Pictures from the Navy

This is from my Personnelman School group
photo, taken on Sept 12, 1973.




October 1973, at work in the ship's
office, while at sea.


October 17, 1973, Subic Bay, Phillipines


The captain (far lef), the XO (to his right), and the
peanut gallery, during sub duty at sea, Nov 1973.




Official Bagley Naval History, source:  https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/b/bagley-iv.html  (This is an excerpt with a description of just the time period when I was aboard.)

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On 15 November 1972, Bagley entered the Long Beach Naval Shipyard and began an extended post-shakedown availability during which her main propulsion plant was converted to use Navy distillate fuel.  I joined the Bagley on 23 Jan 73, in Long Beach CA. The Bagley completed repairs and modifications on 4 May 1973 and returned to San Diego that same day. She began training operations along the California coast three days later and continued those evolutions through most of the summer. She stood out of San Diego on 11 September and headed for the western Pacific.  She conducted training operations in the Hawaitan Islands between 17 and 26 September and then resumed her westward voyage.  She arrived in Yokosuka, Japan, on 5 October.  A week later, the escort ship shaped a course for the Philippines.  Bagley arrived in Subic Bay on the 17th for two days of upkeep and liberty.  On the October 19, 1973, she weighed anchor and headed for a patrol station in the Gulf of Tonkin.

Ten days later, she received orders to accompany Hancock  (CVA-l9) to the Indian Ocean.  That contingency force went to the western portion of the Indian Ocean in response to hostilities that had broken out between Israel and her neighbors, Egypt and Syria.  Bagley spent the next seven weeks on patrol in the Indian Ocean as an indication of American resolve to end the fighting in the Middle East and as a deterrent to keep Soviet forces from intervening in the conflict.  [Not mentioned, but we entered the Red Sea and from November 29 until Dec 04 we were docked in the port of Massawa, Ethiopia (now Eritrea).]

On 17 December 1973, Bagley reentered Subic Bay for an extended leave and upkeep period.  For the remainder of the deployment, the warship participated in the usual 7th Fleet exercises punctuated by port visits to Hong Kong; Keelung, Taiwan; Buckner Bay, Okinawa; Pusan, Korea; and Yokosuka, Japan. On 20 February 1974, she departed the latter port and began the voyage home.  The warship stopped at Midway Island and Pearl Harbor before arriving in San Diego on 8 March.  On 16 August 1974, I shipped out and  headed for Keflvik Naval Air Station, Iceland.

 

Personal Timeline of Naval Service

Oct 31 1972 - volunteer for US Navy

Jan 23 1973 - completed boot camp 1 & 2, and joined Bagley in Long Beach, after visit home

May 04 1973  - Bagley returned to San Diego

May-Aug 1973 - share an apartment with Tom Gaylord and Dan Clark

Jul 25 1973 - Sent to Personnelman "A" school (in San Diego).

Sep 11 1973 - Bagley started WestPac; I was still in Personnelman "A" School... missed the sailing by 1 day!  Took 1 week vacation at home, then flew to San Francisco, then on to Yokosuka, Japan, arriving almost 2 weeks before Bagley arrived, had some time off.

Sep 16-26 1973 - Hawaii operations

Oct 05 1973 - Bagley arrives in Yokosuka Japan; I reboard her

Oct 12 1973 - Bagley heads for Phillipines

Oct 17 1973 - Bagley arrives in Subic Bay

Oct 19 1973 - Bagley headed for Gulf of Tonkin patrol

Oct 29 193 - Bagley assigned to accompany USS Hancock (CVA-19) to Indian Ocean

Nov 29 - Dec 4 1973 - Bagley docked in Massawa Ethiopia (now Eritrea)

Dec 05 1973 - Bagley heads back to the Phillipines, arriving Dec 17 1973

Dec - mid Feb - Bagley makes ports visits to Hong Kong, Keelung Taiwan, Buckner Bay, Okinawa, Pusan, Korea and Yokosuka, Japan

Feb 20 1974 - Bagley heads back home, stopping at Midway Island and Pearl Harbor

Mar 08 1974 - Bagley arrives back in San Diego

Aug 16 1974 - I get a transfer to Keflavik, Iceland, where Dan Clark is now stationed; drove Honda 450 to Houston

Sep 25 1974 - Report to Keflavik Naval Air Station, Iceand

Jul 16 1975 - Left Iceland for home and discharge

Jul 30 1975 - Discharged (in Dallas)

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