USS Hopewell

September 06, 2009

UPDATE - September 6, 2009

1. Be sure to click the JANUARY 2005 link. That's where all the pictures are.

2. Don't miss the notice about Special Help for Military Families Available ... It is a mandatory pension and is not subject to partisan spending or discretionary Federal budget cuts. ... This pension is available to all qualified Veterans even if you are receiving military retirement pay based on years of service. ... This program pays up to: $1,632.00 monthly for a veteran; $1,055.00 monthly for a surviving spouse; $1,949.00 monthly for veteran and spouse. These funds may be used to pay the following:

1) Nursing home long term care.
2) Assisted living or for adult care services such as board and care.
3) And in some cases it pays family members, except for the spouse, to provide care at home.
4) Professional home care providers to come into the home. Qualification is more difficult.
5) Up to $1200.00 to renovate the home to help with disability such as ramps and grab bars.

November 11, 2005

This picture was taken by Jon Kolb who was aboard from '67 through '69 and was an ET1 working who kept me out of trouble when I was the EMO and later worked for Marty McClean when he tool over as EMO.

January 26, 2005

These floating cities are nice, but not nearly as beautiful as a Fletcher Class tin can.

Ensign Hagerty pretending he's a warrior.

2002 Ops Dept reunion - Lorenzo Hagerty, Jim Thompson, Mary Ann Cooper, George Cooper, and Peter Bittle.

2002 Ops Dept reunion - Marycie Hagerty and Jim Thompson.

2002 Ops Dept reunion - Peter Bittle and his wife, Rhona.

2002 Ops Dept reunion ... Lorenzo and Mary Ann Cooper, wife of the Ops Boss.

This is an image of Santa that will give the kids nightmares.

Remember our skinny Santa? When we had the costume made in Japan they refused to make it any bigger, as this seemed huge to them.

Be sure to check the January 2005 Archives if you want to see all of the photos, as I've set the limit for the number of pictures on this home page to 10.

Here is another photo blog for the USS Hopewell. I took most of these pictures on our Westpac cruise in 1967. The archive page has quite a few more photos.

If you have any pictures you'd like me to add, just send them to me at hagerty@matrixmasters.com, and I'll post them for you.

Click on the pictures to see a larger image.

USS Hopewell - DD681

September 06, 2009

November 11, 2005

January 26, 2005

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