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Anyone Remember Donald Yena, served on the Bailey in 59 when it was struck by the Haiti Victory during their med cruise. Don is 93 and has original photographs of the Bailey after it was struck if anyone is interested I’m sure he would be willing to share them.

I was one of the de-commissioning crew. Sailing in the gulf during Hurricane Camille and finally up the Sabine River where we prepared the ship for de-commissioning. The ceremony was a proud and memorable. Crew was presented with a certificate as a Sailor of the Sargasso Sea. Med deployment was great also.

My dad David “AJ” Hoyt served as an ET from 65-68. Does anyone know where his bunk would have been during that timeframe? Thank you.

My father Richard Hersey Sr. Was about this ship in 1969 in above greenland and Iceland and they had a collision at sea. There is absolutely no record of this. Can anyone help?

Joe is my Grandfather, served 1948-1952 on DD713. Served with Boiler tender James Grubb and IC Milton Irwin. Trying to figure out when and where the USS Bailey was damaged due to a collision with a dock. And also an incident with the Coral Sea. fantail Potential collision woth the fan tail, threw the switch for after steering, all the alarms were going off. They took the ladder to the O1 deck/the bridge and the Coral Sea was in full view. No collision occurred. Trying to confirm this info