January 1953. Note the wooden
trestle type staging with planks used
during that era. Lipan sure does look
small down in the dry dock but she
still looks good.
shipmates for a day of Pepsi and fun in Hawaii.
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Fire Drill at Johnston Island in the Pacific in June of 1952. Look at that stream with seven sailors leaning into it. |
| Dry Docked at
Pearl harbor in
January 1953. Note the wooden trestle type staging with planks used during that era. Lipan sure does look small down in the dry dock but she still looks good. |
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At the left is Nils Pearson checking an injector rack on a cylinder head. It was December 21, 1952. Just four days before Christmas. Nils wrote on the back of the photo that the Cigar helped quiet his nerves. The raucous clatter when all four main engines were running was immeasurable. |
| Another shot of Lipan in dry dock in January of 53. In this photo the gun is removed from the pedestal mount. Nils says the crew was quartered on a Barracks barge and he was assigned as one of the Ship's Drivers. He said he drove an International School-Type Bus to haul the crew to the chow hall and had a jeep for Tripler Hospital, geedunk, movie and errand runs | |
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On the fantail moored at DE docks with mascot kitten. "The 1936 Chevy in the background belonged to a shipmate named Boror, we drove up to Nuuanu Pali in that car one time. The chain link fence is Hickam AFB fence," wrote Nils. |
| Looks
like Nils in the middle. Out with his
shipmates for a day of Pepsi and fun in Hawaii. |
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