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by Boats417
Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:22 am
Forum: Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club
Topic: Remember Mary Soo
Replies: 4
Views: 28942

Re: Remember Mary Soo

I sure remember Mary Soo. She painted our ship, the USS MT. KATMAI AE-16, many times. Our First Lieutenant welcomed her aboard like he was receiving an admiral. He’d broker a deal with her and the payment would include cash, coffee, empty brass (smashed flat first) and the uneaten food from the mess...
by Boats417
Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:09 am
Forum: Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club
Topic: Remember this Incident?
Replies: 2
Views: 26882

Re: Remember this Incident?

Hi Rogerdonnay, I was looking around on JEK’s website because my Uncle was aboard her back in the Korean War during her Train Busting days, and because I was in the Navy from ’66 – ’70. Your story was interesting to me because I was on an ammunition ship, the USS Mt. Katmai (AE-16). Back then I alwa...