USS Fresno (LST-1182)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- Did you know since 1918 there have been three ships named USS Fresno? Only one of those, LST-1182, was named after the County of Fresno.
The Fresno was commissioned into the Navy in 1969. She was homeported in San Diego and assigned to the Pacific Fleet's Amphibious Force. The ship saw extensive service during the latter stages of the Vietnam War and earned two battle stars. The Fresno was decommissioned on April 8, 1993, and on September 15, 2014, she was used as a target ship and sunk.
For many who served aboard the Fresno, she was more than just a ship. This is the story of the USS Fresno.
#wearefresnocounty
Miss that old girl - GMG3 Peterson ('88-'90)
Did you happen to have a known a QM2 David Ward?
Beautiful job.! Thank you for posting this. I sure do miss the ol' girl and the shipmates I served with. EN3 Hutchins.
Thank you for watching!
Great story!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great story, but such a sad ending.
Good ship, great crew! HT2, 72-75.
OS2 Winton April 1976 to March 1979
Still have my ball cap and flying squad shirts. Dec 88'- Dec 90' Htfr- HT 3. I see Frederick 1184 is in there also my 2nd duty station (t,a,d).
I was in High school when you did a port call on the 4th of July at Sitka Alaska.
Took the ship tour.
That has to be 89 or 90
Did you happen to have known a QM2 David Ward?
@@WlSD0MI don't recall him but I didn't know those guys that well up there. I did know hoss in the video here.
@@scottmacleod6301 ah figured it was worth a try. He was my father that had passed away in 2009 and I actually stumbled upon this clip of the ship he used to talk about a lot. I really appreciate you responding Scott.
@@WlSD0Mdo you know when he was there?
Ah the ol Gator Freighter.
EEO5 commence liberty call!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That thing is a piece of shit, but all LST's were pieces of shit.
it may have been, but it got the job done, and brought us home every time we took her out!
@@leftyo9589 I always felt bad for you guys bobbing around on that flat bottom POS. Sorry about the POS thing.
Got to tour the ship when it made a port call in Sitka Alaska in 89-90
We got up to the bridge and the seaman giving the tour points up to the ceiling at a box mounted to it.
“You may have hear the US has just launched the first sat til its a new satellite navigation system called Global Position System” it is going to be accurate to five feet. We are going to spend 2 billion dollars for it”
“ you see this, many of you have it on your boats. It is a Loran-C and we spent 2 thousand for it at the fisherman’s supply in Seattle. It is accurate to a fifty foot circle. This ship is 560 feet long and seventy feet wide. Chances are some part of this ship will be touching that circle.
GPS isn't for guiding landing ships to the right beach. And what did the LORAN system cost to develop and operate? It used a worldwide array of high power transmitter installations. You can get a complete graphical GPS receiver for under $100, or a USB receiver for $10. $2000 in 1980 is about $7600 now.
Is it worse than seeing your ship cut up in a scrap yard?
i served on 2 ships, this one which was sunk, and a tico cruiser which was cut up. its hard to see her sink, but she still exists, the cruiser is no more. so id rather see them sunk.