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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
Please Note: Bill Krug is being impersonated by correspondence from several different emails. Please disregard all communication from fake emails, except for Bill Krug's correct email address, w.krugiii@gmail.com, as the sending address. Thank you.
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.
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