EM3(SS) Jim Anderson, Diodon Shipmate 1952 to 1955

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Friday 01/31/2003 3:24:49pm

Name: Jim Anderson

E-Mail: jimbo441@earthlink.net

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Location: Henderson, NV

Diodon shipmate? Yes -When/No

Yes, from '52-'55, three years to the date..

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I just found your Web site from an old shipmate that I hadn't heard from for 50 some years. Good site, I'll visit it often.

Jim Anderson


In the Maneuvering Room


Topside
Photo#7 with Smiley is Frank "Cotton" Penner of Bakersfield, CA

I took most of these photos and still have them. The person on the extreme right in the last photo was called "Luncher" He was a cook and he ate and drank a lot..

The unidentified third in Photo #2 was Smith. Don't know his first name.
Third Photo. Both Ore and Calamari did qualify.
5th Photo,

Left to right

Frank Penner. F.O. "Fritz" Wilson, J.B. Payne From Clovis. NM.James Maxell with a pair of Ruby Red lips tattooed on his butt. It also sez, Andy and Luncher were here. On Hotel Street, Hawaii..

I can identify the three photos. The first in Christianson. He was an engineman from Twin Falls, Idaho
 
The second is me, Jim Anderson, Henderson,Nevada. I was an EM-3.On Diodon from 52 to 55.
 
The third is Frank Penner, also an electrician. He lives in Bakersfield, CA. I talked with him a few months ago and sent him photos that I had..I believe I took all of these photos. I have two albums of photos throughout the ship, below decks and topside. Also of crew on our Wes Pac trip..

If you would like these albums let me know and I can send. The names on back of most of the photos..
Phone 702-565-0594