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| U.S.S. Allen M. Sumner DD-692 | |||||
| Hank Lunki's Photo Collection | |||||
The Drone Anti-Submarine Helicopter QH50-C
(a/k/a DASH)
(All captioned personnel names
are given left to right)
| The DASH Gang at work and play | |||||
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| ATR3 Dolphus C. Burton and AN David R. Whaley in Spring 1970 | ADJ2 Luis A. Acostasepulveda, ADR2 Melvin L. Myers, Hank, ATR3 Dolphus C. Burton and ADJ3 Willard G. VanSant in Winter 1969 | ADJ2 Luis A. Acostasepulveda and ETN2 Robert J. Schuman in Summer 1969 | ADJ2 Luis A.
Acostasepulveda, ENS Glenn F. Gottschalk, ADR2 Melvin L. Myers, ATR3 Dolphus C. Burton and ADJ3 Willard G. VanSant in
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ATR3 Dolphus C. Burton in Spring 1970 | ATR3 Dolphus C. Burton in Fall 1970 |
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| ATR3 Dolphus C. Burton in Spring 1970 | TM3 Earl L. Taylor in Summer 1969 | LTJG Peter M. Golden in Summer 1969 |
ENS Glenn F. Gottschalk in Summer 1969 | Hank at the controls in Summer 1969 | |
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| Hank enjoying
his home from 1968 - 1970 |
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| ADJ2 Luis A. Acostasepulveda in Summer 1969 | AN Marion
Reynolds, Jr. in Fall 1970 |
TM3 Percy J. Wilkins In June 1969 | ADJ3 Willard G. VanSant
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| ENS Glenn F. Gottschalk, ADJ3 Willard G. VanSant and ADJ2 Luis A. Acostasepulveda | Avionics Test Set, ADJ3 Willard G. VanSant and ATR3 Dolphus C. Burton | DASH Control
Pedestal, ATR3 Dolphus C. Burton and ADJ2
Luis A. Acostasepulveda in Summer 1969 |
DASH Flight
Completion, ADJ2
Luis A. Acostasepulveda and AN Ronald Jovanovich in Summer 1969 |
DASH Liftoff in Summer 1969 | |
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| DASH PMS, ADJ3 Willard G.
VanSant, ADR2 Melvin L. Myers and ADJ2
Luis A. Acostasepulveda in Winter 1969 |
DASH PMS in Winter 1969 | DASH Preflight, ADJ3 Willard G. VanSant, ADJ2 Luis A. Acostasepulveda and ATR3 Dolphus C. Burton in Summer 1969 | Preflight | Ready to launch in Summer 1969 | |
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| DASH Torpedo Recovery by STG2 Kenneth G. Merryman | Torpedo Recovery, TM3 Earl L. Taylor and TM3 Percy J. Wilkins | DASH Control
Pedestal, ATR3 Dolphus C. Burton and ADJ2
Luis A. Acostasepulveda in Summer 1969 |
Hank in Charge | ||
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| Flight OPS in Summer 1969 | Loading Torpedo, LTJG Peter M. Golden, TM3 Percy J. Wilkins and AN Ronald Jovanovich | Loading
Torpedo, ADJ3 Willard G. VanSant, ADJ2
Luis A. Acostasepulveda and TM3
Percy J. Wilkins |
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| In the Spring of 1969, one of the DASH units crashed and had to be recovered | |||
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| ENS Glenn F. Gottschalk and ATR3 Dolphus C. Burton inspect the damage. | ADR2 Melvin L. Myers, ADJ3 Willard G. VanSant and ET1 Henry M. Lunki do their
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| The DASH Installation was decommissioned and removed in the Summer of 1971 | |
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Operations with the Fleet
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The Cruel Sea - Summer 1969 |
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Standing in the Pay Line can be hazardous to your health ! |
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| Sunset
in the Med Fall 1970 |
Ocean scene | Russian ship in the Med Fall 1969 | ||
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| Russian ship in the Med Fall 1969 | Sumner
leading the way Summer 1969 |
Sunset Fall 1969 | VertRep at dusk Fall 1969 |
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Personnel Transfer at Sea |
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| High Line
transfer via a Boatswain's Chair |
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Transfer by helicopter |
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Refueling at Sea - Winter
1969 |
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| Malta Fall 1969 | Monaco Winter 1970 | Naples with
Mt. Vesuvius Fall 1970 |
Palma Winter 1970 | |
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| Probably Sousse, Tunisia | Unknown port, USS Pawcatuck (AO-108) | Unknown
port, USS Yosemite (AD-19), USS Brumby (DE-1044), AMS and USS Barney
(DDG-6) |
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port, USS William H. Standley (DLG-32) and USS Pawcatuck (AO-108) |
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| Unknown port, the Cans are the USS Brownson (DD-868) and USS William R. Rush (DD-714) | Rota, Spain Summer 1969 | Venice Summer 1969 | Christmas at an unknown port | |
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| USS
Forrestal (CVA-59) |
Russian
version of an UNREP |
USS
Annapolis (AGMR-1) |
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| Probably
from September 29, 1970 Presidential Fleet Review for President Nixon
off Naples, Italy |
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| Fletcher
Class "Can" possibly on foreign service Winter 1969 |
USS Columbus (CG-12) Fall 1970 | USS J. F. Kennedy (CVA-67) Summer/Winter 1969 | |||||
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| USS Claude
V. Ricketts (DDG-5) |
USS Seattle
(AOE-3) Fall 1970 |
USS Yosemite
(AD-19) Summer 1969 |
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Odds & Ends |
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| A Boatswain's Mates work is never done, Summer 1969 | Aerial refueling Spring 1970 | Good view of the VDS (Variable Depth Sonar) | Another use for the DASH Hangar - Captain
Meacham's cars! |
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| Color Guard Fall 1969 | Maintenance never ends | The ECM antennas Summer 1969 |
Whoops! An oil spill Fall 1970 | An UNREP, loading food |
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| Porpoises leading us | Swim Call Summer 1969 | STG3 Kenneth G. Merryman
as "Petty Officer of the Watch" Fall 1969 |
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| Demonstrations during Queen Elizabeth's NATO Review, May 1969 | Russian reconnaissance aircraft in the
Black Sea Winter 1970 |
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| An Admiral stops by for a visit from the USS Columbus (CG-12) | ||
Special Events
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The visit of Her Serene
Highness, The Princess of Monaco (a/k/a Grace Kelly) - December 27, 1970 |
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| Mayport and Home again ! |
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Many thanks to Hank for scanning and forwarding these pieces of our history
