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...
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...
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...
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...
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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.
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