the number one....only matters when you add zeros.....as for my grandfathers name....I do recall reading about several latin scholars in school...frankly this class put me to sleep....but as I am thinking about it I do believe there was a scholar with the name Philo....have you checked whether we have Jewish history?????

oh now I figured out the latin problemm....it is Greek.....oooops. Should not have slept through that class..