Morton in a place of honor among others in the Forrest Sherman display case
on the USS Edson DD 946 in Intrepid Museum at New York City. During the summer of 2002 a Morton Ball cap, coffee mug and ships patch were donated to the Edson ships displays. |
Ready
Load Fire |
Edson has a salute gun for welcoming ceremony's. Fleet Week it was used to welcome
the group of ships to visit New York. |
Here a few field day volunteers do some practice fireing. |
Joe, Steve and Dennis relax by Mt52 after a days work on the ship and waiting for
what smells so good being cooked on the grill. |
MMMMMM GOOOOD was all I could say. |
Grilling BBQ chicken and Coney Island Dogs and hamburgers and lots of other good
food. New York Harbor never smelled this good. |
Rick and John enjoying the food as well as the commaraderie of other old sailors. Gee Rick haven't you had enough yet??? |
Rick Palmer, wife Anita and Son Tom who also participates in the field days. One of the men remarked at the skyscrapers and the expensive realty and restaraunts in New York along the Hudson and here we are having "Dinner on the Hudson" and it ain't costing an arm and two legs. |
Relaxing on a cool October evening on the "Edson Veranda" also known as "Steel Beach"
over looking the Hudson River. " I promised her that one day I would treat her to a dinner on the Hudson" |
Stan, Nick and George relaxing on the mess decks |
Some members of the Tin Can Sailors prior to the TCS October sea cruise to Bermuda.
They didn't sail on an old tin can this time. |
In October of 2002 Tin Can Sailors sponsored a cruise for TCS members and thier wives
and family. The cruise ship was berthed on a pier next to the Intrepid Museum
where Edson is berthed. Bill Humienney took these shots from the cruise ship
as it was departing for warmer waters and the small Island of Bermuda some 500
miles to the South East. You can see the Edson, Intrepid with all it's aircraft and the Submarine Growler
which was converted in the fifties for missile test firing from submarines. This
is a fantastic museum. The Intrepid has virtually every type of aircraft that
flew from her decks from WWII to the Vietnam war and a few others too. Tin Can
Sailor members get in free. The cruise wasn't free but wasn't very expensive and
was enjoyed by all who attended. |
Bill, Pete and others I have met on the Edson field days are native New Yorkers,
altho many volunteers come from as far away as California to attend events. Bill took these on the way out of the harbor. He and Pete are proud native New Yorkers. |
I had never been to New York before last May when I went for the field day. I was
a bit apprehensive as I had heard much about it and it's unfriendly inhabitans
over the years. Most of my knowledge of NYC came from Hollywood and the news media
and what I found was totally opposite to what I had imagined. Hospitality
and friendly smiles were evrywhere. Even when I asked for directions from someone
I got a friendly smile and they took the time to help me out. Drivers let me
change lanes to get over and when several of us walked a few blocks to a local
Irish Pub that had a really nice waitress and good food, even the cab drivers
didn't try to run me over as I crossed the streets. I found New york to be quite
a friendly place with lots of friendly folk. But then who believes Hollyweed
and the News Media anyway. I couldn't live there but it is a nice place to
visit. Nice friendly folk, really. |
In October 2002 Edson had a BBQ on what they call Steel Beach, O1 lever aft by Mt
52. Good food, conversation, free beer and "who bought the home made bourban???" Some pictures below. |
Above, Zenith tied up at Hamilton, Bermuda Left is view of Hamilton from ship. |
Two views of St. George and bow view of Zenith at the Pier in St. George. |
If interested in participating in Edson Field Day conact Bill Humienny To Join Tin Can Sailors visit thier website |