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Photography gathered by U.S. Naval men while serving their country

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Awaiting passage...Atlantic side of the Panama Canal

Good weather in the morning

Moored in San Diego harbor

Singapore critter

Transiting the Sundra Straits to the Indian Ocean...active volcano "Kraktoa"

Surface search radar antenna array

Lifeline at sea

A Pacific goodnight

Decommissioning crew DDG 36

Our Ship's namesake...Admiral John Sidney McCain I

Commanding Officer Captain David N. Denton

The early days of conversion at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard dry dock #3

USS Ticonderoga CVS 14 escorted by "The Little Beavers" of 1970 (Desroyer Squadron 23)

Acapulco beach liberty

Mexican bullfight

Homeport 1970-1971 Long Beach, California

A well deserved harbor tug welcoming

Too much fun on liberty...at Great Lakes Electronics Technician "A" School

ASROC Firing

A steak cookout on the fantail in the Carribean...damn...no Mai Tai's

Back in drydock in "Philly"...1969

Approaching the carrier Ticonderoga to starboard...for a drink

USS John S. McCain DDG 36 underway

Crossing the Equator..."Polllywogs' initiation...necessary to become "Shellbacks"

A little bow spray...I'm seasick by now

Engine room below decks...keeping us moving through the water and the lights on

Radar navigation ot the chart in CIC

Two tin cans...refueling underway from the Fleet's workhorse...the oiler

Ray Filak RD 3 chillin' on Grande Island, Phillipines...his coolest place in the PI

Onboard worship service...ministered by an air-transfered visiting Navy chaplain...a rare occurance on this ship

Behind the "Yardbird" is McCain's brass port screw...the only screw you'll have at sea...unless...