- EARL ADAMS -
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Earl was a Navy Electronics Technician from Sept 1964 to May 1974. He served aboard Bowditch from Dec 1966 to Jan 1969, as an ETR-3 and ETR-2, and aboard Michelson from May 1970 to Mar 1971, as an ET-1. Aboard Bowditch he was responsible for the ASPS-III Acoustic Ships Positioning System and the Deep Ocean Transponders, and served in transponder launches and watches in NIC, Sonar and Survey Control. On Michelson he was leading ET and watch supervisor, as well as the BRN-3 technician. He attended The Pennsylvania State University after leaving the Navy, graduating with a B.S. in Biophysics, and worked in biomedical and pharmaceutical research until 2003. He is currently a writer. |
BOWDITCH PHOTO ALBUMS, 1967-1968
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New Lisbon (and Barcelona?) album |
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Bowditch at sea-Misc. B&W |
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Ace Hunter sent me this one, taken in Barcelona. No I am not asleep, I am contemplating the near future, which is the reason for the smile. The look on the young lady's face seems to indicate a certain impatience at having to sit for a photograph. I assure you, she was a sweetie! |
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Amsterdam. |
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At sea. Bowditch hoists the "Oceanographer's Balls", ca. March 1967. |
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Lisbon | ||
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Lisbon: Liberty Boat. |
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Malta: Car and Apartment. |
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Malta: Coming In. | ||
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Malta Girls. |
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Malta: Party. |
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Malta: Valetta. | ||
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Malta: Yards. |
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Pompeii. Nov, 1967. |
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Stateroom and roommates, Bowditch, 1968. | ||
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A Russian Sverdlov forces Bowditch off station. ca. 1967-1968, somewhere in the North Atlantic. |
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The Crew, Bowditch, 1967-1968. |
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Transponders | ||
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DAM NECK, VIRGINIA, 1969 |
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In 1969 I was stationed at Dam Neck Virginia, attending BRN-3 school. Me and a shipmate from Bowditch (I can't remember his name, but he had a yellow XKE) visited William "Ace" Hunter at his home in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Ace was an old shipmate from Bowditch, and had previously served on Michelson. He was a charter member of the Bowditch Band, along with Jim Lester and Bill Goldrup. |
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MICHELSON PHOTO ALBUMS, 1970-1971 |
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CO's Party, Yard Period, Sasebo |
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Entertainment at Sea |
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NIC, Sasebo, Yard Period |
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Pitch |
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Riding the Ship |
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Sasebo Apartment, Yard Period |
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Stateroom |
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Velocimeter |
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Yard Period, Sasebo |
| Earl Adams, Contemporary (sort of) Photos | |
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Since Chet and John Hansen have sent contemporary photos, here are a few of mine. I have very few pictures of myself. Strangely, I have more from the times I served on the T-AGS than in all the time since! These span the period from ca. 1971-1974, when I was stationed at the Naval Submarine School at Groton, to ca. 2003, when I "retired" from Pfizer. |