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Dedicated to the sailors who served aboard the USS Platte AO 24
A photo and video essay.

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  last updated: 09/21/2008

The Vietnam Era   

1. Working in the Gulf of Tonkin

   • Gunner's, FT's, and Deck gang

     Contributions from old Salts and Others

     Replenishment video

2. Liberty in the Far East (Part I) 

3. Shellback Initiation

4. The Gunner's and FT's go Bar Hopping in the Far East

5. Collision at Sea

6. The Platte was in an Elvis movie!

7. Submit your comments or suggestions

Links

• The U.S.S. Platte Association Web Site

• Marvelous Subic Bay! Our home away from home.

The birth date of the United States Navy was Friday, 13 October 1775 when, meeting in Philadelphia, the Continental Congress authorized our first man of war.
 The USS Platte AO 24 was commissioned in 1939.

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