• The TAGS-SHIP.COM website is the successor to the no longer active TAGS-21.INFO, first online in 2007, originated and administered by Earl Adams. John Hansen is now maintaining the original material at TAGS-SHIP.COM.
• By submitting material to the TAGS-SHIP.COM web site, the submitter agrees to grant the TAGS site the sole right to publish this material on the TAGS-SHIP.COM or the USNSMICHELSON.COM web site. If the TAGS site should move to a new domain name, the new domain will inherit these rights. The submitter further agrees that TAGS veterans, Navy, MSTS/MSC and civilians, their families, and fellow veterans may download this material for their own use.
• All other rights remain with the submitter.
• Third parties and commercial entities must obtain permission from the TAGS web site and the submitter to use any material on the TAGS site.
• Material on the TAGS web site originating with US Government agencies such as the U. S. Navy and The Naval Oceanographic Office is in the public domain. No permission is necessary to use this material.
• Email messages sent to the TAGS site administrator John Hansen at kanakeone@gmail.com are considered to be submissions to the TAGS site.
• Entries in the TAGS Guestbook hosted at http://tags-ship.com/guestbook are considered to be submissions to the TAGS site.

• Transfer using the easy file uploader. You can select files and the uploader and it will transfer them.
• Attach files to email. You can attach multiple files, but I suggest keeping the size of each email to less than 10MB. Email should be sent to the TAGS site administrator John Hansen at kanakeone@gmail.com
• Copy files to a CD or DVD and mail the disk to me.
• If you cannot scan your items, you can send the original material to me and I will do it. I’ll treat your material with care and return within a few days.

Many of us have kept a variety of items from our service aboard the TAGS ships. The TAGS site would like to post them all. Below is a partial list of what we have posted or would like to post.

• Digital copies of photographic prints, black and white and color. In general the quality of the print should determine the resolution at which the prints are scanned, but this is highly subjective. I suggest scanning at a resolution of 300 dpi and 24-bit color, or 8-bit grayscale for black and white.
• Digital copies of photographic slides. I suggest scanning slides at a resolution of at least 2400 dpi and 24-bit color.
• Third parties and commercial entities must obtain permission from the TAGS web site and the submitter to use any material on the TAGS site.
• Digital copies of photographic negatives. I suggest scanning negatives at a resolution of at least 2400 dpi and 24-bit color, or 8-bit grayscale for black and white.
• Videos showing the TAGS ships, their crews and activities aboard ship and while ashore. Any video file format is OK.
• Ship's newspapers and cruise books.
• Documents such as menus, watch bills, OcUnit and ship's memos, telegraphs, maintenance assignments, etc.
• Personal documents such as course graduation certificates, citations, commendations, Shellback certificates.
• Photos of memorabilia such as coffee cups, ash trays, mugs, lighters, patches, matchbook covers, special post cards, postal covers, etc., related to the ships, units or ports of call.
• Photos of souvenirs.
• Stories, reminiscences or sea stories about your experiences.
• Technical details about the ships, the equipment and the mission. Technical manuals.
• Blueprints, drawings or descriptions of the ships' architecture and the layout of spaces aboard the ships. Details of changes made to the ships during yard periods.

Note: The comments, observations and opinions expressed by our shipmates on this website are their own and are not to be regarded as those of the site administrator, or anyone else. Your thoughts on the above are welcome. Please send your comments, reminiscences and sea stories to the site admin.