Association News
2023 Memorial Day Message from the US Navy
Click here or on the image to read the message from the Chief of the Navy Reserve. . Today. Forget the sales. Resist the urge to wish anyone a "happy memorial day." Today is a day to remember the fallen. To honor them through memory and continuing service to...
2023 Reunion Pictures Are Posted
The pictures from the 2023 Reunion have been posted on the website. To view, click on https://ussyosemite.net/2023-reunion-gallery/
Cooper Gilbreath Accepts Treasurer Position
Cooper Gilbreath formally accepted today, 5/23/2022, the USS Yosemite Association position of Treasurer. The Nomination Committee selected him as the interim replacement for Mike Polyniak as the previous Treasurer. Mike submitted his resigned recently in January....
Memorial Day Salute
On this Memorial Day, USS Yosemite Association remembers all our brave US Sailors and Soldiers who gave their lives. We salute the great sacrifice our heroes have made to protect and preserve our freedom. Never forgotten, always an integral part of our...
May 2023 Newsletter
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Nominating Committee
Our newly formed Nominating Committee will review candidates that wish to be considered for the Treasurer or President positions. The Committee's job is to receive and review input. Joyce is the Chairperson and the single point of contact to receive information and...
Yosemite Ship Saga
Yosemite Ship Saga – Part 1
Yosemite Ship Saga - Blog Article by Dick Wibom, MM2/c This article originally appeared on our previous USS Yosemite Association website. It's now republished for your reading pleasure on our new website. The entire Yosemite Ship Saga story was captured and presented...
Yosemite Ship Saga – Part 2
Yosemite Ship Saga - Blog Article by Dick Wibom, MM2/c This article originally appeared on 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...
Yosemite Ship Saga – Part 3
Yosemite Ship Saga - Blog Article by Dick Wibom, MM2/c This article originally appeared on 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...
Yosemite Ship Saga – Part 4
Yosemite Ship Saga - Blog Article by Dick Wibom, MM2/c This article originally appeared on 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...
Yosemite Ship Saga – Part 5
Yosemite Ship Saga - Blog Article by Dick Wibom, MM2/c This article originally appeared on 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...
Yosemite Ship Saga – Part 6
Yosemite Ship Saga - Blog Article by Dick Wibom, MM2/c This article originally appeared on 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 liberties, I...
Yosemite Ship Saga – Part 7
Yosemite Ship Saga - Blog Article by Dick Wibom, MM2/c This article originally appeared on 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...
Yosemite Ship Saga – Part 8
Yosemite Ship Saga - Blog Article by Dick Wibom, MM2/c This article originally appeared on 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...
Yosemite Ship Saga – Part 9
Yosemite Ship Saga - Blog Article by Dick Wibom, MM2/c This article originally appeared on 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;...
Yosemite Ship Saga – Part 10
Yosemite Ship Saga - Blog Article by Dick Wibom, MM2/c This article originally appeared on 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...
Yosemite Ship Saga – Part 11
Yosemite Ship Saga - Blog Article by Dick Wibom, MM2/c This article originally appeared on 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...
Yosemite Ship Saga – Part 12
Yosemite Ship Saga - Blog Article by Dick Wibom, MM2/c This article originally appeared on 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...
Yosemite Ship Saga – Part 13
Yosemite Ship Saga - Blog Article by Dick Wibom, MM2/c This article originally appeared on 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...
Yosemite Ship Saga – Part 14
Yosemite Ship Saga - Blog Article by Dick Wibom, MM2/c This article originally appeared on our previous USS Yosemite Association website. It's now republished for your reading pleasure on our new website. This a 14-part sage, click on Yosemite Ship Sage to read the...
Yo Yo Stories
Converting the Busy Lady to a Tech School
On January 27, 1994, the USS Yosemite was decommissioned. At that time, a proposal was floating around to make the ship a technical school in New York City. Was the proposal rejected, or was this just a story? I researched the Internet to determine if the story was...
Danny Brooks’ Story
Went to boot camp in Orlando, FL. September 1974, finished boot camp November 1974, received orders to the USS Constellation CVA - 64, took a couple of weeks leave, then reported to my 1st ship in San Diego, California at North Island Naval station. It was very late...
Albert Seguin’s Story
My naval career started on July 28, 1944; I was sent to Sampson, New York for recruit training. After twelve weeks of boot camp, I took a one-week leave. I returned to Sampson and was then was shipped on a troop train to San Diego, California. Upon arrival there, I...
Bill Krug’s Story
I was an old fellow when I was aboard with over 22 years of service (91-93), but there were a lot of much younger sailors, some just beginning their Naval Service. This is of course, why we have been trying to focus on the Jacksonville area to gain some of the later...
Rear Admiral Deborah A. Loewer Story
Jim Jewell's "Steel Decks and Glass Ceilings – A Navy Officer's Memoir" describes the first assignment of women for shipboard duty on the USS Yosemite. One of those women officers was Lieutenant Deborah A. Loewer, that achieved a long and successful Naval career....
Steel Decks and Glass Ceilings
A new book by Jim Jewell about the USS Yosemite from 1983 through 1984 as the first Navy ship with women sailors and officers aboard to spend extended time at sea.
Vincent Diomede’s Story
Nineteen-Part Video of the USNM Interview with Vincent Diomede The story of United States Navy Veteran, Electrician's Mate 2nd Class Vincent Diomede was presented on July 2022 on the United States Navy Memorial website as the featured article of the month. We didn't...
Buffy Lin Levasseur’s Story
Local Veteran Shares Story of Service Aboard Destroyer Tenders in U.S. Navy A young Buffy Lin Levasseur had finished her high school education in 1986 while employed as a sitter for a military family at Fort Carson, Colorado. Inspired by a number of relatives who had...
Jim Jewell’s Story
Read Jim Jewell's Impressions about the Sinking of the USS Yosemite If you didn't get the chance to read Jim's article, click on the link below and scroll down to the photo of the USS Yosemite. The article begins after the photo. Click Here to Read Jim's Story, "USS...
The Busy Lady by Robert J. Cressman
This article can be found on the US Naval Institute website; click to read it on Historic Fleets - The Busy Lady on the US Naval Institute website. Or you may read the two-page article below as either an image file or a PDF file if enlarged: Click on...
USS Yosemite Unofficial Insignia
Yosemite Sam is the traditional mascot of the US Navy ship that bears his name. In 1979, Warner Brother Studios gave permission to reproduce Yosemite Sam's likeness for the USS Yosemite use.
Our mission is to keep the memory of the USS Yosemite AD-19 alive.
Ship’s Store Products
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USS Yosemite Tote Bag
$11.00
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USS Yosemite Seal Car Magnet
$13.00
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USS Yosemite Officer's Black Hat
$18.00
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USS Yosemite Chief's Hat
$18.00
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USS Yosemite Official Seal
$13.00
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USS Yosemite Windbreaker Jacket
$55.00 – $60.00
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USS Yosemite Navy Hoodie
$40.00
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USS Yosemite Golf Shirts
$30.00 – $35.00
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USS Yosemite AD-19 Shoulder Patch
$7.00
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USS Yosemite Hat Pin
$9.00
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USS Yosemite AD-19 Officer's Shoulder
$10.00
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USS Yosemite 50 Years Patch
$14.00
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USS Yosemite Challenge Coin
$8.00
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USS Yosemite Association T-Shirts
$20.00 – $28.00
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USS Yosemite Ships Silhouette Hat
$18.00
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