USS Stribling (DD-867) Second from Left

USS Stribling (DD-867) was my first US Navy assignment. I reported as an Ensign, US Naval Reserve, mid-August 1970 after a few weeks of school at the Development & Training Center (DATC), Naval Base San Diego, CA.

Strib was homeported in Mayport, Florida. We deployed in late August 1970 to the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea. We returned to Mayport in March 1971. Strib was a Gearing Class destroyer commissioned on September 29, 1945. I served aboard her as Main Propulsion Assistant until July 1972.

I bought the postcard above at the Naval Exchange in Mayport in August 1970.

I eventually retired from the US Navy in August 1994 as a Commander (CDR) after 24 years of service!

I’m going to have to join the USS STRIBLING shipmates organization!

I made the following mods to the Webbdesign 1.1.2 theme’s stylesheet:

.post h2.pagetitle {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
height: 40px;
background: url(images/h2.gif) no-repeat top left;
width: 100%;
text-align: left; /* changed to left by RJW 4 OCT 2009 default is center */
padding: 6px 0;
padding-left: 25px; /* added by RJW 4 OCT 2009 */;
}
.post h2. a {
padding: 0 12px;
}
.entry, .entrytext {
padding:5px 12px 5px;
font-size:125%; /* added by RJW 4 Oct 2009 */
}


We’ll see what else I can play with. I want to try to include an image in the header.

There are strange things done in the midnight sun….

Listen to my rendition of Robert W. Service’s The Cremation of Sam McGee on YouTube!

Cheers,
Rich