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Dedicated to the sailors who served aboard the USS Platte AO 24
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  last updated: 09/21/2008

The Vietnam Era   

  1. Working in the Gulf of Tonkin

  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

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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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typical jacket patch


USS Platte AO 24
Ready for sea trials.
San Pedro Shipyards 1966


It doesn't get much nicer than this.

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