USS ATAKAPA ATF 149
MED CRUISE 64





Mickey Schaffner
from Staten Island, NY
sent in some of his memorabilia
They towed the USS Oak Ridge from Norfolk
to Rota Spain then stayed in the Med for R&R
and some secret squirrel stuff

Here are some of the crew
If you can remember any of the missing names
please let me know



Top L-R: Earl Crawford (Bullwinkle), ________?(Pickles), Sam Leon
Bottom: Jim Mann, Len Cutter, ______ Keller, ______ Stevenson?,
_______?, _______ Devoe





One of our shipmates had to be flown to
a near by hospital during the Med cruise



Salvage of a USAF Jet that crashed near Libya North Africa 1964


These are some of the Atakapa Newsgrams sent to
crew members family while on the Med Cruise

August Newsgram

September Newsgram

October Newsgram



More Atakapa News

1964 Welcome Aboard Program

French News Article on the Atakapa



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