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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From the President’s Desk TO ALL HANDS, Philadelphia turned out to be a great opportunity for Yosemite Sailors and their families to unite and share all those special moments we had on a ship that was in service for 50 Years. The Valley Forge Casino Hotel / Radisson...
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...
Membership and Association positions are open to the family of those that served on "The Busy Lady"
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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.
Our mission is to keep the memory of the USS Yosemite AD-19 alive.
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