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RIP Richard Harrison "Old Man"


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Salvage Sailor
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Richard Harrison, the 'old man', is a member of NAFTS - the National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors. We held our 2009 meeting in Las Vegas. Among his other USN career assignments, he was a crewman on the USS CHOWANAOC (ATF-100). Interesting fella in real life.
 
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Photo: Richard Harrison & ATF-100 shipmate Rodger Dana at NAFTS reunion cocktail party in Las Vegas, 11/09.
From Winter 2009 edition of NAFTS Towline Magazine

 

 

 

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USS CHOWANOC (ATF-100)

Vietnam War

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Fleet ocean tug USS CHOWANOC (ATF-100) departs Subic Bay for the Haiphong, North Vietnam area to take part in Operation End Sweep. The operation will clear mines from the North Vietnamese waters

 

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