Wow this is good info. I was in the US Navy and workd with the Japanese because I was on Japanese base. And i was fortunate enough to see the Kitty Hawk one day. GOD BLESS
Jim Hathaway <
hathaway@...> wrote:
I saw this item yesterday on Navy News, and thought it might be of
interest-
From USS Kitty Hawk Public Affairs
USS KITTY HAWK (NNS) -- Famous Japanese swordmaker, Yoshi Yoshihara,
and Vice Adm. Tsutomo Tamura, president of the Japan Maritime Self
Defense Force (JMSDF) Staff College, saw firsthand the U.S. Navy's
quality craftsmanship in action when they visited USS Kitty Hawk (CV
63) March 7.
Tamura and Yoshihara were invited to visit Commander, Fleet
Activities, Yokosuka and Kitty Hawk by Rear Adm. James D. Kelly,
commander, Naval Forces Japan. Kelly, who has a deep interest in the
Japanese culture and swordmaking, was eager to have Tamura and
Yoshihara visit and see what U.S. 7th Fleet American Sailors do.
"It was a great honor to have Vice Adm. Tamura and Mr. Yoshihara
aboard Kitty Hawk," said Capt. Ed McNamee, Kitty Hawk commanding
officer, who led the tour.
McNamee kicked off the ship tour with a brief in Kitty Hawk's combat
direction center. Following the brief, the group visited the ship's
flight deck.
"Because the ship is undergoing maintenance right now, it was a
great opportunity to show off a lot of work being done by our
Sailors, Japanese contractors and Ship's Repair Facility (SRF)
personnel," said McNamee.
Following a tour of the flight deck, Tamura and Yoshihara visited
the ship's No. 4 Main Machinery Room.
"I didn't know how many Sailors it takes to keep a ship this size
operating, such as on the flight deck and in engineering," said
Yoshihara.
"It was a great honor to have Vice Adm. Tamura and a craftsman of
Mr.Yoshihara's caliber visit our propulsion plant," said Capt. Pete
Schupp, Kitty Hawk's chief engineer.
Schupp, along with McNamee, led Tamura and Yoshihara to see No. 4
main condenser in the process of being re-tubed, a significant
amount of maintenance on a boiler water drum.
"We're currently undergoing considerable work, so we had the
opportunity to highlight the work of our Japanese contractors, SRF
workers, and Kitty Hawk Sailors," Schupp added.
"I was surprised to learn and see how young most of the Sailors are
aboard the ship," said Yoshihara.
Born in 1945, Yoshihara started making swords at the age of 12.
Since then he has become recognized as one of Japan's finest master
swordmakers.
"There was much I didn't know about the closeness of the cooperation
between the JMSDF and the U.S. Navy," said Yoshihara, "and how much
work our Sailors do together."
The Kitty Hawk Strike Group is the largest carrier strike group in
the Navy and is composed of the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk, Carrier
Air Wing (CVW) 5, the guided-missile cruisers USS Chancellorsville
(CG 62) and USS Cowpens (CG 63), and Destroyer Squadron 15.
To find more news about the Kitty Hawk Strike Group, visit the Navy
NewsStand at www.news.navy.mil/local/cv63.
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