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  1. Ron J

    Historic Markers..... Adventure right in front of your nose! Part One..

    [attachment 114033 DSC05990.jpg]Historic Markers....They seem to be everywhere, every State , every Country.... As i mentioned, adventure right in front of your nose! Next time you "fly by" one, stop and read it! Most are in plain view for hundreds of feet, others, you may spot if you are...
  2. Ron J

    The Lightship Sailors Association Part 4 Visiting the Chatham Lighthouse / C.G. Station

    From the Pier, we were then bused to the Coast Guard Station Chatham, which also has Chatham Light on the property. I have visited the Station in the past, but FROM the street! Words cannot describe the beauty of just viewing the Atlantic, the Harbor entrance, and all the sanddunes from the...
  3. Ron J

    The Lightship Sailors Association! Part 1

    Well, i don't quite know where to begin this story, but here goes... Last Summer, a day in August, i had visited The Coast Guard Heritage Museum in Barnstable. Mainly to view their Coast Guard related collections and displays. I don't want to bore anyone by mentioning this again, but i have...
  4. Ron J

    Mike, here are a couple of nautical goodies...

    I did Scuba dive a couple of times when i was 17 or so, but never on a Wreck. Most of these items i purchased a Antique stores, flea markets, were gifts by friends, or belonged to my Father. This bell was given to me last summer by a friend/neighbor who cleaned out a house,down the street,abd it...
  5. Ron J

    The USS Lionfish...

    The Lionfish also served in WWII,and the Cold War. Rescued American pilots in the Pacific. Here she sits as a Memorial like the others honoring our Veterans![attachment 112423 DSC06541.jpg][attachment 112424 DSC06547.jpg][attachment 112425 DSC06383.jpg][attachment 112426 DSC06496.jpg][attachment...
  6. Ron J

    Battleship Massachusetts stern Turret... Lets go inside..

    I would be guessing, but i would think there would be at least a crew of 5 or 6 that would be stationed inside the turret! Let alone how many men would be below 2 decks to help load this thing! And remember there were two more on the bow![attachment 112411 DSC06484.jpg] Duck and...
  7. Ron J

    Battleship Cove: The Soviet-built Missle Corvette, HIDDENSEE

    I couldn't get a whole shot or bow shot of this vessel because it position.[attachment 112160 DSC06546.jpg]She is the only exhibited example of a speedy communist attack ship, able to sustain 43 knots. Carried anitship missles,surface to air missles,30 mm gatling-style air defese guns,and on the...
  8. Ron J

    Big boys playground!

    I wrote awhile back about a trip to Battleship Cove in Fall River Massachusetts. Been over a year or so, was getting bored, so decided to take a couple of the grandkids there today. We had a blast! Where else can you visit,and have the freedom to roam around on,and below decks with a Battleship...
  9. Ron J

    Mentioning a Tucker automobile below,, lets see how many know this?

    1. How was it powered? 2. Where was the engine ? 3. What year was it built? 4. How many were made? 5. What was unique about its headlights? NO CHEATING>>>> (Answers are posted under "more Moose Tails" in the above section) So how many can you answer without looking? :D
  10. Ron J

    A Fallen Hero...

    Last week, a Local Beverly family, lost a Son. A Fallen Hero.... Army Spc. Stephen Fortunato was killed in Afghanistan after returning to his first day of duty, from his current leave. Oct.14th to be exact. The Military Vehicle he was riding in was destroyed by a roadside bomb. The blast killed...
  11. Ron J

    Another "Moose Tail" :cam:

    Accepting Fred's Challenge! This is a rerun from Dec. 2005, had to dig it out of my files. Let me begin.... Like the rest of you, reading the stories, brings memory's back to our younger age, before careers,marriages,divorces,kids,grandkids,mortgage payments,and happier,simpler times...
  12. Ron J

    Man O Man! I have some catching up to do, Been at the

    U.S.C.G.Lightship Sailors 10th Reunion since Thurs. A.M. as thier Guest! More later..too tired.:unsure:
  13. Ron J

    Here is great news...My Daughter Wendy, and her three little boys

    won the Pie Baking contest at Topsfield Fair. Out of 30 entry's, she got First Prize! Topsfield Fair totes as being America's oldest running fair. Located in Topsfield Mass. Surfcutter usually enters his Pumpkins there. Wonder how he is? Wendy called me last night, she told me how her...
  14. Ron J

    Regarding my story on Lightship Vessel # 1

    If you read one of the replies, a Rick Gryder, read the story. Rick represents The U.S. Coast Guard Lightship Association. Their Mission is to preserve the history of the era of Lightships,and the Sailors who manned those vessels for over two hundred years, to promote education of this era ,and...
  15. Ron J

    Quest for Lightship Number One Finally......the artifacts

    [attachment 103547 DSC05857.jpg]Here are the trinkets i recovered from the site of the LV 1. I know many people have to dive to reach artifacts like this, so i feel extremely fortunate. It would be a dream to dive on such a vessel. Here it is, banked in clear sight, tide permitting anyway, in...
  16. Ron J

    Quest for Lightship Number One ... Part 3

    While exploring the remains of the hull, you can't help but think, the talent the Shipbuilders had, back when this vessel was built. The hours of painstaking labor, just cutting the beams and planks! Here is part of the stern area. It may be a lot longer, but can't see through the brackish...
  17. Ron J

    Quest for Lightship Number One Part 2

    In my prior story, of last Winter, i mentioned how i had done a little reconnaissance on the LV 1. I thought i had found river access, down at the end of an old street. But as along most riverfront today, ran into private property. However there had been an elderly gentleman, didn't catch his...
  18. Ron J

    Quest for Lightship Number One Part 1

    Last Winter , sometime, I wrote about an article in a local newspaper, regarding an old Hull of a Vessel , lying on the bank of the Merrimac River in Grove land / Haverhill Massachusetts. It is believed to be Lightship Number One, the very first Lightship in the United States. Built in 1855, at...
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