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Teedles

I need help finding some one that remebers Agent orange aboard Ship!
some say it could'nt of happened but I remember cleaning it off the ship's bell and the spud locker it got on it rotted all the potatoes I had to clean it out
You dont forget something like that
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I B Squidly · Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 5:20 pm Post subject:

Can't imagine a shipboard use for it. Spuds rot. We used the acid in a strong solution of powdered 'orange' drink to clean brass.
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Navy_Navy_Navy · Admin Joined: 07 May 2004 Posts: 5777

Hi, Teedles,

Maybe you're saying that your ship got hit with a spray of Agent Orange?

I think we have had a couple of people here who remember either mixing it or loading it onto the planes when they were aboard the carriers.
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Snipe · Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2005 12:07 pm Post subject:

We were offshore on the DDs. Don't recall anything happening with the
spud lockers on the main deck. We used the liquid "punch" mix for
cleaning too. Lemon/lime used to work wonders for the old steel deck
plates in the fireroom before we got the aluminum ones.
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Teedles · Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:43 am Post subject:

Yes being sprayed is what Im talking about I thank yall for your reply
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geotilman · Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 2:14 pm Post subject: Agent orange On Ships

It would be very possible even though they were not spraying the area it is very possible for the wind to carry it a long distances we found evedince of it on our boats at CauViet and DDs were often in eyesite of us.

docford · Lt.Jg. Joined: 11 Aug 2004 Posts: 149

I will have to do some research in my records - but I recall that one of the carriers during the 1967-68 timeframe carried Agent Orange. She was in the Yankee Station OPAREA, and the Navy was experimenting with limited defoliation missions flown off the carrier. It was only one carrier that I know of, and thereafter most or all the Agent Orange drops were flown from land bases.

The issue came up when I was helping an Aviation Boatswains Mate last year document his exposure to Agent Orange. He was attached to one of the squadrons deployed on that carrier.

My memory just cleared. It was the USS America (CV-66), and he was attached to VF 33 during the APR68-OCT68 cruise. They were flying F-4Js, and one of the other squadrons was handling Agent Orange.
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