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Yosemite Ship Saga – Part 13
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 […]
February 2018 Newsletter
Click on the link below to view the newsletter Yosemite Newsletter February 2018
2018 Scholarship Program
The USS Yosemite Association will not award a Scholarship for the 2018 year. We will re-examine our membership and income next year and determine if we will be offering our Scholarship Program in 2019. Thank you for your understanding. USS Yosemite Association Leadership Team
USS Yosemite 1957
USS Yosemite 1957 was published by Woody’s Words This article originally appeared in our previous USS Yosemite Association website. It’s now republished for your reading pleasure on our new website. USS YOSEMITE – 1957 My first shipboard duty was aboard the destroyer tender USS YOSEMITE (AD-19), homeported at the Newport, Rhode Island, Naval Base. YOSEMITE […]
Yosemite Ship Saga – Part 1
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. The entire Yosemite Ship Saga story was captured and presented back on the new USS Yosemite Association Website The Saga of the USS […]
Yosemite Ship Saga – Part 2
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 […]
Yosemite Ship Saga – Part 3
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 – Part 4
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 […]