Helomech,

I still remember many of the "Sea stories" my Dad told me about his cruises
aboard the Ranger in the early to mid 60's - I remember him talking about
Capt Duncan..........

Small World Story #649: My Dad was Air Boss on RANGER during much of George
Duncan's tenure as Skipper. (Dad detached in early 1963.) That's how I
learned of George's interesting encounter with the roundown.

As a kid I heard many of the same "great Skipper" stories from him . One
example: George was noted for the trust and confidence that he placed in
his juniors - certainly after determining that they were worthy of that
trust. He thus had no problem with letting one of his Department heads
(Dad) take the ship in / out of port as part of the "incapacitated / dead
Captain" portion of the ORI. Other COs (like George's immediate predecessor
on RANGER) would likely have **** O-6-sized bricks during this evolution.
Not George, according to Dad.

Hell, your Dad may have had the helm when my Dad had the conn.

--
Mike Kanze

"When you're majoring in abnormal psychology, ALL television is
educational!"

- Frank & Ernest, 3/9/04


"Helomech " wrote in message
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"Mike Kanze" wrote in message
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I believe the pilot was George Duncan, USNA '39. George went on to
command
RANGER during the early 1960s.

--
Mike Kanze


I still remember many of the "Sea stories" my Dad told me about his
cruises
aboard the Ranger in the early to mid 60's - I remember him talking about
Capt Duncan.......... He said all the men thought he was on hell of a
good
skipper - He took the Ranger out of SF Bay at about 25 knots once.....
made
a hell of a bow wave and caused an uproar with the politicians of the bay
area. He also had an F-4 launched while the Ranger was just under the
golden gate bridge - A picture of it is in my Dad's cruisebook. One of
these days - I'll scan them in and post them to ABPA or ABPM.....

My Dad was a QM aboard the Ranger and Forrestal during the 60's, He was
on
the Kittyhawk during the 70's.

Helomech