Joined: Jan 24, 2016
Posts: 34
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Welcome to BK ! I was in the US Navy as an Electronics Technician - E5 ( 2nd class PO ) My only contact with the German Navy was when our ship pulled into Wilhamshaven for liberty after coming off a 35 day picket tour of duty
in the North Atlantic . There were about 7 old US WW1 class diesel Destroyers in the port that you guys had gotten from the US after WW2 and I was quite impressed with the condition and spit and polish of those warships and their
crews .
You are right, the destroyers were second hand from the US Navy after WWII. It must have been a long time ago that you visited Wilhelmshaven as I only remember two destroyers at the time (early 2000s). I only served 7 month in Wilhelmshaven on a Frigate before moving to Rostock to the Fast Patrol Boats.
Joined: Jun 08, 2015
Posts: 145
Location: Iowa
Welcome Silent_otto to BK...