- JOHN PROUGH - |
John was a civilian technical representative for Sperry, and was responsible for the maintenance of the Sperry NAVDAC (Navigation Data Assimilation Computer). John served on the Bowditch from ca. 23 June 1967, when he met the ship in Belfast, Northern Ireland, until ca. 6 July 1968, when he left the ship in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. |
Christmas at sea, 1967 | ||||
Amsterdam, July 1968 | ||||
The first lock on the way to Amsterdam, July 1968. | Dikes of Holland, July 1968. | Mountains of Holland, July 1968. | Amsterdam, July 1968. |
Here are some more miscellaneous crew photos | ||
The EMO (middle) with two of the then 4 CPOs. When I came aboard at
Belfast there was one CPO and one Seaman everyone else were 1st to 3rd
PO. At some point several of the 1st Class PO passed their Chief exams
and we reached a peak of 4 chiefs out of 30 some Navy enlisted. I am not
sure, but I think the CPO on the left was Gary something. I'm terrible
with names.
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A rehearsal of the
Bowditch Band.
(Chris Smoot , Ray Shunk and Earl Adams comment: this is William "Ace" Hunter on lead guitar and vocal, and Jim "Fat Cat" Lester on drums. Bill Goldrup, was also a member of the band on guitar and vocal. |
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Shot from the bum boat going out to the Bowditch in Lisbon. | ||
A shot of my Judo class held every day at sea in the bottom of Hold #1. They are practicing their falling techniques. They all learned to fall real good, the Tatami mats did not hide that steel deck very well. | ||
My Xmas tree that I bought in Naples where we went to resupply after dry dock in Malta. I still have it, and when I don't put up a regular tree, it stands in for one just as it did in Xmas 1967. |