| Comments= I was Plank Owner First LT as an ENS when Vance was Recommisioned at Green
Cove Springs, FL 9 May 1952. She then cruised under her own power to Philadelphia Naval
Shipyard for overhaul (I recall we dropped a full pattern of depth charges enroute to determine if the machinery plant could sustain the shock (we flunked)).
We departed early Sept 1952 for the Coast Guard Yard at Curtis Bay, MD for installation of her balloon inflation shelter and balloon launching catwalks. I was transferred to the Bibb in October 1952 before Vance depart for Honolulu. By the way, I regret to advise that fellow Vance shipmate CAPT Jim Kelly died 19 Dec 2002 in New London, CT. |