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1st Marine Division & 1st Recon Battalion

1968 Vietnam Veterans - 50th Reunion

More Photos Coming Soon In June 2018

USS Johnson Tour Photos

Thursday, March 22nd, 2018

JOHNSON TOUR

Attendees

Arnold Allen
John Burtoft
Henry & Amy Covarrubias
Rick & Kim Greenberg
Willie Lewis
Gary Maxam
Floyd & Linda Ruggles

Jacob Nollan (Ruggles-grandson)

Jim Pearston
John & Ruby Westerveldt

Thanks for Stepping aboard the

USS Ralph Johnson,

the Navy's newest warship

The wardroom includes a case displaying images of

PFC Ralph Johnson

The commanding officer's positions

The wheel & Touchscreens

Crew use the mess for meals and downtime

 Wardroom, meeting place and dining room for the ship's officers

Clinometer displays 

The ship's seal

displayed on the bridge

 Charleston Harbor

displayed on the bridge

The Ravenel Bridge

The pelorus

ship's bearing

Smaller guns controlled

from inside the ship

 5-inch gun

from the bridge

 Take control

Spy Radar System 

Aegis Combat System

Guided missiles tubes

front and rear decks

 Ship's largest gun

The ship has the capability to carry two helicopters 

Helicopters on the ship used to hunt enemy submarines

DDG114 decked for commissioning March 24th, 2018

Thanks for Stopping by today

LTJG Cara Fisher

USS Ralph JOHNSON

Charleston, South Carolina

Vietnam March 5, 1968