The Family History Files of Dalton Ray Phillips
CALLAHAN, GOOCH & PHILLIPS FAMILY LINES IN
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I don't claim to be an artist but I do like to draw. I do a lot of
it now that I am retired. I am pretty much home bound and drawing is
relaxing for me. I do all of my
drawing with a mechanical pencil loaded with 2B leads. PLAIN AND SIMPLE
- THAT IS MY WAY.
At last count, I had almost 400 sketches stashed away in my
digital achieves. Some good, some bad, most about average
- all done by me. I typically turn out 2
or 3 new sketches every day.
I will refresh this page often with new
drawings.
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If you have comments, suggestions or criticism
just
send me an email.
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California
seashore in early morning sun. |
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Seafarer
circa
1810. |
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Ship
at anchor. |
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Sunset
is approaching. A sailing ship makes way in calm seas.
Sailors are going aloft to make adjustments and trim the
sails for the night. Hopefully it will be a calm night |
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Going
up! The small boys running aircraft carrier plane guard
duty could have a rough go of it. To keep up with the
flattops, the small boys often had to steam at high
speeds against very choppy seas. They were tossed around
like empty tin cans. God bless the tin can
sailors. |
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AVB-2
TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY underway in the Mediterranean. It was an ugly duckling
- that is for sure. Flank speed for it was about 13
knots on a good day. The Russian destroyers in the Med used to love
using us as a target practice run - without firing
any shots, of course. They would close in on us at high speed
from different points in all directions. It was great fun for
them - very creepy for us. The Russians were always curious about us. I think they believed we were some
kind of spy ship but when they took a closer look they
could see that we were not fitted with the sophisticated
antenna arrays that would be required for that. AVB
stands for Advance Aviation Base ship. We carried
specially equipped Navy CB's. Our mission was to
quickly set up emergency air strips in strategic
locations around the Med to support friendly military
aircraft in the event of a sudden war. It was the
concept of a former Navy CNO, who made it it a pet
project for the Navy in the early and middle 1960's. The whole
program was discontinued in late 1969. Despite the odd
looks, TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY had a great crew. Our main
mission was to keep the old rust bucket afloat and
mission capable from day to day. We worked very hard
doing that. |
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Big
Mike underway. The specially adapted LCM was on the
ships equipment inventory to support the primary mission
of transporting heavy construction equipment. It was
seldom used for that purpose. When used to transport
liberty parties, it would easily hold over 50 people. It
needed a skilled coxswain at the controls since it was
so large - like a big sail when it was windy. Most of
the steering was done using the engines. We never had
any major mishaps involving Big Mike. |
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North
Korea - are you sure about this? |
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Small
boy on radar picket patrol. In wartime situations, when
there was potential for an enemy attack, the Admiral in
command of the Carrier Task Group would position radar
picket destroyers around the perimeter. These ships
would be 40 to 60 miles out, far over the horizon. They
usually did not have visual contact with any of the
other ships. They maintained radio contact and steamed
their prescribed courses to provide protection for the
main force. It was a lonely assignment - you feel all alone in a big
open ocean. |
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Frigate
steaming proudly. The United States has a serious
responsibility and we must show that we are strong to
the people all
over the world. When we do not take the lead by sending
our war ships out all over the world to show off our
flag proudly, things go downhill fast. Failure to show
our strength indicates that we are timid and weak to our
would be enemies. They assume that we are cowardly. We have seen that happen too often in recent years, which is why the world is in such a big
mess now. Call it saber rattling or chest thumping if you
must but showing our strength is very important in the
unstable world we live in today. It is time to restore our pride in being Americans
and if we have to fight for what we believe in - WE
WILL. God bless America! |
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A
modern frigate type ship takes blue water over the bow -
carrying out the old tin can Navy tradition. |
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A
Russian warship steams in the Mediterranean. |
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Getting
busy. All of the ships moving around and crossing paths
makes for an interesting day on the bridge. Things
sometimes get intense. "Vector is at Constant Bearing
with Decreasing Range" are words that makes everyone on
the bridge nervous, as it shows the potential for
a collision at sea. |
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Setting
a topsail. Back in the days when ships were made of wood
and men were made of steel. It was not for wimps. |
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A
liberty boat approaches ships' brow and considers making
a landing. It is almost certain they will be waved off
by the Officer of the Deck. Conditions are just too
rough for the small boat to make a landing safely.
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A
sailing ship makes its way through a calm and tranquil
sea under full sails. |
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10
sailors in harm's way in a life boat in angry, storm
driven seas. The oars are useless and steer is
ineffective. If they survive the storm, they will end up
where the waves take them |
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