Photo of the USS Yosemite at Christmas 1962 by Art Jorgensen
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 memories, history and tradition. It’s our honor to be affiliated with them.
Memorial Day – USS Missouri
In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
Memorial Day – USS Arizona
To the memory of the gallant men here entombed and their shipmates who gave their lives in action on December 7th, 1941 on the U.S.S. Arizona.
USS Yosemite
USS Yosemite decommissioned, but Never Forgotten – always in the back of our minds as the experience of a lifetime! Photo by Dan Owens 1968
On Deck
Lowering Shark Boat for Swim Call Photo by the Bruce Cannon Photo Collection USS Yosemite 1970-1972
Empty Mess Deck
Photo by the Bruce Cannon Photo Collection USS Yosemite 1970-1972
Lunch on Deck
Picnic on “Steel Beach” officers served crew Photo by the Bruce Cannon Photo Collection USS Yosemite 1970-1972
Docking
Photo from Destroyer Tender Photo Index (AD) by Kenneth Wendall Jackson IM2 USS Yosemite