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| USS Palm Beach AGER-3 |
| Image from Robert Kindergan, CTIC USN (Ret) |
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Attached is my photo of the USS Palm Beach (AGER 3) taken not too long after commissioning in Bremerton, Washington.. I was a CTI1 assigned as the traffic analyst. Lt. Fine was OIC, CTTCS Pete Dorn was AOIC. Other plank owner's were CTI2 Claus Roberts CTISN Swanson, CTI3 Erickson, CTM1 Dave Mayberry. I'll send more names when I find them. The Palm Beach was commissioned in Bremerton on 13 May 1967 as AKL 45 in a joint ceremony with USS Pueblo (AKL 44). Our designation was change shortly thereafter to AGER 3. (Banner was AGER 1, Pueblo was AGER 2) . We went through the Panama Canal to Norfolk (some interesting stories about that trip). I made Chief in Norfolk. Initiated at NSGA Northwest. We were in Norfolk when USS Pueblo was captured. Since we were the sister ship, we had a lot of visitors, etc. Then in Spring 1968 we deployed to Holy Loch, Scotland and then on into the Norwegian Sea. We worked the Norwegian Sea for about 3-4 months and visited Trondheim, Stavenger, and Tromso Norway. Biggest excitement was watching the Soviet Northern Fleet steam by us on the way to the North Atlantic. Then returned to Holy Loch where I got off. Palm Beach did a port call in Belfast, Ireland then returned to Norfolk. The next year Palm Beach went to the Med. Bob Kindergan, CTIC USN RET |
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