The USS Yosemite Association was pleased to award its 2017 Scholarship to Alana Weston Cruz. Alana’s Great Grandfather, Santiago Sambile, and Grandfather, Angel Cruz, both served on the USS Yosemite. She has participated in her high school’s Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corp. Her plans include enlisting in the US Navy after college. We look […]
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 14
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 – Part 12
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 – Part 11
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 – Part 10
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 – Part 9
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 – Part 8
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 – Part 7
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 – Part 6
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 – Part 5
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 […]