| USS Vreeland Log, April 2002 |
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| Name : Steve Albright |
13 Apr 2002
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| Rate/Rank : ET3 |
| Years Onboard : 91-92 |
| e-mail : steve_albright@mynra.com |
| Comments : The only ship I ever really liked. Great bunch of guys in the ET shop. Time to change the combination on the lock again. Ops has learned the new combination.
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| Name : Mark Smith |
14 Apr 2002
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| Rate/Rank : SM3 |
| Years Onboard : Mar 70- Aug 72
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| e-mail : mlsmith100000@aol.com |
| Comments : I am a plankowner that would love to find old friends & shipmates. I was a signalman, and have many great memories of the VREELAND. I was on the precommission commission crew in New Port, RI., then met ship in Charleston, after completing signalman school, spring 1970. Hope to hear from all of you & have a reunion in Charleston. Mark
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| Name : Robert J. Goga |
15 Apr 2002
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| Rate/Rank : STG3 |
| Years Onboard : 72-73 |
| e-mail : gogar@nssfnl.navy.mil |
| Comments : I work for General Dynamics, Electric Boat in Groton, Ct.. I have been building and going on the sea trials of our nations newest nuclear submarines since 1980. I also work at the United States Submarine Base in Groton, Ct. working on the 688 and seawolf submarines stationed there. While stationed on the Vreeland as a sonar technician in the early seventies, my life work was set in motion. I have great fondness for the Vreeland and the crew, it was great seeing this web page. I use the ships patch as my wall paper on the computer in the office.
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| Name : John Graebing |
21 Apr 2002
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| Rate/Rank : SM2 |
| Years Onboard : 88-92 |
| e-mail : Go_broncos@hotmail.com |
| Comments : "No, the Greeks didn't sink her"
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| Name : James (Jim) Doman |
27 Apr 2002
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| Rate/Rank : SMC(SW/AW) |
| Years Onboard : 1983-1987 |
| e-mail : DualSIGS@aol.com |
Comments : Lots of good memories onboard the Mighty Vree, including but not limited to The Slammin' Sammy Morrison (the ship that put the V in Vreeland) incident, our close call with the USS Concord during Unrep, our pick up of the Phillipine sailor (Ceasar) off the coast of Naples, and who could forget, the USS Stark incident along with all the other "Bumper Drills" when pulling into or out of Mayport. I am still in contact with three of my shipmates from back then, one of which OS1 Patrick "Sully" Sullivan is still on active duty, SM2 Charles Moore, is in North western Virginia and owns a couple restaurants, The other is OS2 Bobby "Bleebs" Blevins who lives in Georgia (I think). Also I have recently run into one of the PN's from back in the day. I think his name was Lambert (he's a PN1 in the reserves). One guy that I lost contact with that I wonder where he's at now is EW3 Brian Dineen. Last I knew of him he was in Jacksonville Fl.
Anyhow, I'm sure some of the crewmembers that hit this site, will see my name and think "No way Doman stayed in the Navy, muchless made Chief" Great to run across the site and I plan to visit often. I've got to go look at my cruise book from 1984 now.
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