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Offline 1sum41

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USS Lexington CV 16
« on: April 26, 2019, 04:49:16 PM »
Hey everyone! so i got a job working on the USS Lexington (cv16). Heres a few pictures. Im open for questions! or if theres something yall would like to see let me know, and ill try
 to get pictures for yall!  :salute






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Re: USS Lexington CV 16
« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2019, 04:55:11 PM »
Nice! What kind of jobs are ya doing? I hope its not "scapin and painting".  :devil

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Re: USS Lexington CV 16
« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2019, 04:55:47 PM »
Way cool!  Congrats!  What’s your new job?



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Re: USS Lexington CV 16
« Reply #3 on: April 26, 2019, 04:57:30 PM »
 :rofl i do a lot of scraping and painting. But i also help paint the aircraft, and the general maintenance of the ship.

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Re: USS Lexington CV 16
« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2019, 08:14:34 PM »
Way cool
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Re: USS Lexington CV 16
« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2019, 08:29:04 PM »
Dad served on her last WestPac in `61. From his cruise book (AA Moncrief - they misspelled his last name):



I've visited it twice and am looking into trying to talk them into letting me do my master's internship (museum science) there later.

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Re: USS Lexington CV 16
« Reply #6 on: April 26, 2019, 09:19:11 PM »
Very cool!
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Re: USS Lexington CV 16
« Reply #7 on: April 26, 2019, 10:33:05 PM »
Nice!  :aok

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Re: USS Lexington CV 16
« Reply #8 on: April 27, 2019, 05:50:55 PM »
 :aok hey Arlo you look just like him! Older, but I see the resemblance. Didya see the JR on the cert stab? Cool pics.

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Re: USS Lexington CV 16
« Reply #9 on: April 27, 2019, 05:54:55 PM »
:aok hey Arlo you look just like him! Older, but I see the resemblance. Didya see the JR on the cert stab? Cool pics.

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