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defense as well as providing increased capa- bilities in anti-submarine warfare, command and control, and anti-surface warfare. As one of the Defense Department's


largest acquisition organizations, PEO Ships is responsible for executing the develop- ment and procurement of all destroyers, am- phibious ships, special mission and support ships, and special warfare craft.


USS Manchester Commissioned as Na- vy's Newest Surface Combatant By Mass Communication Specialist Jacob Allison, LCS Squadron 1 Public Aff airs


PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (NNS) -- The littoral combat ship USS Manchester (LCS 14) was commissioned as the Navy's newest surface combatant in a ceremony in Portsmouth,


DDG-51 Program Marks Start of Con- struction Milestones at BIW, HII From Team Ships Public Aff airs


WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The Navy's Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) destroyers continue to achieve shipbuilding milestones with start of construction at both shipbuild- ers, Bath Iron Works (BIW), Bath, Maine, and Huntington Ingalls Industries, Pasca- goula, Mississippi. On May 17, construction of the future


USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. (DDG 124) began at BIW. The ship's namesake, Col. Harvey "Barney" Barnum, Jr. (Ret.), was on hand to offi cially mark the start of fabrica- tion on the ship. In Pascagoula, Mississippi, construc-


tion of the future USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125) offi cially began May 7. DDG-125 will be the fi rst Arleigh Burke class destroyer built in the Flight III confi guration with improved capability and capacity to perform anti-air warfare (AAW) and ballistic missile


defense (BMD) in support of the integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) mission. These milestones, which signify the


fi rst 100 tons of steel being cut, were marked with ceremonies held in the shipyards' re- spective fabrication shops. "This is an exciting time in the DDG-51


program as we celebrate the start of con- struction on DDG-124 and DDG-125," said Capt. Casey Moton, DDG 51 class program manager, Program Executive Offi ce (PEO) Ships. "Both of these ships are named after Medal of Honor recipients and we are proud to honor their legacy with such capable war- fi ghters." These ships are Aegis baseline 9 (DDG-


124) and baseline 10 (DDG-125) IAMD de- stroyers with signifi cant capabilities against modern air warfare and BMD threats. When operational, these multi-mission surface combatants will serve as integral players in global maritime security, engaging in air, undersea, surface, strike and ballistic missile


NOTE: When the Anne Bray Memorial Fund was announced in the previous issue, Penobscot Marine Museum’s mailing address was in- correctly shown: The Postal Service requires their P.O. Box number and will not deliver to their street address which we gave. We apologize for this inconvenience, and the corrected address is now shown below:


SPONSORED SAILING AT


THE WOODENBOAT SCHOOL By


Friends of Anne Bray A Fund has been established by Giff y Full & Bill Page to be held


in Trust at The Penobscot Marine Museum in memory of their late wonderful friend Anne Bray to enable enrollment of a deserving young person, between the ages of 16 and 21, in one of WoodenBoat School’s on-the-water one week courses. This will be off ered annually for as many seasons as possible. This year’s course selection is Elements of Sailing, taught by Geoff


Kerr and Annie Nixon, which runs from July 1 to 7. Applicants will be reviewed, and one will be selected each year at least a month beforehand. Donations in support of this endeavor may be mailed to: Penobscot


Marine Museum, P.O. Box 498, Searsport, ME 04974. Attn: Anne Bray Memorial Sailing Fund. Please make checks payable to Penobscot Marine Museum, Anne Bray Fund. Interested young Applicants should contact Giff y Full, 99 Naskeag


Pt. Rd., Brooklin, ME 04616 to express their interest and tell a bit about themselves. Giff y may also be reached at (207)-266-1243.


Coast Guard, Gloucester Fire Depart- ment medevac lobsterman off coast 06/19/2018 BOSTON — The Coast Guard along with the Gloucester Fire Department medevaced a 78-year-old man from the lobster boat Sea Force One Tuesday after he suff ered an injury to his leg 17 miles south of Gloucester. Coast Guard Sector Boston wathch-


standers received the call for help from the captain of the Sea Force One via radio at around 2:20 p.m. A 29-foot rescue boat crew from Coast


Guard Station Gloucester launched to assist and arrived on scene at around 3 p.m. A 47-foot Motor Lifeboat crew from


Station Gloucester also responded with Gloucester Fire Department paramedics on board.


Once on scene, the crew passed the


lobsterman to the 29-foot rescue boat, along with the paramedics. He was then brought to Station Gloucester where he was transferred to awaiting Emergency Medical Services at around 3:30 p.m. The lobsterman was reported to be in stable condition at the time of the transfer.


Coast Guard Cutter Campbell returns to Maine after patrol, $209 million cocaine seizure


06/15/2018 BOSTON — Coast Guard Cutter Campbell returned to its homeport in Kittery, Maine, Friday after an 80-day counter-narcotic patrol in the Caribbean Sea and Eastern


May 26. The Independence-variant LCS is the


Navy's second ship to be named for the city of Manchester, New Hampshire. "The faces of the Sailors that ran to man


this ship are the faces that I've seen day after day for the last 22 months as we worked to bring this ship to life," said Cmdr. Emily Basset, Manchester's commanding offi cer and a Seattle, Washington native. "They took the city of Manchester's motto - work conquers - and they have personifi ed the spirit of our namesake city. Each Sailor is highly trained and must do the duties that three or four would do on another ship. These Sailors are reasons to make us all


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Pacifi c Ocean. Campbell's crew disrupted six narcotic


smuggling ventures, seized about 12,000 pounds of cocaine, worth $209 million, and detained 24 suspected smugglers. Equipped with an MH-65 Dolphin he- licopter crew deployed from the Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron unit based in Jacksonville, Florida, the Campbell patrolled known narcotic transit zones in the Eastern Pacifi c Ocean off the coast of Central and South America in support of Joint Interagency Task Force-South, which facilitates international and interagency interdiction to enable the disruption and dismantlement of illicit and converging threat networks in support of national and hemispheric security. Campbell's crew also rescued three sea


turtles found entangled in loose fi shing gear. “During this challenging deployment,


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Growing Up On Chebeague


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wreck, getting it ready to be a two-story gal- lery and painted afternoons. The house here, Bill’s sister had built and then she died about six months later, and we bought it about 1990. Bill also had bought a one room camp with four acres for $250 on the western end of Lake Hebron in Monson in 1943 with a friend. Then we heard that the wood lot next door to us, a lady named Carlson owned it, and her son-in-law was a banker wanted to sell it as four lots for camps. We made her an off er of $4,000 and she said, ‘I'd love for you to have it.’” They almost lost the camp back in the late 1980s when the Department of Interior wanted to buy out everyone on that end of the lake. Fortunately, they were able to convince the powers to be that not having someone out there could be an issue and they were able to retain it.


Bill grew up in Monson and his father,


Adolph, who came from Sweden as well as his mother, settled there to work in the slate quarry. He learned English from his chil- dren’s school books and worked his way up to the head of the quarry. Bill worked at the quarry too and as a young teenager would go on hikes out into the woods for several days with his friends. Unfortunately, Bill passed away a cou-


ple of years ago. Anne is still going to Che- beague every summer as soon as it is warm enough and then back to Monson in the winter. She certainly has not slowed down and keeps herself busy building beautiful doll houses.


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