Is there anyone out there that remembers the cruise of 11/1967 to 6/1968 when the tire locker caught fire and when the Enterprise went off-line the year the Koerans seized the Pueblo?

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Paul - I think the fire was deck below flight deck when we were in Subic Bay. I had just come back from shore & the next thing I know I'm fighting a fire. When the North Koreans captured the Pueblo we headed north but were relieved by Enterprise & went back to Yankee Station. Jim IC3, 1965 - 1968

If I remember correctly we were steaming for Australia when the Koreans captured the Pueblo.

Paul
Yes we were, we were going to become shell-backs and not polly wogs... I remember it well.
I went to the hanger deck and the sun was on the wrong side, so I walked aft and looked out the ships wake was straight and the screws were slapping the water so I knew then we were going somewhere besides Australia and the "old man" came over the squawk box and said due to circumstances beyond out control and the USS Pueblo was just seize by North Koreans we are going back to Yankee Station.
As I am sure you probably remember it well too.

The fire was acually in a wheel and tire magazine for the jet planes and it was right across from the chiefs barber shop and the reason we had such a hard time putting it out was it had magnessum wheels that caught fire and thats what took so long to put it out.

Memories wow...

Ray, well at least now I know I am not crazy. I found this web site but I can't remember what it is now. At the time I beleive the document was classified but now it's unclassified but you know what it didn't have anything in it about the fire or about the incident with the Pueblo.

If I remember it right - there were several fires
that night. They had fire parties running ragged -
first forward then aft then forward again, and each
time on a different deck. When the tire locker burned
the ship filled with black, greasy smoke.
Then we abandoned ship - walked down the officers' brow right on to the pier. Lot of rumors - but the
"real skinny" was somebody must have wanted really bad to spend Christmas in Po-town.

When the Pueblo was captured, I think Enterprise was
on her way to relieve us on Yankee Station, but she
was diverted back north. I know we stayed on line a
hell of a long time - didn't we get NUC's and PUC's for being on line for 60 some days?

JIM, I KNOW WE RECEIVED THE PUC BUT I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE NUC. IT'S GOOD TO TALK TO SOMEONE FROM THE GOOD OLD DAYS.

Ray, what unit or division were you in?

Who is asking? It looks like I posted it and I have not been on here.
Anyway S3 Ship Serviceman but Ship Company

My name is Paul Koermer and you responded to one of my other entries on the web page. I was just wondering what division you were in that's all. I was hopeing you were in VF-114 as I have been trying to get in touch with a guy named Donald Thrasher.

No Problem Paul I just had no idea who was asking. I was S3 Ship Serviceman but Ship Company I mainly woked in the barbershop. As far as Donald Thrasher I didn't know him.

Hi Ray,
I talked to you in a couple of other e-mail and iI was just reading throught them again. In one you said that you were a Ships Serviceman in the barber shop. I was just thinking you may have cut my hair. Pretty ironic isn't it?

Paul
I am guessing at one time or another I saw many of the men on that ship...Are you planning on going to the Decommissioning of the ship in WA?
I am planning on being there for the full week.

Ray,
I'm not sure as I work for the governmant and there is only the two of us in the shop. Where are you traveling from? If I go I'll be coming out of Baltimore.

Paul
I will be going from California.
Hope to see you there.

As I remember, the fire took place in the P.I.
As for the Pueblo incident, we were headed to Australia when that went down. We got a PUC for 60 plus continous days at sea.

Jon what unit were you in. I was in VAW-114.

Jon,
what unit were you in. I was in VAW-114.

Paul, I was ships company, v-6/AIMD asm-3

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Jon,
what unit were you in. I was in VAW-114.