Rich Tetrault boarded Lipan as a Seaman Apprentice in 1966 and left as a Second Class Boatswainmate in 1969.  Joe Hilpert boarded Lipan in 1968 as an RMSN and left in 1970 as a Second Class Radioman.  They reunited at the 2001 NAFTS Reunion in Schaumberg Illinois.

                                                                                        Rich on the left and Joe on the right