CV-6 relics incorporated into CVN-65
January 2nd, 2009 From
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>Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 11:01:17 -0400 (EDT)
>From: MAJ William J Philbin
>To: Brooks A Rowlett
>cc: “Wear, Robert K”
>Subject: Re: CV-6 relics incorporated into CVN-65
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>Sender: mahan-owner@microworks.net
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>Its true about the bell. It stand in Tecumseh court, and is rung after
>the defeat of Army in the Army/Navy football game…….this would explain
>the LONG silence. 🙂
>
>Maj Bill Philbin, USMC
>USNA History Department
>*Holy Cross – 1980 – a ROTC puke in middie land! :)*
>
>On Mon, 21 Jul 1997, Brooks A Rowlett wrote:
>
> > According to Steve Ewing’s USS ENTERPRISE CV-6 THE MOST DECORATED
> > SHIP OF WORLD AWAR TWO from Pictorial Histories Publishing,
> > One anchor is on display at the Navy Yard in Washington DC, the
> > fantail portion wiht the ships name, 16 feet long, is in a park in
> > River Vale township NJ, ENTERISE’s bell is at the Naval Academy
> > and is supposedly rung only after midshipmen victories over West
> > point. Other extant items listed as of the date of this book
> > copyright ’82, are teh builder’s plaque, a wing from Japanese
> > plane shot down by the ship, some deck planking, two flags flown
> > uring separate battles, anchor chain, a wardroom table, a rudder
> > angle indicator, war plaques, trophies, two steering stands,
> > funnel whistle and siren, some clocks, some paintigs and her logs
> > several additional items including portholes, valve wheels and
> > clocks are aboard the current nuclear ENTERPRISE.
> >
> > This 1986 “exhibit edition” reprint of teh book has an additional
> > chapter discussing the creation of an ENTERPRISE exhibit at the Naval
> > Aviaiton Museum in Pensacola FL (which I am sure is on the
> > web but I am too tired to look up right now). Apparently many of
> > the lose artifacts described above are now there.
> >
> > -Brooks A Rowlett
> >
> >