Here, on the NATO cruise, while hunting Russian submarines, the Yorktown ship and crew all went into the Arctic Circle at the top of the world.  As such, we all became "Blue Nose" sailors. click here to see the large Blue Nose certificate

On my short two years on the Yorktown, I crossed the 

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Equator, 

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went around the Horn of South America, 

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crossed the International Date Line, 

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went to Hawaii, 

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Japan, 

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Honk Kong, 

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Philippines, 

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Singapore, 

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California, 

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Chili, 

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Brazil, 

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Cuba, 

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Virgin Islands, 

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Denmark, 

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Germany, 

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France, 

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England, 

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Boston, 

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Virginia, 

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Rhode Island.  

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and of course crossed the Artic Circle.  All this in two years!




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