Talk:USS Windham Bay

Just out of boot camp in San Diego and spent two weeks at home in Idaho. Reported to Treasure Island for my orders some time in April 1951. As a transit I boarded the Windham Bay at Oakland, California. Windham was my first time aboard a Navy carrier. We sailed under the Golden Gate on the way to San Diego to Pickup troupes and planes. 18 days aboard a slow carrier to Japan. There I departed and was flown to the Phillipines to my assignment, The USS Bisbee PF 46 and later to the USS New Jersey BB62. M Division, #3 engine room. Charles E. Ireton MM3 Served 12-28-50 to 10-28-54