Louis Armstrong plays for Gearing crew on the pier at Abidjan, Ivory Coast in 1960. CLICK HERE to see the cruise book page of the concert. "30 knots and just a tad of smoke. Had to be the after fire room. The forward fireroom never smoked." "Forward stack." "Tin cans galore." USS Lowry DD-770 is moored on the right. Does anyone recognize this port?? Email the page author. |
"Decks awash." "Many Gearing guys heading up a mountain in Italy." Going alongside the USS Altair AKS-32 for underway replenishment "Me (Derry Mount) after a typical day in the boiler room. Always a dirty place to work but I loved it." |
damage after we were rammed off of Norfolk." "At sea...did a lot of plane guarding which was 4 on and 4 off for the fire room watches." "Lowering the Captain's gig. Think we were near Cuba on this shot." |