I was on the Rosey between 1972-1974. Belong to the M Division down in the number one engine room. Then I was later transferred over to the number three engine room. Worked with some pretty good guys. I hope some of them are still around.
dnns_zimmerman@yahoo.c

Mike Dalton here, 1972 & part of 75 cruise, worked S-1 & S-3 TAD from VF84, have a new E/mail address DaltonVF84@yahoo.com

Came aboard End of Dec 70, Port Cat console operator Med Cruise 71 We launched over 10,000 aircraft during those 6 months.
Discharged from Active duty Feb of 72.
frederick.heim@gmail.com

AO2 PD Thomas VA-15 here. Just reminiscing about my time on the FDR 1969 & 1970. Lot’s of interesting stuff posted here, especially the recap of A3 cold cat mishap in 1970 which I have vivid memories of. I was on the flight deck and watched it unfold. Then later I bumped into some snipes in the mess hall who told me they could hear it bumping along the bottom of the hull as we ran over it. There were lot’s of others during my time on board. F4 hit the fantail on approach, broke apart in a ball of flames. Pilot ejected, believe he survived. A6 pancaked into the water beside the angle deck, pilot and RIO ejected but one of them got his chute tangled in the debris and I believe was dragged under and lost. An enlisted crewmember working under red lights walked through a prop and survived, but lost both his legs. One of them, with a boondocker on flew back to the fantail area where we were working and scared the hell out of us. Another newbee brown shirt AN got too close to an A7 intake and got sucked in, didn’t survive. One of my fellow AO’s jumped down from a cockpit and got his ring caught on the canopy frame and it pulled his finger off. Same thing happened to another guy while back at Cecil Field. Then there was the guy who missed the last liberty boat, stole a nearby row boat and drowned trying to row back to the ship. Finally, there was LT JG Wiley who got disoriented on a dark night sortie and flew straight into the water. That was assumed as nothing was ever found. I feel lucky that nothing bad happened to me, but we didn’t think of those things at the time .. we just did our jobs.
pd.thomas@comcast.net

class of 1973-qwantico brig rats–march-may,,,ooouuu-Raw. tats for 2-packs of smokes, jibs to toke on every visitors-day, wouldn’t ask where the wives stashed them?? blowin smoke at the guard at the gate, the old brig now arsenal. whats it like to be a marine for 3-months?? lots of excercises. bunk searches for mister jibs, always put on door ledges then retreived. litterally right under their noses when they left the cell-block. don’t look up?? marine fatigue’s and starched cap. do your time and git back in line, parties over. not reccomended as a home away from home.
kempophil@atmc.net

to mike dalton–in 1972 were you in supply or knew a bill dehart ( cobler). from portsmouth VA. he fix’ed shoe’ and scuba-club also.
holden-beach N.C. from frederick maryland, norfolk at ocean-veiw, virginia-beach, memphis TN. bradenton florida/sarasota/or;lando/mayport. gettysburg. this is the best.
kempophil@atmc.net

I was an HM1 with VF-84 aboard the FDR 71-73.
jillandgordon@sbcglobal.net

A sincere salute to my whirly-birding Navy rescue swimmer Gary Schreffler for assembling those photo moments and memories from my time on the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt. Thanks, Buddy! Much appreciated!
jmpegasus01@gmail.com

I was on the Rosie from 1975 to the end of May 1977 , was on Rosie’s last cruise. I was in A division, engine room…in the Navy I served in many places. But my time on the Roosevelt was the best. I stayed with the Navy for 22 years.. retiring in 2001 as a CPO…ENC Arnaldo Correia , USNR Ret.
savannahtelfair@icloud.com

My father (died 2013), Daniel George Pfaff, was on 1968-1969. I live in Florida, my mom is still alive and here. I would love to connect with anyone that knew him? He was from the Toledo, Ohio, area. His best friend was also in the navy, Bob Fennell, who also has passed away (the same year as my dad). They both died of cancer, wondering if it was Navy related way back. My name is Amy (Pfaff) Rose and you can reach me at at my email amyrosejax@gmail.com or Facebook as Amy Pfaff Rose. Would love for you to contact me if you knew him. He was quiet the humorous guy, I’m told. Would love to hear stories, info. I can fill you in on how his life turned out.

Was on board 63 to 65. Made two Med cruises. On one we lost a propeller blade and limped back to the states to go into dry dock for repair. I was boat coxswain on P boat 1, (officers boat) 4th division. As the ship was pulling into Mayport I believe it was in 65 I was pushing the liberty boats onto the elevator using one of the yellow gear tractors. as we pulled up to the pier a cable snapped on the elevator and it fell and hit the pier and I was trapped on the elevator. The stacked boats were coming toward me as the elevator hit the pier and started leaning backwards toward the ship sinking into the water, everyone else jumped onto the pier. As the elevator was sinking I reached up and pair of hands grabbed me and pulled me up into the hangar bay. One of the tongues on the boat dolly’s hit my knee and they took me down to sick bay but it turned out ok. A pretty scary moment
paul304@bellsouth.net

Three Med Cruises 1971-1974 with that 10 months extended. E division was the best of all worlds on a ship over three football fields long. Always someone new to greet and talk too. Small floating city. Visiting the many ports and seeing life of different countries and customs. There are always memories of the people and places you see and how lucky we are to live in the U S of A. hope all is well with the many people I served with and under.
sffreehan@yahoo.com