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Since the site went on-line November 21, 1999 it has been updated regularly. Additions and changes will be logged here to help you get to the new information quickly

May 11, 2008

- Added a photo of Jim Dell and his son


Sept 8, 2007

- Added a recent photograph of LTjg. Marvin Maciejewski, USS Thomas J Gary

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Sept. 7, 2007

- Added a current photograph of Ron Haggard, ETR-3, USS Calcaterra


May 27, 2007

- Added Round the World and Equator Crossing Certificates - Dave Baldwin


May 9, 2007

- Added a scan of a Zippo submitted by Pete Callahan, Adelaide, Australia

March 23, 2007

- Added a page for William C. Earl, Commanding Officer USS Calcaterra

March 20, 2007

- Added a composite photo of USS Calcaterra created by Skip Amoroson's son.



March 16, 2007

- Added an image of Joe Thorne's Deep Freeze Zippo from 1965


March 13, 2007

- Added 14 new pictures to Page 3 of Joe Thorne's section

Feb. 12, 2007

- Added pages for Dennis Murray, USCGC Burton Island, and Deep Freeze 70 Cruise Book from the BI

Jan. 18, 2007

- Added link to Mike Eldred's Operation Deep Freeze web site / blog

Dec. 28, 2006

- Added a page for Lee Fritts, USS Calcaterra, 1965-1966

Nov. 18, 2006

- Added an image of those little green memo books we all carried

Oct. 19, 2006

- Added 2 photos from Dave Baldwin, a. Rome Italy, b. Calcaterra' hedgehog mount.


Oct. 1, 2006

-Added a page for Dave Baldwin, USS Calcaterra, 1965-66 Deep Freeze

Sept 30, 2006

- Added a page for USS Calcaterra, and other,  patches that are FOR SALE

Sept 29, 2006

- Added a page for Dave White, USS Calcaterra, 1965-66

Sept. 24, 2006

- Added photos provided by Kevin Burke, USS Calcaterra, 1967-68

August 24, 2006

- Added a link to a picture of Herbert A. Calcaterra, on watch, aboard USS Pompano SS-181 (item #5)


June 11, 2006

- Added scans of Zippo lighters sent by Paul Fleming, Christchurch, New Zealand.

April 15, 2006

- Added 2 photos of the old site of the Broadway Hotel, Dunedin. There is now a shopping area on the site.

- Added change of command leaflet from USS Wilhoite

- Added misc photos of USS Calcaterra, 1958


Feb 19, 2006

- Added a page for Lee Jenkins,  USS Thomas J Gary

Jan. 7, 2006

- Added an article from Sept, 1956 All Hands Magazine - Picket Ships

- Added undated photo of former USS Thomas J Gary, as Tunisian ship President Bourguiba E-7.Undated photo of former USS Thomas J Gary, as Tunisian ship President Bourguiba E-7.

- Added 2 covers from USS Pompano: Herbert Calcaterra was killed in action during enemy attack while serving on USS Pompano.

- Added cover from USS Calcaterra, December 25, 1965 - signed by WC Earl.

Jan 3, 2006

- Added a photo of Arthur (Jimmy) Moreno,  USS Calcaterra, August, 1965

Jan. 2, 2006

- Added Page 9 of photos and articles about USS Calcaterra

- Added Page 10 of photos and articles about USS Calcaterra, and a story about USS Pillsbury, DE-DER 133

Jan. 1, 2006

- Another group of Zippo lighters sent along by Steve McLachlan, Christchurch, New Zealand, Jan. 1, 2006.

August 23, 2005

- Added a link to a second USS Mills web site

June 13, 2005

- Added a page for Nick Powell of Raytheon Polar Services Company (RPSC)

May 15, 2005

Added a page for Ron Haggard, ETR-SN, USS Calcaterra


April 10, 2005

- Added information about the USS Thomas J Gary's 2005 Reunion


March 5, 2005

- Added a story about the Consolidated Steel Corp shipyards


Jan. 18, 2005

- Added 2 current pictures of Richard Welsh, USS Wilhoite

Jan- 9, 2005

- Added scan of my Request for Transfer to USS Thomas J. Gary and a scan of the Naval Message directing that I be transferred from USS Willis A. Lee (where I was supposed to go)  to USS Thomas J. Gary.

Jan. 2, 2005

- Added scan of a new Task Force 43 Patch
- Added a post card that was signed by a number of crew members, USS Calcaterra, DF 65-66
- Added scans of Shore Patrol orders while visiting Barcelona, Spain and Marseille, France
 

Nov. 27, 2004

- Added a page of electronics equipment installed on DERs, from web page of USS Pillsbury, DER-133
- Added a cool page from USS Lansing DER-388 website. Architectural drawings of a DER.

Nov.. 26, 2004

- Added page for Rob Baker, USS Brough, Deep Freeze 1957-58, 1958-59

Nov 7, 2004

- Added image of Speight's Brewery sign. Speight's was across the street from the old Broadway Hotel

.Nov. 6, 2004

- Added undated photograph of USS Calcaterra at pier, ice covered.
- Added postmark from HMNZS Rotoiti
- Added postmark USS Calcaterra crosses Antarctic Circle
- Added postmark USS Calcaterra, April, 1973
- Added postmark USS Vance
- Added postmark USS Hissem
- Added a scan of coasters from Speight's Brewery, Dunedin, NZ
- Added a photo from Richard Welsh, USS Wilhoite entering the harbour at Sydney, Australia, January 1961
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Oct. 1, 2004

- Added photo of KWM-2 radio just like the one used on USS Calcaterra, 1965-66, by Chief McKeon
- Added scans of amateur radio QSL card send by Chief McKeon, USS Calcaterra


July 25, 2004

- Added some photos of hot air ballooning in Colorado

July 24, 2004

- Added pictures of the Antarctica exhibit at the Christchurch (NZ) Museum


July 18, 2004

- Added photos from USS Thomas J Gary, 2003 Reunion
- Added a letter to the editor, Goldmine Magazine by Archie Cunningham, re: Bob Dylan visit to TJ Gary

May 31, 2004

- Added information on USS Thomas J Gary 2004 Reunion


April 4, 2004

- Added postmark for USS Peterson
- Added postmarks for USS Hissem
- Added postmarks for USS Mills
- Added postmarks for USS Calcaterra
- Added postmark for Rotoiti
- Added postmarks for USS Thomas J Gary
- Added postmark for USS Wilhoite
- Added postmark for USS Brough
- Added postmark for USS Durant
- Added a postmark from Campbell Island

April 2, 2004

- Added a page for Peter Flick, USS Thomas J Gary, 1966-67


March 27, 2004

- Added 6 pages of photos  for John Baxter, USS Thomas J. Gary,
- Added Operation Deep Freeze information from Jim Dell and a photo of Jim taken Feb. 26, 2004

 

Nov. 30, 2003

- Added information on a book: Last Port to Antarctica, Dunedin and Port Chalmers: 100 Years of Ploar service
- Added newspaper articles: USS Forster Arrives Dunedin
- Added an image of a "memory box" built by PT Culhane, USS Thomas J Gary
- Added USS Calcaterra Deep Freeze Patch
 

Nov. 29, 2003

- Added a few current photos taken in April, 2003, while visiting Sydney, Australia


Nov. 23, 2003

- Added photo of Chelsea Ship's Clock
- Added 2 Zippos owned by Steve McLachlan
- Added photos of a post Operation Deep Freeze Calcaterra
- Added photos of David Sallee, RD-2, USS Durant, 1960 and 2002
- Added a couple of photos, USS Durant in heavy seas
- Added various photos and newspaper articles about USS Durant
- Added a photo of Bob Suttle, ETN-3, USS Mills and USS Calcaterra, taken Nov. 2003
- Added postmark USS Wilhoite
- Added postmark USS Thomas J Gary, leap year 1964
- Added postmark USS Mills
- Added postmark USS Hissem
- Added several photos of USS Thomas J Gary
- Added a Deep Freeze Zippo


- Oct 12, 2003

- Added postmark from USS Peterson
- Added postmark from USS Mills
- Added postmark from USS Wilhoite
- Added postmark from USS Thomas J Gary
- Added Operation Deep Freeze Patch
- Added another picture of the Dunedin Train Station


Oct. 10, 2003

- Added postmarks from USS Wilhoite
- Added postmark USS Vance
- Added postmarks USS Thomas J Gary
- Added postmark HMNZS Rotoiti
- Added postmarks USS Calcaterra
- Added postmark USS Hissem



Sept. 28, 2003

- Added a photo of a hat I obtained in 1966 from a seaman who served on Australian ship, HMAS Supply

Sept. 25, 2003

- Added a page for George Robb, barman at the old Criterion Hotel, Dunedin, New Zealand

Sept. 22, 2003

- Added an image of a USS Thomas J Gary Zippo lighter and a link to www.zippogallery.com
- Added a page for Dunedin resident John Noble


August 18, 2003

Added a page for Jim Dell, New Zealand Navy Warrant Officer, retired.


June 21, 2003

- Added a recent photo of Graeme O'Neill on Lake Powell, USA


May 25, 2003

- Added a series of photos of DE(R)s sailing in Otago Harbor submitted by Steve McLachlan.
- Added photos of Zippos owned by Steve McLachlan, Christchurch, New Zealand
- Added photos of USS Wilhoite taken by Richard Welsh, summer 1960
- Added a color photo of USS Thomas J Gary sailing Otago Harbor, submitted by Fred Frazier, BM-3
- Added information about the upcoming USS Thomas J. Gary reunion, Oct 3 - 5, Albany, NY

March 21, 2003

- Added a collection of Postmarks from the USS Thomas J Gary's 1965-1966 Round the World Cruise

Feb, 1, 2003

- Added a ham radio QSL card from USS Hissem used during Deep Freeze
- Added letter from CH Willis, Sept 1, 1960 announcing USS Wilhoite's Deep Freeze deployment
 

January 25, 2003

- Fixed a broken link to Dick Nararre's page,  USS Calcaterra, 1965-1966

January 14, 2003

- Graeme O'Neill who served aboard HMNZS Rotoiti sent along some photos from Deep Freeze 63-64

- January 13, 2003

- Added two photographs of USS Thomas J Gary photo plaques, Amsterdam, 1967
- Added photograph of USS Calcaterra matchbook cover
- Added a ham radio QSL Card from USS Forster
- Added an image of a USS Thomas J Gary patch

 

January 10, 2003

- Added some dated scenes of Dunedin, New Zealand

January 5, 2003

- Added some interesting "official" documents about  Herbert A. Calcaterra sent in by John Calcaterra


December 24, 2002

- Added 4 photos of "dated" of Dunedin, and one from 1980.
- Added a photo of USS Thomas J Gary after transfer to Tunisa, sent in by Harry Forhan
- Added photo of USS Thomas J Gary, WW-2 look
- Added Postmark, USS Calcaterra, Dec 3, 1967

Nov. 10, 2002

- Corrected some spelling errors
- Added a link to USS George E. Davis DE 357
- Retired the yellow backgrounds


Oct. 28, 2002

- Added image of USS Calcaterra Zippo
- Added image of USS Vance Zippo
- Added 2 postmarks from USS Brough
- Added a postmark from USS Hissem
- Added a postmark USS Calcaterra



Oct. 7, 2002

- Added 2 additional pages of photographs to PT Culhane's pages. Page 3     Page 4
- Added a photo of a commercially available print of USS Thomas J Gary
- Added a photo of a commercially available print of USS Calcaterra

Sept. 25, 2002

- Added additional photos from August, 2002 TJ Gary reunion

Sept 24, 2002

- Added some pages from the USS Thomas J Gary's Deck Log

Sept 12, 2002

- Added page for a potential USS Calcaterra reunion

Sept. 6, 2002

- Added page for the 2002 USS Thomas J Gary Reunion

August 14, 2002

- Added 3 Postmarks from USS Wilhoite
- Added Postmark from HMNZS Rotoiti
- Added Postmark from HMNZS Pukaki
- Added Postmark USS Peterson
- Added Postmark USS Mills
- Added 2 Postmarks from USS Thomas J Gary



July 7, 2002

- Added page for Charles Willis, commanding officer USS Wilhoite, 1960 - 1961. Great pictures and articles.
- Added links to an article titiled "The Sounds of Dunedin" that describes the influence of the American picket ship sailors on Dunedin's music scene in the 1960's



June 24, 2000

- Added information on USS Durant reunion, Las Vegas, Sept 17-19, 2002
- Added postmark USS Brough
- Added postmark, USS Mills
- Added postmark, USS Hissem
- Added postmark, USS Thomas J Gary
- Added Operation Deep Freeze Zippo lighter


June 11, 2002

- Added 2 photos of TJ Gary, May 1946, from USS Kretchmer official web site
- Added 4 postmarks from USS Mills
- Added shoulder patch, USS Forster
- Added postmark USS Peterson
- Added postmark USS Calcaterra
- Added photo of Cargill Statue, 1889, Dunedin, NZ
- Added postmark from USS Wilhoite
- Added postmark, USS Wilhoite, 1955
- Added some names to Fox Division photo on DER 390 Page 4. Names from Bill Simms STGC USN Ret.


May 22, 2002
- Added a third page for Skip Amoroson
- Added some photos of Dunedin, taken during our April 3-4, 2002 visit
- Added 2 very interesting postmarks from USS Thomas J Gary, during and at close of, WW-2
- Added 2 postmarks from HMNZS Pukaki
- Added postmark from USS Hissem, Vietnam
- Added postmark, USS Thomas J Gary
- Added postmark, USS Wilhoite
- Added postmark, USS Calcaterra on her final day in commission.
- Added postmark, USS Mills, World Cruise
- Added postmark USS Mills
- Added postmark, USS Peterson
- Added postmark, USS Hissem
- Added postmark, USS Brough

May 8, 2002
- Added 2 more pages of Ed Lynch photos. Pages 2 & 3

May 7, 2002
- Changed photo on opening page. USS Calcaterra, Nov. 1965 taking "BT Drop" at 60 south.
- Added more pictures sent by Skip Amoroson, USS Calcaterra & USS TJ Gary
- Added a page for Ed Elsenheimer, RD-1, USS Thomas J. Gary
- Added a page for Ed Lynch, USS Calcaterra. I have more to add from Ed's photo album.

April 14, 2002

- Added souviner folder and receipt for a photo taken in Beirut, Lebanon
- Added Golden Dragon and Shellback documents for Gerald Avera, USS Wilhoite
- Added info on USS Thomas J. Gary reunion, August 22-25, 2002
- We're just back from a short visit to Dunedin, brought back a number of Deep Freeze photos and articles donated by Ed Lynch. Also have items sent in by other shipmates to post on the site, as time allows.

March 10, 2002

- Added photos sent in by Kevin Burke, USS Calcaterra, Deep Freeze 67-68
- Added Postmark, USS Vance.
- Added Postmark from USS Forster.
- Next update sometime in mid to late April, after a few days visit to Dunedin.
- Added link to USS Edisto

Feb. 27, 2002

- Added a page and photograhps for Dick Navarre, ETR-2, USS Calcaterra
- Added photos of Zippo lighter owned by Stan Correll, SOG-2, USS Forster
- Added information about a recently published book out of NZ about Campbell Island
- Added a card from the Lebanese Store, Beirut, 1966

Jan. 8, 2002

- Added a page for Skip Amoroson
- Added postmark from HMNZS Pukaki
- Added a picture of a rare Zippo lighter, USS Forster
- Added scale model of USS Vance, under construction. At very bottom of the page
- Added postmark from USS Thomas J. Gary


Dec. 24, 2001

- Added a page for Gerald Avera, YN-3, USS Wilhoite
- Added postmark from USS Wilhoite
- Added postmark from USS Brough
- Added postmark from HMNZS Pukaki
- Added postmark from HMNZS Rotoiti


Dec. 5, 2001

- Added images of USS Thomas J. Gary's letterhead, raised seal and ship's seal
- Added copy of USS Thomas J. Gary crewmember firearms purchase authorization form
- Added Postmark from USS Durant
- Added image of envelop posted in Dunedin to Gene Spinelli while aboard USS Thomas J. Gary


Dec. 1, 2001

- Added photo of USS Calcaterra and USS Hartley at Gitmo
- Added a patch from Calcaterra's DEW Line years
- Added photo of USS Vance ship's plaque
- Added photo of USS Mills ship's plaque
- Added a few pictures of my ham radio station

Nov 10, 2001

- Added answer to the question on the USS Wilhoite's page
- Added a clipping about USS Brough.
- Added 3 photos of USS Calcaterra, circa 1956
- Added postmark from USS Hissem
- Added photo of a USS Thomas J. Gary ship's plaque
- Added photo of USS Calcaterra ship's plaque
- Added a link to the Dealey Class Escort Squadron (CortRon), Newport Rhode Island
- Added photo of ceramic tile plaque from USS Vance
- Added photo of ceramic tile  plaque from USS Wilhoite
- Added the front cover from book "The Arnheiter Affair" 99 days aboard the USS Vance
- Found in Dunedin, NZ,  ship's plaques from USS Mills, USS Vance, USS Calcaterra. Will add to site next month. From an estate sale in Dunedin. don't know the name of the owner.

Oct 21, 2001

- Added photos from the Aug, 2001 reunion of USS Thomas J Gary crewmembers, Branson, MO
- Added an image of a USS Forster's patch, Jeff Smith, ETN-2
- Added postmark, USS Calcaterra Arrives Dunedin, NZ Sept 20, 1965
- Updated the Shipmates page
- Added a page for Mike Rickett, HMNZS Rotoiti
- Added an index for the USS Thomas J. Gary reunions


Oct. 6, 2001

- Added newspaper article about USS Forster, Jan. 15, 1963,  submitted by Jeff Smith, ETN-2
- Added newspaper article on USS Calcaterra, Jan. 14, 1966
- Added newspaper photo of Rose, Heggie, Gibson, Oct. 10, 1966
- Added newspaper photo Open House on USS TJ Gary, Dec. 27, 1966

Sept 5, 2001

- Moved all ship's Postmarks to their own pages.
- I have some pictures from the USS TJ Gary's recent reunion. They'll be posted soon.

August 26, 2001

- Added a search engine to the site. Search on any word to find all pages on this website where the word is used.

August 8, 2001

The newspaper articles and photographs added this date are digital pictures of the original newpaper articles taken at the Dunedin Public Library while browsing the archives of the Otago Daily Times and the Evening Star newspapers.  They were taken on March 27, 2001 while visiting Dunedin.
- Added Feb 27, 1967 newspaper photo of Carlton White, USS Thomas J. Gary
- Added March 4, 1967 photograph of Ltjg Maciejewski's wedding in Australia
- Added -Jan. 5, 1966, picture of Alan Baker, Ron Kramer, J.R. Brennan loading helium bottles, USS Calcaterra.
- Added Nov 7, 1966 photo of Larry McCormick and Gary Conger repairing pressing machine, USS TJ Gary,

July 10, 2001

- Added wartime picture of USS Peterson
- Added postmark from USS Brough
- Added postmark from USS Mills
- Added another postmark from USS Mills
- Added postmark from USS Durant
- Added postmark from USS Calcaterra
- Added another post mark from Calcaterra.
- Added another postmark from USS Durant
- Added postmark from USS Thomas J. Gary
- Added 2 postmarks from USS Wilhoite
- Added photo of several Calcaterra crew members, circa 1965.  Who sent me this photo??
- Added photo of USS Calcaterra, Sept. 1968. Who sent me this photo?
- Added photo of Callewyn and John Phillips launching balloon. USS TJ Gary, date??
- Added photo of Task Force 43 ashtray
 Added image of a Task Force 43 Deep Freeze patch
- Added photo of LtCdr W.C. Earl, CO of USS Calcaterra crossing Equator, Aug. 1965
- Added picture of USS Calcaterra DE-390 in WWII look
- Added a Deep Freeze envelope / postmark issued by New Zealand
- Added photo of USS Calcaterra backing down after hitting ice berg, taken by Joe Thorne
- Added image of the cover of an early Operation Deep Freeze book.

June 4,  2001

- Corrected dates on this page, Dec. 1965 Picket
- Cleaned up the ShipMates Page
- Added a series of photographs taken in Dunedin by Gene Spinelli on March 28 - 29, 2001
- Added a link to Fred Alberg's New Zealand vacation photographs
- Upgraded to new version of NetObjects Fusion. Expect some bugs.
- Removed the Ticker Tape. Got tired of waiting for the Java code to load.
- Added photo of Carmine Luongo, USS Arneb
- Added link to USS Brough's web site
- Added current photographs of that famous USS TJ Gary party flat at 152 Cargill St.
- Added a photograph taken from High Street, Dunedin, NZ


April 15, 2001

- Added several different Zippo lighters
- Added scans of New Zealand coins
- Otago Harbour tour on MV Monarch, March 29, 2001

March 11, 2001

- Added info on the USS Thomas J. Gary reunion. Aug 2-5, 2001
- Next update will be sometime in April, after returning from a short visit to Dunedin

- Feb. 17, 2001

-- Added picture of the Oil Wharf, Dunedin, NZ. Taken in April, 1999
- Added Postmarks from USS Calcaterra 65-66 World Cruise
- Fixed missing pictures on New Zealand Page 1
- Corrected text box on Joe Thorne Page 3
- Added an interesting article and pictures of USS Arneb being trapped by encroaching ice
- Fixed a broken link on Mike Daly's page

Dec. 23, 2000

- Added a page for Richard Welsh, RD-3, USS Wilhoite DER-397
- Added Postmarks Page 2. Some neat Postmarks from USS Calcaterra, and others.


Nov. 28, 2000

- Fixed more typos
- Added a picture of Rich Turco, Chuck Middlebrooks, Ron Brown, Micky Bruni
- Added 2 Postmarks from USS Thomas J. Gary
- Added several Postmarks from USS Calcaterra
- Added a page for the USS Arneb AKA-56
- Added link to USS Peterson's web page
- Added a Feb. 4, 1966 newspaper article about USS Calcaterra
- Corrected newspaper link of USS Calcaterra, Feb 10, 1966
- Added additional text to Page 28 of Archie Cunningham's photo album.
- Added a page for USS Durant Deep Freeze Cruise Book, courtesy Fred Alberg.
- Added newspaper article and photographs submitted by Fred Alberg
- Added a page to list Related Links (websites)
- Added 3 articles written by an Otago Daily Times reporter who came along on the USS Calcaterra's Dec. 1965 Deep Freeze picket.
- Added a page for DER and Deep Freeze Zippo Lighters

Sept. 27, 2000

- Added a postmark from USS Wilhoite
- Added photos submitted by Pat (PT) Culhane, USS TJ Gary, Deep Freeze 65-66, 66-67
- Added photos submitted by Mike Daly, USS TJ Gary, Deep Freeze 65-66, 66-67
- Cleaned up some typos

Sept. 4, 2000

- Added group photos from USS Thomas J. Gary's year 2000 reunion
- The Deep Freeze patch is no longer available from the vendor.
- Added a page for DE(R) Postmarks. Found a bunch of postmarks from USS Mills. Consoilidated all other ship postmarks to this page.

August 7, 2000

- Added some pictures of USS Thomas J. Gary 2000 Reunion. More to come.
- Added USS Calcaterra's 1967-68  Cruisebook
- Replaced photo of Calcaterra "kissing" iceberg with the correct one.
- Added USS Mills postcard, and another postmark
- Added interesting postmarks from USS Hissem
- Added photos taken aboard HMNZS Rotoiti by NZ navy seaman Mike Rickett
- Added postmark from USS Vance, and information on a "Caine Mutiny-like affair" on USS Vance
- Added postmark from USS Durant

July 06, 2000

-- Added links to Alan Baker's USS Calcaterra and USS Thomas J. Gary web sites.
- Added photos of Operation Deep Freeze display at the Eisenhower Presidential Library, Abilene, Kansas
- Added link to USS Durant's website.
- Added better picture of Task Force 43 Plaque. These plaques are still availavle for $30 US Dollars each.
- Added 2 envelopes postmarked USS Mills, from Deep Freeze 67-68

June 15, 2000

- Added Ham Radio "QSL Card" from K1ZBR/MM, the USS Calcaterra's Amateur Radio Station
- Added an envelope postmarked on Calcaterra in Feb. 1973.
- Added an envelope postmarked on Calcaterra the day she was recommissioned as a DER
- Added a newspaper articles naming USS Calcaterra as next picket ship.
- Added newpaper article on Calcaterra loading equipment for trip to Auckland Island
- Added newspaper arcticle about 13 NZ men sailing on Calcaterra
- Added undated newpaper photo of Dave Herron painting a penguin on Calcaterra's bow
- Cleaned up some typos
- Fixed some broken links for the NZ newspaper articles

May 3, 2000.

Another significant addition - 80 photographs from John Yannacci's 65-66 TJ Gary cruise, and 34 articles from "The Evening Star", a Dunedin newspaper, plus some images I found in my files. Next update will probably be sometime in early June, as May will be a busy month for me (doing my real job).

- Added a recent photo of Dunedin's Train Station
- Added current images of 594 Great King Street, flat rented by several TJ Gary crew members.
- Added a couple of pictures of Dave Sweet, RD-2,  USS Calcaterra
- Moved the Nav-Ring pointers from the Home page to the index..
- Added  John Yannicci's Deep Freeze photo album, USS Thomas J. Gary, 1965-66,
- Added 34 newspaper articles from Dunedin's "Evening Star".
- Added index pointer for New Zealand newspaper articles
- Added B&W photo of Calcaterra investigating a rather large iceberg, Dec. 1965
- Added copy of LtCdr Earl's Christmas Letter to Calcaterra families, Dec. 65
- Added my favorite iceberg photo, taken from USS Calcaterra, Dec. 1965
- Added a photo taken in August, 1999 of 6 Calcaterra crewmembers who also served on TJ Gary.
- Added 3 pictures of Bob Suttle in the Antarctic, USS Calcaterra
- Added photo of Bob Suttle in Hobart, Tasmania


April 20, 2000

- Added mouse over picture to the photo of Calcaterra on the opening page of this site
- The next update will include a number of articles from Dunedin's "The Evening Star" newspaper, dated 1965-1968. These articles are being researched for me by the Dunedin Public Library
- Added photos of USS Calcaterra offloading NZ scientists at Auckland Island..
- Added a picture of Ken Johnson on his wedding day. (TJGary 66-67)
- Added a better photo of Skip Amoroson, I believe photographed at Ken Johnson's wedding.
- Added an interesting picture of Bell, RM-3 (AKA Ding Dong), USS Calcaterra during a "heavy roll"
- Added photos of heavy seas on picket station at 60 South
- Added photos of Gene Spinelli taken aboard USS Calcaterra, 1665-66
- Added photo of Paul Hodart, RM-1, USS Calcaterra
- Added photo of Plummer,  RD-3, USS Calcaterra
- Added photo of Ron Brown, USS Thomas J. Gary
- Added photo of USS Thomas J. Gary float in the Dunedin Festival during 66-67 cruise.
- Fixed my broken link to the USS Mills
- Added a photo of Otago Harbour, heading towards Dunedin, approaching Port Chalmers.
- Added a photo of the Otago Harbour Pilot craft.
- Added a couple of photos of the Calcaterra's motor whaleboat crew
- Added photo of Calcaterra steaming towards Auckland Island..
- Added several photos of the USS Calcaterra in the Suez Canal, 1966.
- Added a photo of Bob Suttle, ETN-3 (Mills & Calcaterra) on a beach in Adelaide, Australia
- Added a photo of the Calcaterra's port bow showing the iceberg damage.
- Fixed formatting error on USS Pederson's page
- Added photo taken at US Naval Station, Panama Canal Zone. USS Calcaterra, Aug. 66
- Added photo of Bob Suttle standing at the bar on Campbell Island


April 15, 2000

-This update added the index frame on the left side of your screen. This is a better way to navigate the site, and makes it easier for you to see what's loaded on the site
- There are no content additions with this update..
- Consolidated several pages to reduce page count.
- Reformatted most pages.

April 9, 2000

This update is much more comprehensive than it looks. Archie Cunningham's TJ Gary material is now all on the site. The pictures and newspaper articles will bring back a lot of forgotten memories.

- Consolidated articles on Joe Thorne's page.
- Added items on Doug Van Tol's page.
- Added items to pages 2 and 3 of Archie's Articles
- Added Pages 16-32 of Archie's Album, USS Thomas J. Gary, World Cruise 1965-66
- Added a neat photo of TJ Gary in Otago Harbour,  from Archie's scrapbook
- Added an envelope that was postmarked aboard USS Wilhoite during Deep Freeze, October, 1960
- Added photo of USS Calcaterra in 1943
- Added photo of USS Calcaterra shortly before decommissioning.
- Added info on USS Thomas J. Gary Reunion,  July 27 - 29, 2000  Albany, NY
- Added photo of Dunedin taken from radar platform, USS Calcaterra. Dec. 1965
- Added image of Operation Deep Freeze postmarked envelope from USS Pederson, Dec. 1959

The next update will probably include a face lift for the pages, and a way to index the site. The site grew much faster than I anticipated and my initial page design isn't easy to use or maintain.

April 2, 2000

Things have been really busy since the last update, including a trip to Australia, with visits to Dunedin and Auckland, New Zealand, among other places. I have much more to put up on the site, but need to get my taxes finished first. Archie Cunningham's material is extensive (and outstanding). I'm half way through getting it coded and uploaded to the server. At the next update I will move Joe Thorne's stuff to his own page, and build a page for Doug Van Tol.

- Cleaned up more of those pesky typos
- Added Hissem and Durant to Index page, and to Meta Tag
- Added pages for Archie Cunningham's photo album of 1965-1966 USS TJ Gary World Cruise
- Added links to "Archie's Articles. A number of newspaper articles about USS Thomas J. Gary
- Added Mac Gorby's name to a photo
- Updated link to USS Hissem
- Added image of envelope postmarked the day USS Calcaterra crossed the Equator
- Added the  "Site Mapper". This will give you a map of this entire site. It takes a few seconds to return the map.

Feb 20, 2000
- Added "mouse-over" images to Antarctica image on opening page
- Added external link to NASA radar photo of Antarctica