LT Bob Vickers ???
Posted by Bart Bobbitt on July 4, 2012, 7:59:40
At Jouett's reunion in 2000, Ken Rutter (deck force SN at commissioning, later CWO3 Boatswain, USN Ret) and I talked about LT Vickers. As Jouett's first Missile Officer, he was also the best ship handler and underway OOD I've seen. He conned Jouett's bridge at sea detail and other important events so much better than any other officer I've observed aboard two WWII tin cans, one carrier and one other guided missile cruiser besides Jouett. Ken Rutter told me that Bob Vickers got out of the Navy and started a merchant marine ship handling school in Newport, RI. A lot of the Merchant Marine Academy graduates beat a path to his door to learn the finer points of ship handling. So Bob Vickers must have done very well. Anyone heard from LT Vickers recently? 'Twould be good to see him show up at this years reunion.
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