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Updated:
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Cliff Barnard's Navy Life

                       USS Compton DD-705    '55-61'   Newport, RI

 

                      USS Grand Canyon  AD-28   '61-62' Newport, RI

 

                   VT-22 Jet Training Squadron   '62-64'  Kingsville, Tex.

 

                       USS Tulare AKA-112   '64-65'  San Diego, Cal

 

                      USS Saratoga CVA-60  '65-67'  Mayport, Fla

 

                        USS Cadmus AR-14  '67-68'  Newport, RI

 

                           PBR River Division 554  '69-70'   Vietnam

 

                USS Puget Sound AD-38  Newport, RI   '70-71'

 

Navy Advisor for the ferro-cement boat building program Vietnam '71-72' the above boat is 63' long, has twin diesel engines and is made of cement, chicken wire and re-bar. We built them in the Saigon Naval Shipyard.


Maintenance Supervisor for COMCRUDESLANT, Newport, RI '72-74'
Charged with upkeep and maintenance of 54 destroyers and 2 cruisers.

 

 

After retirement from Navy worked building, modifying, repairing and testing 688 class fast attack and Trident missile nuclear submarines. Groton, Ct '78-92'

 

 

Medals Cliff received:

Combat Action Ribbon

 

Combat Distinguishing Device

Vietnam Combatant-Craft Crewman  

Bronze Star with "V"

 

 

Navy Commendation with "V"

Navy Achievement

Purple Heart

 

Good Conduct

 

Vietnam Service

 

Vietnam Campaign

 

Armed Forces Expedition

National Defence

 My Navy career in a nutshell, Cliff