Around the USS Ramsey

Photos of Here and There Around the Ship

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	Photo from USS Ramsey Christmas card 1968
	Photo from USS Ramsey post card, date and location unknown.
	Painting of the USS Ramsey, artist unknown.
	Ship control center on the Bridge.
	This is what happens to the berthing compartment after numerous calls to General Quarters over several days.
	Having a middle rack is quite convenient.
	One 5".38 round on the way
	TARTAR missle ready to rock 'n roll. A military secret at the time, this photo was taken 7 Jul 68 in the Tonkin Gulf.
	One TSAM (Training Surface to Air Missile) on the rail. Live Tartar missiles were painted white, the training and system calibration dummy was blue.
	TARTAR missle launch taken 22 Jun 68. Out of all the crewmembers taking photos that day with expensive 35mm cameras, I was the only one who got a good shot with a crummy Polaroid.
	ASROC launcher just forward of the weather break. Another military secret that should not have been photographed. Photo taken 29 Jun 68.
	Ramsey mast/stack combination, called a "mack". The AN/SPG-51 missile guidance radar is in the foreground pointed straight up.
	Looking aft down the port side during heavy weather.
	Looking forward up the port side during heavy weather.
	SF1 Czarnick watching the ocean from the starboard side.
	Music in the helo hanger... and one sick puppy.
	Sonar dome from the bottom of the drydock.
	Quiet evening at sea
	Who among us hasn't taken a picture of a sunset over the stern? To a Westpac sailor it means one thing... Eastbound... Headed home.