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Bob Kelly in front of the monster 3" forward gun April 1964. The Viet Cong probably laughed whenever we fired it, heh heh. (Photo courtesy of Bob Kelly EN3)

An artistic shot taken in July 1964. (Photo courtesy of Bob Kelly EN3)

A nice view of Diamond Head as Falgout was coming into our homeport of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. (Photo courtesy of Bob Kelly EN3)

Getting close to Pearl. (Photo courtesy of Bob Kelly EN3)

Steaming in a fog July 1964. (Photo courtesy of Bob Kelly EN3)

Ahhh! The Falgout is back home again. (Photo courtesy of Bob Kelly EN3)

Another view in the fog July 1964. (Photo courtesy of Bob Kelly EN3)

Time to get to sickbay for some Dramamine pills, heh heh. (Photo courtesy of Bob Kelly EN3)

Getting ready to launch a weather balloon in August 1964, (Photo courtesy of Bob Kelly EN3)

Up up and away! (Photo courtesy of Bob Kelly EN3)

Checking out the balloon. (Photo courtesy of Bob Kelly EN3)

Desmedt of M Division relaxing 1964. (Photo courtesy of Bob Kelly EN3)

Repairing some damage after a HUGE wave hit the Falgout in April of 1964. L to R: "Swede" Larson, Bob Kelly. (Photo courtesy of Bob Kelly EN3)

A view of the M Division area 1964. (Photo courtesy of Bob Kelly EN3)

Samuelson of R Division doing some squaring away in 1964. (Photo courtesy of Bob Kelly EN3)

Another sunset view in Kaohsiung 1966. (Photo courtesy of Bob Kelly EN3)

Sunset in Kaohsiung, Taiwan 1966. (Photo courtesy of Bob Kelly EN3)

Front L to R: T. Larson, Jose "Chima" Sanchez. Back L to R: J. Mitchell, Bob Kelly. In Kaohsiung 1966. (Photo courtesy of Bob Kelly EN3)

Advertising some good, clean and "wholesome" entertainment for us sailors, heh heh. (Photo courtesy of Bob Kelly EN3)

The diesels in the B3 engine room. If I had a nickel for every hour I spent down in B2, either on switchboard watch or repairing something, I'd be a rich man, heh heh. (Photo courtesy of Bob Kelly EN3)

A couple of snipes at the throttles in engine room December of 1964. D. Desmedt has the headset and N. Sump is controlling the throttles. (Photo courtesy of Bob Kelly EN3)

A sub passing by us in Pearl 1968.

Some of Bob Kelly's mementos from his time at Yokosuka in 1965. (Photo courtesy of Bob Kelly EN3)

Every true sailor like Bob Kelly has to have an engraved Zippo lighter or 2 in his collection along with his ribbons. I still have my Falgout lighter and my ribbons. ( Photo courtesy of Bob Kelly EN3)

Some Hong Kong bar cards from 1966 designed to lead us innocent sailors astray and make us spend our pay on wine, women and song, heh heh. (Photo courtesy of Bob Kelly EN3)

Some partying Falgout boys feeling no pain in Hong Kong 1966. L to R: Bob Kelly, Yonke, Hong Kong cutie, Samuelson, unknown, Al P. Brown. (Photo courtesy of Bob Kelly EN3)

The next 8 images are pages of a letter that our captain, LCDR Robert E. Klee, sent to our families during the Falgout's 1966-1967 WestPac cruise. In it, he chronicled the main events of that cruise. My sincere thanks to Bob Kelly EN3 for scanning the pages and sending them to me so that I could post them for our fellow Falgout sailors to read.

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Some thirsty Falgout boys at the EM Club in Yokosuka, Japan in late 1952. The ship was in service in the Coast Guard as the CGC WDE-424 during this time. Jim Hopper is 5th from the left. (Photo courtesy of Jim Hopper SK2)

Bob Kelly trying to keep this tree from falling, heh heh. Taken in Bangkok, Thailand in April of 1967. (Photo courtesy of Bob Kelly EN3)

Some Falgout boys acting like tourists in Bangkok April 1967. (Photo courtesy of Bob Kelly EN3)

Local Thai beer labels and a tailor's card. Every tailor shop gave you all the free beer you wanted as long as you bought a suit or something, heh heh. (Photo courtesy of Bob Kelly EN3)

A group of saffron-robed Buddhist monks in Bangkok April 1967. (Photo courtesy of Bob Kelly EN3)

Touring the grounds of a local palace in Bangkok April 1967. (Photo courtesy of Bob Kelly EN3)

Low tide at the Summer House on the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok April 1967. (Photo courtesy of Bob Kelly EN3)

The "tourists" having a few cold brewskis in Bangkok April 1967. Bob Kelly is that cool looking dude 2nd from the left. (Photo courtesy of Bob Kelly EN3)

Getting a good workout by climbing the steps at a local temple in Bangkok April 1967. (Photo courtesy of Bob Kelly EN3)

One of the countless khlongs (canals) in Bangkok April 1967. (Photo courtesy of Bob Kelly EN3)

One of the many floating fast food joints in Bangkok, heh heh. Taken in April 1967. (Photo courtesy of Bob Kelly EN3)

Bob Kelly checking out the new captain's gig for the Falgout, heh heh. Taken in April 1967. (Photo courtesy of Bob Kelly EN3)

A couple of Falgout farmers checking out a local rice paddy, heh heh. Bangkok April 1967. (Photo courtesy of Bob Kelly EN3)

Another one of the numerous floating stores in Bangkok April 1967. (Photo courtesy of Bob Kelly EN3)

A local Bangkok tour ticket and a 10 baht (about 50 cents) note. (Photo courtesy of Bob Kelly EN3)

Bob Millican RD3, with the pistol, when he was a "River Rat" sailor in Nam after he left the Falgout in 1967. His pal is Phillip Gomez. (Photo courtesy of Bob Millican RD3)

The following great Falgout photos are courtesy of Howard "Moose" McGregor. They were sent to me by his son Steve. Moose was a Coast Guard sailor who was aboard the Falgout when she was on loan to the CG in the early 1950s. Moose proudly served aboard our gal from June of 1951 to July of 1953. He was a 2nd Class Boatswain's Mate. My sincere and grateful thanks go to the McGregor men for their kindness in providing these fine photos for all of our fellow Falgout sailors to enjoy.