 | Aerial photo taken when we were going through recommissioning. Can anyone identify this location.? |
 | The family arriving for the recommissioning ceremony at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on Aug 1, 1951.With my family is the wife and daughter of Chief Stanley Morrell |
 | The ceremony on the fantail |
 | The ceremony on the flight repair deck from the hangar. |
 | Chief Morrell cutting the cake in the Chief’s lounge. |
 | I took this of the Delaware Memorial Bridge that goes from NJ to Pennsylvania from my favorite spot above the bridge. |
 | Sunday morning steaks in the crews mess. |
 | Special inspection of the crew. |
 | My favorite buddies, the signalmen. My friend from home is on the left. |
 | Loading ammunition in Hampton Roads before heading for shakedown. |
 | Crash of the P5M in GITMO harbor and you can see our boats racing to the rescue. |
 | The skippers special boat saved 4 of the plane crew. |
 | The skippers large boat (Admirals Barge on extended duty) saved 2 of the crew. |
 | The crew’s boat got there in time to save the last one of 7 on board. |
 | At the 3 day party prepared by the base at Guantanamo for the Currituck. |
 | Capt. Jack had to console and reassure the Chaplain. |
 | Even I got a day off, that’s me in the right hand swing just testing things. |
 | I think that was boats trying to improve efficiency. |
 | I don’t know how they expected to see a ball let alone hit it. |
 | Even the Exec smiled. |
 | Well the party ended, I was very well behaved, that is me cradelling one of the less careful of the crew. |