Re: USS James C. Owens - DD776

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Posted by: jerry hodson (eemail@gmail.com) on 10/14/09 at 23:34
In Reply to: USS James C. Owens - DD776 posted by Clinton Kennedy on 7/20/09 at 19:57

you came 1 year after me.
your views of the island are correct.
all the old buildings were ww2 and were cheap 2x4 plywood sided structures (fire traps they said) and were painted fresh clean and we kept the floors , bright and waxed.
I still have my Diploma and all for the graduation. ET 3rd class.
from NSC.

The base was like a time warp to me , seeing it like it was in ww2.
The built the 2 new barracks halls and what a palace compared to sleeping in a real ww2 barracks with a 100 sleeping men in 1 room.
I wish i could remember the names of the two new buildings.
I have the photos of first day there in Color.
I wanted to stay so bad. Knowing my final destination was arduous sea duty .

Happy trails. jerry

: I was stationed on the above ship when it changed home port from Pearl Harbor to Treasure Island in August 1971. It was a stroke of good luck for me since I was a Naval Reservist finishing my two years of active duty (during the Vietnam War) and would be starting school at Golden Gate University in San Francisco the next month. In September my status changed from active to drilling on weekends until my commitment finished and, as it turned out, the ship was decomissioned and transferred to Brazil.

: While I had heard of Treasure Island (we called it T.I.) I hadn't seen it before my ship was stationed there. Even in August, the breeze was quite cool. Having been in the tropics for about 18 months I guess I should have expected that.

: My buddies and I set about exploring the island. It was a mixture of eras. Some remains of the Worlds Fair, the two large sea plane hangers, WWII buildings, a nice little chapel, small sail boat slips, dependent housing and all around beautiful views. I don't think the place was ever fully redeveloped by the Navy. They just used what was there and remodeled or built sparingly as needed.

: As I think back, the attraction of the place was it's isolation in the middle of a metropolitan area of several million people. It was a place once mystical for it's many visitors that had become more attractive to look away from than to.

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: you came 1 year after me. : your views of the island are correct. : all the old buildings were ww2 and were cheap 2x4 plywood sided structures (fire traps they said) and were painted fresh clean and we kept the floors , bright and waxed. : I still have my Diploma and all for the graduation. ET 3rd class. : from NSC. : The base was like a time warp to me , seeing it like it was in ww2. : The built the 2 new barracks halls and what a palace compared to sleeping in a real ww2 barracks with a 100 sleeping men in 1 room. : I wish i could remember the names of the two new buildings. : I have the photos of first day there in Color. : I wanted to stay so bad. Knowing my final destination was arduous sea duty . : Happy trails. jerry : : : I was stationed on the above ship when it changed home port from Pearl Harbor to Treasure Island in August 1971. It was a stroke of good luck for me since I was a Naval Reservist finishing my two years of active duty (during the Vietnam War) and would be starting school at Golden Gate University in San Francisco the next month. In September my status changed from active to drilling on weekends until my commitment finished and, as it turned out, the ship was decomissioned and transferred to Brazil. : : While I had heard of Treasure Island (we called it T.I.) I hadn't seen it before my ship was stationed there. Even in August, the breeze was quite cool. Having been in the tropics for about 18 months I guess I should have expected that. : : My buddies and I set about exploring the island. It was a mixture of eras. Some remains of the Worlds Fair, the two large sea plane hangers, WWII buildings, a nice little chapel, small sail boat slips, dependent housing and all around beautiful views. I don't think the place was ever fully redeveloped by the Navy. They just used what was there and remodeled or built sparingly as needed. : : As I think back, the attraction of the place was it's isolation in the middle of a metropolitan area of several million people. It was a place once mystical for it's many visitors that had become more attractive to look away from than to.

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