Did John Wayne ever own a naval vessel,like a cruiser?
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never heard that one.
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On March 20th, at Norfolk, Virginia, the USS Langely was commissioned as the first Naval Aircraft Carrier. The carrier was a converted coaler.
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Kirk in Iowa.\n\nWhen you say Wayne Morrison do you mean John Wayne?  He was born in Iowa too.
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Are you asking about a row boat?
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Someone with the ability to make & pilot a boat. :P
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I think he was a riverboat pilot.\n\nYep - a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi.  See the link below.
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Harland and Wolff yards in Belfast, Ireland, were the builders; White Star lines, were the owners. However, by the time that the Titanic sailed, White Star lines had been bought out by JP Morgan, in a "hostile takeover" of its day. It also had two sister ships built by the same company, called Olympic and Britannic.
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Try this.\n\nhttp://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-k/ss35.htm
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There is apicture on this site, but could not find any info on the crew.\n\n\nUSS Windsor (APA-55), 1943-1946\nUSS Windsor, a 13,143-ton attack transport, was built at Sparrows Point, Maryland. Originally begun as the merchant freighter Excelsior, she was taken over by the Navy while under construction and launched under the hull number AP-100, which was changed to APA-55 by the time she was commissioned in June 1943. After shakedown, the ship went to the Pacific, where she took part in the Marshalls operation in January-February 1944. During the rest of the year she participated in landings on the northern shore of New Guinea in April and May, at Guam in July, Peleliu in September and Leyte in October.\n\nWindsor was overhauled on the U.S. west coast during late 1944 and early 1945. For the rest of World War II, she transported men and materiel between the United States and the central and western Pacific. After the fighting ended in August, she supported the occupation of Japan and took part in Operation "Magic Carpet", the effort to bring U.S. service personnel home from the former war zone. This duty was completed by early January 1946, and Windsor was sent to the east coast where she decommissioned in March. She was turned over to the War Shipping Administration in August 1946 and subsequently had a long career as a merchantman under the names Paul Revere (from 1947) and Expeditor (from 1949). She was scrapped in Taiwan in 1972.\n\nThis page features our only view of USS Windsor (APA-55).
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"Gun decking:\nUnder certain circumstances drunkenness was not a naval crime. Shore liberty was granted very infrequently and it was expected that many of the men would return to the ship drunk, with clothes torn, and, bearing the marks of fights and riots. The officers of the deck merely recorded the return of each man in the logbook. A man returning in reasonable condition was logged as "CS," meaning clean and sober. A drunk was logged as "DD," which stood for drunk and dirty. A drunken libertyman had one prerogative that had grown up with the practice of granting shore leave. He was expected to conduct himself as best he could in the presence of the gangway watch; but upon reaching the gun deck, he was allowed to curse the officers, the ship, the navy, or any other institution in the vilest language he was capable of uttering with impunity. This practice was called "gundecking" and constituted one of the few ways which the men of the Old Navy had for releasing pent-up emotions."\n\nnavav8r:\nYour right. I forgot that part. Basically, in modern times, it means to falsefy reports to cover-up shortcuts or mistakes made.
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Check on military.com and research type of ship.
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John Wayne, with 153 movies
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my great great grandfathers wasnt....but you ddint say wether naval or calvary or ?
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USS Winston S. Churchill (Present Day Destroyer)\nUSS Alfred (18th Century Man-O-War)\nUSS Raleigh (20th Century Amphibious Transport Dock)\nUSS Effingham (18th Century Frigate)
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There are a few, but this one has a fairly good reputation:\n\nhttp://www.offshore-sailing.com/cruising-course-live-aboard.asp\n\nHope this helps!
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I think he served in the Navy, not the army:\nIn April 1942 Ford joined the U.S. Naval Reserve receiving a commission as an ensign. After an orientation program at Annapolis, he became a physical fitness instructor at a pre- flight school in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. In the spring of 1943 he began service in the light aircraft carrier USS MONTEREY. He was first assigned as athletic director and gunnery division officer, then as assistant navigator, with the MONTEREY which took part in most of the major operations in the South Pacific, including Truk, Saipan, and the Philippines. His closest call with death came not as a result of enemy fire, however, but during a vicious typhoon in the Philippine Sea in December 1944. He came within inches of being swept overboard while the storm raged. The ship, which was severely damaged by the storm and the resulting fire, had to be taken out of service. Ford spent the remainder of the war ashore and was discharged as a lieutenant commander in February 1946.
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Cincinnati's CET Ch 48 aired a "Masters" program on director, John Ford, May 10th at 9:00 p.m. re John Wayne and John Ford.\n\nThe Duke did not enlist nor serve in WW2 as some of the other male stars were:  Jimmy Stewart, Clark Gable, Henry Fonda etc..  According to the show as I recall, he did have a family but did not want to enlist as a private, which he would have had to do.  My recollection was that he was at the height of his career making money but also wanted to make movies honoring the true war heroes, doing his part on the homefront.\n\nThe show was very informative...check out pbs.org re Movie Masters or something like that.