Transponder Operations

JD Powell, Warren Magee and ETC Crewe.

Transponder Operations

CWO Thompson, our EMO. An AT-095AR Transponder is assembled and resting in a cradle on the cover of No. 4 Hold, awaiting launch. The CO, LCDR Prendergast, is just visible to the right of the transponder float.

Lifting Transponder

Over the side with the port cargo crane. ETC Crewe on the left.

Lowering the Transponder

Into the Sea

The Bowditch Band

At the Texas Bar, Lisbon, Portugal, March 1968. Bill Goldrup, guitar, Ace Hunter on bass and Jim Lester on drum

Bill Goldrup

Band Practice

Jim Lester, Ace Hunter, and Willie Green looking on.

Ace Hunter

Fender Strat, Fender Amp and Echocord PA.

Brian Flint and Ace Hunter

In Estoril

Jim Lester on left, Bob Haehnle and Dave Frye.

Tech Reps

Herb Monet and Hank Mullaney (General Instruments).

Lisbon Liberty Launch

April 1968.

ENS Melrose and LCDR Prendergast

Malaga, Spain

March 8, 1968. A U.S. Navy Lt. from the Underwater Sound Lab, New London, CT, and a Spanish Naval Officer observer come aboard. Our CO, LCDR Prendergast, in the middle. We will survey the Straits of Gibralter March 8-11.

Ace Hunter

Coming into Lisbon.