USS ATAKAPA ATF 149
MED CRUISE 64





Mickey Schaffner

from Staten Island, NY

sent in some of his memorabilia

They towed the USS Oak Ridge from Norfolk

to Rota Spain then stayed in the Med for R&R

and some secret squirrel stuff

Here are some of the crew

If you can remember any of the missing names

please let me know




Top L-R: Earl Crawford (Bullwinkle), ________?(Pickles), Sam Leon

Bottom: Jim Mann, Len Cutter, ______ Keller, ______ Stevenson?,

_______?, _______ Devoe






One of our shipmates had to be flown to

a near by hospital during the Med cruise




Salvage of a USAF Jet that crashed near Libya North Africa 1964

These are some of the Atakapa Newsgrams sent to

crew members family while on the Med Cruise

August Newsgram

September Newsgram

October Newsgram

More Atakapa News

1964 Welcome Aboard Program

French News Article on the Atakapa




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