CV / CVA / CVS-14 CG-47 APRIL 2021 The USS TICONDEROGA Veterans’ Association NEWS VOLUME 48 NO 2 DUE TO THE VIRUS AGAIN NORFOLK 50th REUNION HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO 2022 PLEASE MARK YOU CALENDAR FOR MAY 15&16, 2021 FOR THE FOLLOWING AUDIO CONFERENCES 1. OFFICERS & DIRECTORS 5/15 2. GENERAL ASSOCIATION MEMBERS 5/16 IN ORDER TO RECEIVE NEWSLETTERS, YOU MUST BE CURRENT ON YOUR MEMBERSHIP. (DUES MUST BE PAID) PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE GREETINGS TO ALL SHIPMATES, FAMILY AND FRIENDS, Again we continue to find Our Nation, Our Navy and World fighting this pandemic! Sorry to say but many of us have lost someone in our family or a friend from this virus! I myself have lost two friends from it! and had family members come down with it! Many of us have received or are scheduled to get one of two vaccines being administered against the Covid-19 virus! At the writing of this newsletter Johnson & Johnson are seeking emergency use for their vaccine! Hopefully, by early summer all those wishing to get vaccinated will be able to do so! One of the unfortunate results of the pandemic is again the cancellation of our 2021 Norfolk Reunion! I didn't take this step in canceling the reunion lightly! I also wanted to see everyone in Norfolk! This area has changed since many had served here or attended a reunion previously! I would have been devastated if just one of our Tico Family became sick or God forbid died from the virus! I would never expect anyone's forgiveness! I know once a group of shipmates get together social distancing goes out the window! We were also notified that the tour company we were to use this reunion went out of business! They literally haven't had any business since the pandemic started. The Great News is Sean McConnell, Incoming President, has requested that next year's reunion be held in Norfolk instead of Louisville! It will be held May 12-16,2022 at The Doubletree By Hilton Norfolk Airport! In early June the hotel booking link will be on our Website & Facebook page. We have been able to secure another tour company , Colonial Connections, Inc. They have agreed to give us the same tours that our previous tour company offered! A new reunion sign up sheet will be available in the August newsletter! I have had many calls from our shipmates, members and non-members, interested in coming to the Norfolk Reunion. One member today said he had never attended a reunion but was coming to Norfolk next year. Our Membership Chairman, Edgar Trotter, Jr. has decided to step down from his post. We appreciate the years of outstanding service he has given to our association. If anyone wishes to volunteer for this post please let myself or any other officer know & see page 5. Thank you! Again , we will be holding a virtual Board of Directors meeting on Saturday, May 15 from 12PM to 2PM EST. The General Membership Meeting again will be virtual and held on Sunday,May 16 from 12PM to 2PM EST. We will be using Google Meet at meet.google.com/yyj-ujrv-crt We are also seeking nomination for Second Vice President. Please Inform any Officer of the name of your nominee! I just realize that in the history of Our Association I'm the only President that was sworn in Virtually and again will turn over his position to Sean McConnell on May 16th again in the same way! I know the association will be in good hands! Larry Qualter USS Ticonderoga Veteran’s Association President PAGE 2 OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS 2020 - 2021 President: Director: Director: Chaplain: Larry Qualter Jerry H. Cole P. P. Parker W. Patterson P. P. Pastor Brett Inman 69 Hemlock Circle 945 N. Delacroix Dr 10914 WHISPERING OAK CIR 8838 E Cooper St Peekskill, NY 10566-4963 Green Valley, AZ 85614-5266 RIVERVIEW FL 33569-5949 Tucson, AZ 85710-4416 (914) 734-7677 (708) 227-0073 (813) 405-8308 (520) 909-3998 [email protected] (520) 648-7196 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] William Spanbauer P. P. 1899 COUNTY ROAD FF Jerry H. Cole P. P. Sean McConnell John F. Deasy P. P. OSHKOSH, WI 54904-6818 945 N. Delacroix Dr 554 MOUNTAIN RD 560 Maple Ave. (920) 410-7500 Green Valley, AZ 85614-5266 Boiling Springs, PA 17007-9515 Doylestown, PA 18901-4451 [email protected] (708) 227-0073 (717) 713-3895 (215) 348-9981 (520) 648-7196 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Edgar S. Trotter, Jr. 1150 Baywood Ave. John B. Dupont P. P. Camarillo, CA 93010-3005 Robert Hildebrand Sardo Sanchez 4590 Linwood Circle (805) 484-2930 2016 Reseda Way P.O. BOX 36411 Deep Haven, MN 55331-9297 [email protected] Antioch, CA 94509-5834 Albuquerque, NM 87176-6411 (952) 474-4731 (925) 757-1836 (505) 999-8129 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Fred Vance [email protected] 5808 SW 27TH STREET Lloyd Frank P. P. Topeka, KS 66614 Edgar S. Trotter, Jr. 2129 Bliss Comer St (785) 271-5900 1150 Baywood Ave. Jim Lutz Henderson, NV 89044-0174 [email protected] Camarillo, CA 93010-3005 1311 11th AVE (702) 361-6660 (805) 484-2930 Kearney, NE 68845-6543 [email protected] [email protected] (308) 293-3636 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] David Graf P. P. Edgar S. Trotter, Jr. 100 South Tremain St. Bldg 5 1150 Baywood Ave. Carrier Store Operator Mount Dora, FL 32757-6015 Camarillo, CA 93010-3005 STORE CLOSED 4/15/20 Dennis SaBell NEEDS BACKUP (407) 388-4608 (805) 484-29305 NEED VOLUNTEER PO BOX 3178 DUE TO HEALTH [email protected] Universal City, TX 78148 (303) 881-4787 [email protected] John Lunsford P.P. 2504 McNutt Bakersfield, CA 93306-4469 VACANT Richard Radigonda Robert Sullivan (661) 872-8850 NEED VOLUNTEER 357 Jade Circle 96 Esmeralda Rd [email protected] Vallejo CA. 94590 St Augustine, FL 32095-8506 (707) 563-5556 (757) 754-0547 [email protected] [email protected] WWW.BIGT.NET AT: WEBSITE OUR HECK OUT [email protected] Alfred F. McDonnell P.P. [email protected] C [email protected] 1749 9th Ave San Francisco, CA 94122 415-661-6753 VACANT Gordon S. Humphrey, Jr. [email protected] NEED VOLUNTEER 2771 Cherrydale Falls Drive Henderson, NV 89052-7005 Steven Codding P. P. (425) 785-8094 9260 Hilltop Lane Joseph McDonnell P. P. [email protected] Bloomington, IL 61705 4141 Inola Trl. Ne VACANT NEEDS BACKUP (309) 827-4017 Roswell, GA 30075-1658 NEED VOLUNTEER NEEDS REPLACEMENT [email protected] (770) 335-1715 [email protected] FOR DETAILS ON NEEDED VOLUNTEERS SEE PAGE 5 CRUISER MEMBERS! As you probably know the Membership Chairman is working on CG recruiting this year. To do this I have been having all the CG cruise book names typed into a data base. The problem is there are years no cruise book was done so I do not have names for that period of time. The gaps are: Sept 1990-July 1997. That is a lot of missing names. If any of you served on the ship during that time period and have names of your Division Mates and other shipmates in any form (typed lists that could be copied and mailed to me, scanned and sent to me or typed and sent would be greatly appreciated. As I retire from being Membership Chairman during the business meeting in May I would like to get as much of this project done as possible to give to whoever volunteers to be the next Membership Chairman. Thanks for you help in this. Any questions or ideas on how to do this please email me at: [email protected]. - Ed Trotter PAGE 3 USS TICONDEROGA VETERANS’ “ALL HANDS ON DECK” PROJECTS 1. LETTER WRITING PROJECT FOR NEW USS TICONDEROGA SHIP SEE PAGE 6, 8 & 9 OF AUGUST 2020 NEWSLETTER. 2. MISSISSIPPI MARITIME MUSEUM SEE PAGES 6 & 7 OF AUGUST 2020 NEWSLETTER. Per Perry Thompson: Here is update to what is happening at the MMM On behalf of the Mississippi Maritime Museum (MMM) Board of Directors I am extremely excited to announce two major accomplishments that have occurred since the professional experience includes significant tenure with June Newsletter. The Board of Directors has voted to move forward with Phase 3 of relocating the museum to a more desirable and visible location. In August we signed a contract with the Gautier family to purchase the old Ice House off Highway 90. This not only gives us a better location to build a state of the art Maritime museum , but also saves one of Pascagoula’s oldest landmarks. In addition we plan to establish a small visitor center for the City of Pascagoula in the museum lobby. Thanks go to Robert Hardy who has led the charge with developing plans relocate the museum. In addition, I am proud to announce that we have hired a museum Director, Ms. Lorren West. Her first Director’s Report will tell you more. Thanks go to the Search Committee, chaired by Terry Bollman, for their diligence in finding our new Museum Director. 3. PLEASE SEE PAGE 22 OF AUGUST 2020 FOR LIST OF POSITIONS WE NEED TO FILL OR HAVE A BACKUP! WE WOULD LIKE EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE PROJECTS! PAGE 4 ATTENTION SHIPMATES & FAMILIES WE NEED SOME GREAT CRUISER GUYS! THE ASSOCIATION SECRETARY, DENNIS SABELL, WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A BACKUP FOR FUTURE HEALTH REASONS.