What's New? NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS- April-2008 EDITION Flotsam and Jetsam CANNON Class DE's Kilroy was Here Replacing a Shaft Recent changes to the Tin Can Sailors Web Site May 9, 2008 Reunions in Review: USS Purdy (DD-734), USS Moale (DD-693) Envelopes: USS Holder (DD-819) Added to Announcements:  Some American WWII servicemen may be eligible for the French Legion of Honor May 8, 2008 Shipmate Registry updated (88 entries added) Updated Tributes Page Added to Announcements:  New Acquisitions at the USS Constitution Museum Poet's Corner: A Tin Can Sailor by Glen V. Ruff May 7, 2008 Tin Can Trivia: Announced April's winner and posted May's question Reunions in Review: USS Harry E. Hubbard (DD-748) Added ship plaque for USS Holder (DD-819) May 6, 2008 Reunions in Review: USS George K. MacKenzie (DD-836) Added to Announcements:  USS CONSTITUTION Museum Unveils Newest Paintings and Plaque dedication ceremony for the USS JOHN A. BOLE Updated Tributes Page April 30, 2008 Added Lighters: USS Badger (FF-1071), USS Bryce Canyon (AD-36), USS Cochrane (DDG-21), U.S. 7th Fleet, Fleet Training Group Western Pacific, USS Francis Hammond (FF-1067), USS Kirk (FF-1087), USS Knox (FF-1052), USS Lockwood (FF-1064), USS Oldendorf (DD-972), USS Prairie (AD-15), USS Preston (DD-795), USS Reeves (CG-24), USS Sterett (CG-31), USS Towers (DDG-9) Added new recipes to That Old Navy Chow Added changes to National Reunion 2008 Schedule Added list of Destroyer Escorts by class Shipmate Registry updated (138 entries added) April 28, 2008 Added lists of Destroyer Escorts by name and by hull number April 22, 2008 Shipmate Registry updated (115 entries added) April 18, 2008 Updated Tributes Page Added USS Lawrence (DD-250) Christmas Menu 1927 Added Financial Report 07 April 17, 2008 Added USS Warrington (DD-843) photos to Photo Gallery Added to Announcements Help Support the USS ORLECK DD-886 Relocate April 16, 2008 News From Today's Navy: USS JOHN S. MCCAIN, At Sea, Chief of Naval Operations Releases Podcast on Building the Fleet of the Future, USS Farragut Sailors Embark on Maiden Deployment, USS Farragut Makes First International Port Visit, USS Bulkeley Celebrates 115th CPO Birthday, USS Kidd Holds Change of Command April 15, 2008 Book Reviews: Gainard Against the Odds by L.R. Moise, PhD Updated Call Signs April 14, 2008 Shipmate Registry updated (189 entries added) April 10, 2008 News From HNSA: Cutter's Costs Add Up Museum Looks Into Reclassifying Bramble to Save Money April 4, 2008 Ship Models: USS Myles C. Fox (DDR-829) April 3, 2008 Shipmate Registry updated (282 entries added) Reunions in Review: USS Cowell (DD-547) Book Reviews: Morning of the Rising Sun: The Heroic Story of the Battles for Guadalcanal April 2, 2008 Added to Events 65th Anniversary Commemoration of the Battle of Vella Gulf Added to Announcements Tin Can Sailors to meet in Ashtabula, OH Added Joseph P. Kennedy DD-850 Mini Field Day Report March 2008 April 1, 2008 Tin Can Trivia: Announced the March winner and posted April's question. Reunions in Review: USS Buchanan (DDG-14), USS DAVIDSON (DE/FF-1045) Updated Call Signs March 28, 2008 Added to Announcements Carrier Screening  Invite for Atlanta, Athens and Norfolk Area Added Joseph P. Kennedy DD-850 Mini Field Day Report Feb. 2008 March 27, 2008 News From Today's Navy: Stennis’ Chief honors father   March 24, 2008 Poet's Corner: Fleet Post Office by G. L. Riggs, Jr. LTJG USNR Ship Profiles: Added Farragut (DD-348) Class destroyers as modified during 1943-1944 and Allen M. Sumner (DD-692) Class as converted to high-speed minelayers Photo Gallery: USS Bache (DD-470) March 21, 2008 News From Today's Navy: Navy Tows JFK from Norfolk to Philadelphia for Storage Added Tin Can Sailors of Goose Creek, South Carolina to have a Liberty Call Event March 20, 2008 Memorabilia: Added Launching Announcement and envelope for USS Gherardi (DD-637) and USS Butler (DD-636) Added link for USS Cogswell (DD-651) Add ship histories for USS Worden (DD-16), USS Tillman (DD-135), USS Ralph Talbot (DD-390), USS Steinaker (DD-863), USS Semmes (DDG-18), USS MacDonough (DLG-8), USS Mahan (DLG-11), USS Reeves (DLG-24), USS Sterett (DLG-31), USS Bainbridge (DLGN-25), USS Truxtun (DLGN-35). March 19,2008 Shipmate Registry updated (185 entries added) Added Field Days for the Michigan to hold statewide reunion of all WWII Veterans March 18, 2008 News From Today's Navy: Nimitz and Essex Strike Groups complete Expeditionary Strike Force training March 17,2008 Added Field Days for the USS Joseph P. Kennedy DD-850 and USS The Sullivans DD-537 March 14, 2008 Added ship histories for USS La Vallette (DD-448), USS Henry B. Wilson (DDG-7), USS Hoel (DDG-13), USS Barney (DDG-6), USS Berkeley (DDG-15), USS The Sullivans (DDG-68), USS Richard E. Byrd (DDG-23) and USS Decatur (DDG-73). March 13, 2008 Added ship histories for USS Mugford (DD-389), USS Mullany (DD-528), USS Murphy (DD-603), USS Murray (DD-576), USS Myles C. Fox (DD-829), USS Morton (DD-948) and USS Mustin (DD-413). March 12, 2008 Added ship histories for USS Sterett (DD-407), USS Sands (DD-243), USS Stanly (DD-478), USS Turner (DD-506) and USS Timmerman (DD-816). March 11, 2008 Added ship histories for USS Stevens (DD-479), USS Sigsbee (DD-502), USS Southerland (DD-743), USS Shea (DD-750), USS Robert K. Huntington (DD-781), USS Rich (DD-820) and USS Samuel B. Roberts (DD-823). March 7, 2008 Added photos for USS Macomb (DD-458/DMS-23) Added to Announcements News About the USS CHARLES F. ADAMS Added ship histories for USS Quick (DD-490), USS O'Brien (DD-725) and USS Preston (DD-795). Shipmate Registry updated (270 entries added) March 4, 2008 Tin Can Trivia: February's winner and March's question. February 27, 2008 Added to Announcements News About the Orleck Book Review: Three Minutes Off Okinawa February 25, 2008 Added ship histories for USS Lardner (DD-487), USS Laub (DD-613), USS Ludlow (DD-438), USS Maddox (DD-731), USS Manley (DD-940), USS Monaghan (DD-354), USS Monssen (DD-798), USS Moody (DD-277), USS Morris (DD-417), USS Morrison (DD-560), USS McKee (DD-575) and USS Lansdale (DD-766). February 21, 2008 Added photo of USS Robert H. McCard (DD-822) Shipmate Registry updated (294 entries added) Added ship histories for USS Tracy (DD-214), USS Strong (DD-758), USS Stringham (DD-83), USS Stribling (DD-867), USS Stormes (DD-780)USS Stoddert (DD-302), USS Stoddard (DD-566), USS Stockton (DD-646), USS Stickell (DD-888). February 20, 2008 Book Review: Destroyer Captain -- Lessons of a First Command News From Today's Navy: Navy Awards Contracts for Zumwalt Class Destroyers Added to Announcements 2nd Annual Female Faces of War at Battleship Cove, and PBS will air Carrier February 19, 2008 Book Review: Tin Can 367 Dedicated to the Crew of the Lamson 36-46 News From Today's Navy: CNO Calls for More Ships February 16, 2008 Added ship histories for USS Stevenson (DD-645), USS Sterett (DD-13), USS Sterett (DD-27), USS Stansbury (DD-180), USS Southard (DD-207), USS Stack (DD-406), USS Stephen Potter (DD-538), USS Sproston (DD-577), USS Stembel (DD-644), USS Grayson (DD-435), USS James C. Owens (DD-776), USS John D. Edwards (DD-216), USS Johnston (DD-557). Added to Announcements Carrier-Daily life aboard a US aircraft carrier February 14, 2008 Added ship histories for USS Bryant (DD-665) and USS Somers (DD-381). Updated Reunion Listings February 13, 2008 Added photos of USS William C. Lawe (DD-763) Added patch for USS William C. Lawe (DD-736) February 11, 2008 Added ship histories for USS Stevens (DD-86), USS Somers (DD-301), USS Somers (DD-947), USS Spence (DD-512), USS Soley (DD-707), USS Smalley (DD-565), USS Sigourney (DD-643), USS Shubrick (DD-639), USS Shields (DD-596) and USS Stribling (DD-96). February 8, 2008 Poet's Corner: Navy's Fighting Crew, What Every Sonarman Dreads February 6, 2008 Added ship photo of USS Holder (DD-819) Updated Dispositions Added ship histories for USS Shannon (DD-737), USS Semmes (DD-189) and USS Sharkey (DD-281). February 5, 2008 New Ship Store Item under Books and Miscellaneous Shipmate Registry updated (328 entries added) Added ship histories for USS Carpenter (DD-825) and USS Cushing (DD-55). February 4, 2008 Added ship histories for USS Schley (DD-103), USS Sumner (DD-133), USS Spruance (DD-963), USS Sampson (DDG-10), USS Stockham (DD-683) and USS Caldwell (DD-69). February 1, 2008 Tin Can Trivia: Announced January's winner and added February's question. January 31, 2008 Added ship histories for USS Shelton (DD-790), USS Shaw (DD-68), USS Shaw (DD-373), USS Schroeder (DD-501) and USS Saufley (DD-465). Updated Reunion Listings Added Coupons for Georgia, Texas, St. Louis, Up-Midwest, Michigan, PA/DE Bull Sessions Added to Announcements Bridge of the USS KNAPP is on display   January 29, 2008 Book Review: Thunder and Storm: The Haverfield Incident January 28, 2008 Added ship histories for USS Parker (DD-48), USS Parker (DD-604), USS Mannert L. Abele (DD-733), USS Marshall (DD-676), USS Massey (DD-778), USS Mayrant (DD-402), USS McCord (DD-534), USS McCaffery (DD-860), USS McCormick (DD-223), USS Mansfield (DD-728), USS Manley (DD-74), USS Maury (DD-401), USS McCall (DD-400), USS McCalla (DD-488), USS McCook (DD-252), USS McDermut (DD-677), USS McDougal (DD-54), USS McDougal (DD-358), USS McGowan (DD-678), USS McFarland (DD-237), USS McKean (DD-784), USS McLanahan (DD-615), USS Meade (DD-602), USS Melvin (DD-680), USS Meredith, (DD-890), USS Mervine (DD-489), USS Mertz (DD-691), USS Metcalf (DD-595), USS Miller (DD-535), USS Moale (DD-693),USS Moffett (DD-362), USS McKean (DD-90), USS Monssen (DD-436) and USS Montgomery (DD-121). January 25, 2008 Added ship histories for USS Lansdale (DD-426), USS Mackenzie (DD-614), USS MacLeish (DD-220), USS Madison (DD-425) and USS Mahan (DD-364). Added link for USS Atherton (DE-169). Add ship histories from the Tin Can Sailor for USS Melvin (DD-680) and USS Stanly (DD-478). January 24, 2008 Added Commissioning photos of USS Bristol (DD-453) Added photos of USS Caldwell (DD-605) after being hit by a kamikaze Add ship histories for USS Lloyd Thomas (DD-764), USS Meredith (DD-165), USS McCalla (DD-253) and USS Meredith (DD-434). January 23, 2008 Memorabilia: USS Hamilton (DD-141) Christmas Menu 1938, USS Hamilton (DD-141) Thanksgiving Menu 1938, USS William R. Rush (DD-714) Buz Sawyer Cartoon Ship Photos: USS Glennnon (DD-840) Added history and namesake information for USS Sarsfield (DD-837). January 22, 2008 Shipmate Registry updated (113 entries added) Added Call Sign for USS Gatling (DD-671) Added Ship Model for USS Herbert J. Thomas (DD-833) Memorabilia: USS Bridgeport (AD-10) 1917 Football Team, USS Arkansas (BB-33) July 4th Menu Reunions in Review: USS Paul Hamilton (DD-590)/USS Twiggs (DD-591) Added ship history from the Tin Can Sailor for USS Johnston (DD-557), USS Babbit (DD-128), USS Schenk (DD-159), USS DeHaven (DD-469), USS Duncan (DD-485), USS Charrette (DD-581), USS Laffey (DD-459), USS Cony (DD-508), USS Barton (DD-599), USS Baldwin (DD-624), USS Braine (DD-630), USS Turner (DD-648), USS Walke (DD-723), USS Meredith (DD-726), USS Drexler (DD-741), USS Amesbury (DE-66) and USS Voge (DE-1047). January 18, 2008 Updated Reunion Listings Add ship history information for USS Macomb (DD-451), USS Macdonough (DD-351), USS Laws (DD-558), USS Lawrence (DDG-4), USS Prichett (DD-561) and USS Nields (DD-616). January 17, 2008 Added ship profiles for: Allen M. Sumner Class as originally built with the British-style bridge and the Mahan Class destroyers as modified during 1942-1944. Added link for USS California (DLGN-36/CGN-36) Add ship history information for USS Lawrence (DD-8), USS Long (DD-209), USS Lofberg (DD-759), USS Luce (DLG-7), USS Luce (DD-522), USS Lowry (DD-770), USS Longshaw (DD-559), USS Little (DD-79), USS Livermore (DD-429), USS Litchfield (DD-336), USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729) and USS Lynde McCormick (DDG-8). January 16, 2008 Reunions in Review: USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729) Book Reviews: Black Oil Chief USN by William E. Sneed January 15, 2008 Shipmate Registry updated (228 entries added) January 11, 2008 Added link for USS Coolbaugh (DE-217) January 3, 2008 Updated Tin Can Trivia Updated Tributes Page Shipmate Registry updated (249 entries added) January 1, 2008 Happy New Year! December 31, 2007 Reunions in Review: USS William M. Wood (DD/DDR-715) December 27, 2007 Envelopes: USS Higbee (DDR-806) Added Call Sign for DESRON 10 Memorabilia: USS Higbee (DDR-806) Subpoena Updated Reunion Listings December 21, 2007 Added to Announcements Christmas Operations Order Shipmate Registry updated (258 entries added) Patches: USS McCaffery (DDE-860), USS Harwood (DDE-861), USS Hazelwood (DD-531), USS Heermann (DD-532), USS Stephen Potter (DD-538), USS Hailey (DD-556), USS Robinson (DD-562), USS Abbot (DD-629), USS Stembel (DD-644), USS Lewis Hancock (DD-675), USS Ault (DD-698), USS Lofberg (DD-759), USS Forrest Royal (DD-872), USS Paul F. Foster (DD-964), USS Fife (DD-991), USS Norman Scott (DD-690) Memorabilia: USS Higbee (DDR-806) Letterhead December 20, 2007 Photos: USS Hawkins (DD-873), USS Deyo (DD-989), USS Stribling (DD-867), USS Tattnall (DDG-19), USS Higbee (DDR-806) Memorabilia: Hong Kong Comb, USS Preston (DD-795) Letterhead Envelopes: USS Preston (DD-795) December 19, 2007 Added Poem: The Navy Night Before Christmas Updated Reunion Listings December 14, 2007 Added refueling photos for USS Bearss (DD-654) Added envelopes for: USS Willis A. Lee (DL-4), USS Brownson (DD-868) Added photo for USS Allen A. Sumner (DD-692) Added photo of USS Orleck (DD-866) flat hat Added USS Preston (DD-795) Plan of the Day Added links for Tin Can Sailors of Goose Creek, Navy Radioman Association and USS Massey (DD-778) December 13, 2007 Reunions in Review: USS John A. Bole (DD-755), USS Claxton (DD-571) Book and Movie Reviews: Down to the Sea by Bruce Henderson, Mayday Tugs of War, A documentary film by Robin Williams, Wooden Ships and Iron Men by Cdr. David D. Bruhn Updated Reunion Listings Poets Corner: A Different Christmas Poem December 11, 2007 News From Today's Navy: Essex Completes Successful Fall Patrol Book Reviews: A Handful of Emeralds: On Patrol with the Hanna in the Postwar Pacific Shoulder Patches: USS Brownson (DD-868), USS Ingraham (DD-694), USS Providence (CL-82), USS Wyandot (AKA-92) Commissioning Cover: USS Willis A. Lee (DL-4) Reunions in Review: USS Robert L. Wilson (DD-847), USS Hamner (DD-718) Added ship history information for USS Fox (DLG-33), USS Gonzalez (DDG-66). December 6, 2007 News From Today's Navy: Navy Announces Rating Mergers Decisions December 5, 2007 Updated News From Today's Navy December 4, 2007 Shipmate Registry updated (214 entries added) Tin Can Trivia: Announced November's winner and posted December's question. Reunions in Review: USS William C. Lawe (DD-763), USS Walke (DD-723), USS Mahan (DD-364/DLG-11/DDG-49/DDG-72) USS Puget Sound AD-38 Commissioning Cover Added ship history information for USS Leary (DD-158), USS Leutze (DD-481), USS Lewis Hancock (DD-675), USS Lindsey (DD-771), USS Little (DD-803), USS Leary (DD-879). November 16, 2007 News From Today's Navy: Patriot and Guardian arrive in Vietnam for historic port visit Added link for USS Compton (DD-705) Association Reunions in Review: USS Massey (DD-778), USS Huse (DE-145 Added ship histories for USS Murray (DD-97), USS Mullany (DD-325), USS Mugford (DD-105), USS Sproston (DD-173), USS Stockton (DD-73), USS Benfold (DDG-65), USS Briscoe (DD-977). November 14, 2007 Added photo for USS Klondike (AR-22), USS Basilone DD-824), USS Richard B. Anderson (DD-786); USS Bausell (DD-845), USS Morton (DD-948); USS Richard B. Anderson (DD-786), USS Bausell (DD-845), USS Shelton (DD-790) November 13, 2007 Added photo for USS Epperson (DD-719) Added ship model for USS Zellars (DD-777) Shipmate Registry updated (227 entries added) Added ship histories for USS Monaghan (DD-32), USS McKee (DD-87), USS McLanahan (DD-264), USS Morris (DD-271), USS Meade (DD-274), USS Meyer (DD-279), USS Mervine (DD-322), USS Melvin (DD-335), USS Ross (DD-563), USS Rowe (DD-564), USS Meredith (DD-726),USS Rooks (DD-804), USS Robert L. Wilson (DD-847), USS Rupertus (DD-851), USS Rogers (DD-876), USS Robison (DDG-12), USS Richmond K. Turner (DLG-20). November 12, 2007 Added plaque for DesRon 6, EOD School, DesRon 8 Memorabilia Page: added DesRon 6 ashtray Added Call Signs for: USS Coates (DE-685), USS De Long (DE-684), USS Thaddeus Parker (DE-369) and USS John R. Pierce (DD-753) Added Belt Buckle for USS William H. Standley (DLG-32) Added Ship's Photo for USS Sphinx (ARL-24), USS Slater (DE-766) November 9, 2007 Added ship history information for USS McCall (DD-28), USS Mayrant (DD-31), USS Maury (DD-100), USS Mahan (DD-102), USS Mason (DD-191), USS McDermut (DD-262), USS McCawley (DD-276), USS Marcus (DD-321). November 8, 2007 Added link for NavWeaps Updated Totals for Tin Can Sailors Grant Program Updated Reunion Listings Added lighter for Des Ron 21 November 7, 2007 Announcements:  Updated information for the USS Stockdale and added USS Dewey November 6, 2007 Reunions in Review: USS McNair (DD-679), USS Brush (DD-745) November 2, 2007 Reunions in Review: USS Ernest G. Small (DD/DDR-838), USS Bache (DD-470), USS Dyess (DDR/DD-880) Tin Can Trivia: Announced October's winner and added November's question. October 31 Shipmate Registry updated (180 entries added) Reunions in Review: USS Gainard (DD-706), USS John R. Craig (DD-885), USS Wiltsie (DD-716), USS Bainbridge (DLGN/CGN-25), USS Stephen Potter (DD-538), USS Samuel B. Roberts (DD-823), USS Bristol (DD-857), USS Frank Knox (DDR-742), USS Waller (DD/DDE-466), USS Endicott (DD-495/DMS-35), USS Waldron (DD-699), USS Keppler (DD-765), USS Decatur (DD-936/DDG-31), USS Kimberly (DD-521), USS Picking (DD-685), USS The Sullivans (DD-537), USS Newman K. Perry (DD/DDR-883), USS Norris (DD/DDE-859) Added ship history information for USS Remey (DD-688), USS Robert H. Smith (DD-735), USS Richard B. Anderson (DD-786), USS Robert H. McCard (DD-822), USS Robert A. Owens (DD-827), USS Richard E. Kraus (DD-849), USS Richard S. Edwards (DD-950). October 30 Update Ship's Store price list and added new items: New Books Tales from a Tin Can and Inside the Danger Zone Miscellanous Items, Mindfield Trivia Game, Web Belt and Buckle,                                 TCS Pewter Oval Belt and Buckle, TCS Zipper Tote Added ship history information for USS Preble (DD-12), USS Trippe (DD-33), USS Jenkins (DD-42), USS Lansdale (DD-101), USS Hazelwood (DD-107), USS Lea (DD-118), USS Lamberton (DD-119), USS Twiggs (DD-127), USS Cole (DD-155), USS Lawrence (DD-250), USS Turner (DD-259), USS Laub (DD-263), USS Lardner (DD-286), USS Thompson (DD-305), USS Macdonough (DD-331), USS Trever (DD-339), USS Lamson (DD-367), USS Lang (DD-399), USS Trippe (DD-403), USS Laffey (DD-459), USS Lansdowne (DD-486), USS McCook (DD-496), USS Trathen (DD-530), USS Twining (DD-540), USS Twiggs (DD-591), USS Maddox (DD-622), USS Thompson (DD-627), USS Turner (DD-648), USS Richard P. Leary (DD-664), USS Uhlmann (DD-687), USS Laffey (DD-724), USS Thomas E. Fraser (DD-736/DM-24), USS Tolman (DD-740/DM-28), USS Seymour D. Owens (DD-767), USS Hoel (DD-768), USS Abner Read (DD-769), USS Seaman (DD-791), USS Charles H. Roan (DD-815), USS Turner (DD-834), USS Leonard F. Mason (DD-852), USS Mullinnix (DD-944), USS Turner Joy (DD-951), USS Charles F. Adams (DDG-2), USS Case (DD-370), USS Sellers (DDG-11), USS Conyngham (DDG-17), USS Goldsborough (DDG-20), USS Barry (DDG-52), USS Belknap (DLG-26). October 23, 2007 Added ship history information for USS Macdonough (DD-9), USS Maddox (DD-168), USS Mackenzie (DD-175). October 22, 2007 Added ship history information for USS Strong (DD-467), USS Taylor (DD-468), USS Stevenson (DD-503), USS Stockton (DD-504), USS Thorn (DD-505), USS Thatcher (DD-514), USS Wiltsie (DD-716). October 18, 2007 Reunions in Review: USS Damato (DD/DDE-871), USS Benham (DD-796), USS Walton (DE-361), USS Hanson (DDR-832), USS O’Brien (DD-725), USS Meredith (DD-165/434/726/890), USS Laffey (DD-724) Book Review: Quicksilver: A Greyhound at Sea by CDR Jack L. Wells, USN Ret. Photo Gallery: Added photos for USS Bausell (DD-845) October 16, 2007 Added ship history information for USS Upshur (DD-144), USS Schenck (DD-159), USS Sturtevant (DD-240), USS Swasey (DD-273), USS Lavallette (DD-315), USS Selfridge (DD-320), USS Selfridge (DD-357), USS Wilson (DD-408), USS Swanson (DD-443), USS Woodworth (DD-460). October 15, 2007 Added ship history information for USS Lamson (DD-18), USS Lamson (DD-328). October 11, 2007 Shipmate Registry updated (176 entries added) News From Today's Navy: Navy Boot Camp Today, Wear Testing for New Navy Uniforms Announced Announcements: Added field days for the USS Joseph P. Kennedy DD-850 and the USS Kidd DD-661 Reunions in Review: USS Agerholm (DD-826) Updated Tributes Page October 10, 2007 Reunions in Review: USS Bainbridge (DD-246), USS Prichett (DD-561), USS Brinkley Bass (DD- 887), USS Steinaker (DD-863), USS Lofberg (DD-759), USS Vesole (DD/DDR-878) October 9, 2007 Tin Can Trivia: Added October's Question and announced September's winner. Reunions in Review: USS Floyd B. Parks (DD-884), USS Beatty (DD-756), USS Fletcher (DD/DDE-445), USS Conway (DD/DDE-507) Added ship histories from the Tin Can Sailor for USS Timmerman (EDD-828/EAG-152), USS Conner (DD-582), USS McCaffery (DD-860), USS Vesole (DDR/DD-878), USS Morton (DD-948), USS Claude V. Ricketts (DDG-5), USS Huse (DE-145), USS Varian (DE-798). October 8, 2007 Added ship histories from the Tin Can Sailor for USS Ammen (DD-527), USS Halligan (DD-584), USS Hunt (DD-674), USS Remey (DD-688), USS Mansfield (DD-728), USS Lyman K. Swenson (DD-729), USS Lowry (DD-770), USS Henderson (DD-785), USS Irwin (DD-794), USS Higbee (DD-806), USS Myles C. Fox (DD-829), USS Charles P. Cecil (DD-835), USS Leary (DD-879) and USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51). October 7, 2007 Added ship histories from the Tin Can Sailor for USS Tattnall (DD-125/APD-19), USS Ward (DD-139), USS Conway (DD-507) and USS Isherwood (DD-520) October 5, 2007 Reunions in Review: USS Izard (DD-589), USS Henderson (DD-785), USS Basilone (DDE/DD-824) Added ship histories from the Tin Can Sailor for USS Osmond Ingraham (DD-255/AVD-9/APD-35), USS Kidd DD-661) and USS Gyatt (DD-712/DDG-1). October 4, 2007 Ship Photos: USS Sampson (DDG-102) Patches: USS Sampson (DDG-102) October 3, 2007 Updated Ship Commissionings October 2, 2007 Reunions in Review: USS Dunlap (DD-384), USS O'Bannon (DD/DDE-450/DD-987), USS Sproston (DD-577), USS Eugene A. Greene (DD/DDR-711),  USS Cotten (DD-669), USS Zellars (DD-777), USS Remey (DD-688), USS Blue (DD-744), USS William R. Rush (DD-714), USS Rowe (DD-564), USS Tingey (DD-539), USS Maddox (DD-731), USS Alfred A. Cunningham (DD-752), USS Gregory (DD-802), USS John W. Weeks (DD-701) October 1, 2007 Added link for USS Gatling (DD-671) September 30, 2007 Shipmate Registry updated (447 entries added) September 28, 2007 Updated Reunion Listings September 26 Updated Ship Commissionings September 20 Reunions in Review: USS Murray (DD/DDE-576) September 19 Added Smoke Screen to Photo Gallery September 18 Poet's Corner: The Sailor Memorabilia Page: Master at Arms Badge, USS Henley (DD-762), Desron 22 key fob from late 1940s Reunions in Review: USS Mullany (DD-528), USS Peterson (DE-152), USS Wadleigh (DD-689), USS Robert A. Owens (DD-827) Added lighter for USS Henley (DD-762) September 14 Tin Can Trivia Announced August's winner and posted September's question. Reunions in Review: USS Sierra (AD-18), USS Foss (DE-59), USS Bordelon (DD-881), USS Benner (DD-807) September 12 Reunions in Review: USS Albert W. Grant (DD-649), USS Morton (DD-948), USS Coolbaugh (DE-217), USS Mansfield (DD-728) Added lighters for USS Eversole (DD-789) and USS Luce (DLG-7) September 10 Updated Ship Commissionings Reunions in Review: USS Borie (DD-704), USS Grand Canyon (AD/AR-28) September 6 Shipmate Registry updated (402 entries added) September 3 Added links for USS Mullinnix Association (DD-944), USS Hale (DD-642) and Together We Served Updated links for USS Waldron (DD-699) and USS Samuel N. Moore (DD-747)