Real Early US Navy photo's from my Grandfather

[river rat]

My Grandfather served in WW1 and WW2 started in early US Navy aviation with paper and wood aircraft to one of the Navy early aircraft carriers the USS Saratoga he started out enlisted and went through the ranks to become a mustang a officer before he retired. During WW2 he was my Dads div officer at one point that had to be tough because he gave my Dad no brakes and help my Dad enlist at the age of 16 some thing that could not happen today. A few photo's of Navy of old.

My Grandfather as a Chief in Hawaii in the 1920's or 1930's








The USS New Mexico battle ships use to have a few aircraft on board. From the red white and blue strips on the tails those are WW1 era float planes.

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[river rat]

Any Navy vet's or Marines vets shell back's I became one on the USS Proteus AS-19 on December 23,1981 a few days before Christmas a lot of those far away from home but they got it worse in the old days. This is a initiation when you go across the equator your a wog before a shell back after. A photo's when my Grandfather went across it look at what looks like a cricket bat guess what that was used for ouch. They used what was called a shillelagh on us a cut piece of fire hose with duck tape at one end for a handle to whack us that bat looks brutal. This initiation is probably watered down today due to women on ships and no more hazing and I guess this was a form of hazing but it was something you never forgot and made you forget about the boredom at long periods at sea sad to see it gone or watered down.



The summons notice what ship it is from she was at Pearl Harbor during the attack.

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

Great post.Like those early aviation photos!
Thanks!

[river rat]

A few more

[river rat]

Here is what I call the earliest cruse book I ever saw it's another ship my Grandfather went over the equator with the USS New Mexico

[Merle]

Very nice - thank you!