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Yosemite Ship Saga – Blog Article by Dick Wibom, MM2/c This article originally appeared in our previous USS Yosemite Association website. It’s now republished for your reading pleasure on our new website. First Call Home – Yosemite in U.S. As soon as the lines wee secured, some of us went off the ship. I remember […]

Yosemite Ship Saga – Blog Article by Dick Wibom, MM2/c This article originally appeared in our previous USS Yosemite Association website. It’s now republished for your reading pleasure on our new website. Our hero has almost come full circle now that the USS Yosemite has put to sea after the final liberty on the Japanese […]

Yosemite Ship Saga – Blog Article by Dick Wibom, MM2/c This article originally appeared in our previous USS Yosemite Association website. It’s now republished for your reading pleasure on our new website. We left our hero at Christmas aboard the Yosemite. A time when any of us spend the Holiday on board, it meant thoughts […]

Yosemite Ship Saga – Blog Article by Dick Wibom, MM2/c This article originally appeared in our previous USS Yosemite Association website. It’s now republished for your reading pleasure on our new website. Shaft Alley The “A” division had to help out in a number of areas while we were at sea. The ice machine crew […]

Yosemite Ship Saga – Blog Article by Dick Wibom, MM2/c This article originally appeared in our previous USS Yosemite Association website. It’s now republished for your reading pleasure on our new website. Dysentery Hits The Yosemite One of the things you have to constantly be aware of is the strict maintenance schedule for all equipment. […]

Yosemite Ship Saga – Blog Article by Dick Wibom, MM2/c This article originally appeared in our previous USS Yosemite Association website. It’s now republished for your reading pleasure on our new website. Ice, Solid Gold There were two enemies in the South Pacific; the Japs and the heat. Those of us lucky enough to be […]

Yosemite Ship Saga – Blog Article by Dick Wibom, MM2/c This article originally appeared in our previous USS Yosemite Association website. It’s now republished for your reading pleasure on our new website. Liberty On the Atoll We had liberty on one of the islands that formed the rim of this volcanically rimed harbor. There wasn’t […]

Yosemite Ship Saga – Blog Article by Dick Wibom, MM2/c This article originally appeared in our previous USS Yosemite Association website. It’s now republished for your reading pleasure on our new website. On To Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands The time had finally come for the Yosemite to join the fleet as it advanced […]

Yosemite Ship Saga – Blog Article by Dick Wibom, MM2/c This article originally appeared in our previous USS Yosemite Association website. It’s now republished for your reading pleasure on our new website. Last Visit With the USS Swordfish On one of my liberty’s, I recall walking through the sub pens where many of our submarines […]

Yosemite Ship Saga – Blog Article by Dick Wibom, MM2/c This article originally appeared in our previous USS Yosemite Association website. It’s now republished for your reading pleasure on our new website. Pearl Harbor We hadn’t been out to sea but a couple of hours when the news came. I remember I was at evening […]

Yosemite Ship Saga – Blog Article by Dick Wibom, MM2/c This article originally appeared in our previous USS Yosemite Association website. It’s now republished for your reading pleasure on our new website. Seasick As the Yosemite steamed south, we passed the rugged Carolina coast and the graveyard of ships. The sea really rolled, especially as […]

Yosemite Ship Saga – Blog Article by Dick Wibom, MM2/c This article originally appeared in our previous USS Yosemite Association website. It’s now republished for your reading pleasure on our new website. Time Was Near For Commissioning Soon, additional crew reported for duty. Repair personnel came in from the Philadelphia Navy yard but most of […]

Yosemite Ship Saga – Blog Article by Dick Wibom, MM2/c This article originally appeared in our previous USS Yosemite Association website. It’s now republished for your reading pleasure on our new website. First Chance To Board The Yosemite The next time I went to the Tampa shipyard, I decided to go aboard the Yosemite and […]