On Sat, 5 Dec 1998 JOSEPH O'HARA Email address wrote: BY ANY CHANCE DO YOU KNOW WHERE I CAN GET ANY INFORMATION ON THIS DESTROYER TENDER WHICH I SERVED ON. THERE IS NOT TOO MUCH I CAN TELL YOU ABOUT THE USS TIDEWATER AD31. I SERVED ON HER FROM 1952 TO 1954. AT THAT TIME WE SAW NO COMBAT.OUR HOME BASE WAS NORFOLK, VA. WE WERE PART OF THE SIXTH FLEET. IN LATE 1952 WE SPENT A FEW MONTHS IN SCOTLAND AND NORWAY AND THEN BACK TO NORFOLK FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR. IN FEB. 1953 WE WENT DOWN TO THE CARIBBEAN FOR A FEW MONTHS. AFTER ANOTHER STAY IN NORFOLK, WE WENT TO THE MEDITERRANIEN AND RELIEVED OUR SISTER SHIP THE USS GRAND CANYON AD?? THE TIDEWATER WAS RECOMMISSIONED AT THE CHARLESTON NAVY YARD ON OCT. 2, 1951. THE COMMANDING OFFICER WAS CAPT. JOHN W. AILES |||. THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER WAS CDR. PAUL C. HUELSENBECK UP UNTIL MARCH 1953 WHEN HE WAS RELIEVED BY LCDR FARREL WHO WAS PROMOTED TO COMMANDER. THE REPAIR OFFICER WAS LCDR. HARRY R. SCHLEPPI. THERE WAS A LCDR. JOHN J. LOGAN WHO WAS THE FIRST LIEUTENANT OF THE TIDEWATER. ON BOARD WE ALSO HAD A LT. GEORGE H. SANDERS AND AN ENSIGN STRUNK, WHO WAS A COLLEGE WRESTLING CHAMPION. THERE WAS ALSO A ENSIGN B.K.STEPHENS. THE SHIPS GUNS CONSISTED OF TWO 5' 38's, FOUR 40MM's AND TEN 20MM's. I KNOW THIS IS NOT MUCH BUT, THIS IS ABOUT ALL I CAN TELL YOU. IF YOU EVER FIND OUT WHAT BECAME OF HER PLEASE LET ME KNOW. REGARDS JOE O' P.S. JUST A TIDBIT. FROM THE TIME WE LEFT NORFOLK FOR THE MEDITERRANIAN UNTIL WE RETURNED TO NORFLK THE SHIP TRAVELED 18854 MILES AND USED 1,076,359 GALLONS OF OIL. ALSO WE USED 6,294,618 GALLONS OF WATER. JOE O' THANK YOU, JOE O'HARA