I agree Department: Engr Author: Sol The Bull Era: 1996 Date: 02/03/06 I would like to second Flounder's second of Dr John's motion. I would even volunteer to start a site to memorialize our shipmates that have passed away. Let me know if I can help. I think that we lost about 5 pilots while I was onboard, and a couple enlisted men on motorcycles.

1998 Department: Air Author: ABH1 Era: 1998 Date: 02/15/06 Sol, remember the 98 cruise and how proud they were that we didn't lose anybody on THE CRUISE. I had a kid that worked in V-1 DC and was back dooring his wife's e mail. Turns out she was seeing an airman on one of the supply ships in our Battle Group. Well, he managed to get sent home somehow for being crazy and about a week later Norfork Police shot him six times because he wouldn't put down the knife. They had been called to his house for a domistic dispute and he took off running. What is sad is I don't remember his name. I fell last week and hit the side of my face on the tub. I've been answering the phone Key West Air Terminal, and I'm at WPAFB. My face was distorted for hile from swelling. I know when I say that the commerical of the guy with the bug bite comes to mind and nobody wanting to use their minutes to call for help. And I'm rambling more than usual! I'll look in the cruise book and see what his name was. He was V-1 AR, blonde hair blue eyes. GOOD WORKER!

Do Pilots Count? Department: Engr Author: Sol The Bull Era: 1998 Date: 02/16/06 I remember losing a few pilots. One of them was named Rhino. They built a shrine to the guy at Oceana. I was on the mess decks eating when they brought him and his co-pilot down the elevator on the way to medical. That was right before we hit Antalya Turkey. I got on shore in Antalya and had a a number of news reporters approach me asking what I knew. I just acted like I could only speak French, which was a great tactic to use if any one tried to sell you something as well. I seem to remember a few other pilots that were killed as well, but I do not remember their names or what not. Maybe that was the 2000 cruise, they all seem to blend together.

Pilot Department: Air Author: ABH1 Era: 2000 Date: 02/17/06 I brought my Cruise Books to work and you are right. It was Ron Wise. He must of been the one that got that one foot cat shot off the deck! They new the cats were going down for no reason the night before! Yet, still kept flying. So it must of been the 2000 Cruise my guy went home and got shot. I remember the Enterprise coming to relieve us(in 2000) and they had a bird crash on their deck taking out six people and we were worried it wouldn't relieve us as we didn't know the extent of damage done to their deck. There is a whole page dedicated to Mr. Wise in the 1998 book and I don't see any in the 2000 book for deaths.

Thrown out of the drycleaners? Department: Engr Author: MM2 Sol The Bull Era: 1998 Date: 02/21/06 I was thrown out of many bars, clubs, stores, casinoa, and other establishments overseas, but I think that DC3 H and myself were the only ones to ever get thrown out of a drycleaners. We were in walking down a street in Cartegena Spain after getting kicked off the Spaninsh Naval Base for taking pictures of their subs. (they were deisel, old, and we did not think they would care.) As we are walking down this street DC3 H sees a jacket in a store he really likes, we go in and start trying all kinds of clothes on. A couple guys come from the back of this place and go apeshit when they see us trying on all these jackets. We were trying to ask how much they were when we were picked up and thrown out of the store. We were outside dumbfounded when we finally realized what had happened. The place was a drycleaners and we were trying on a bunch of suitjackets that were waiting to be picked up.

Mamie Department: AIMD Author: Jake Era: 1982 Date: 02/21/06 Reading these last few stories brings to mind the time we lost our COD plane Mamie. We lost Eleven guys when the plane hit a mountain on Crete, it also took a few days to find the wreckage as well. I'm not sure if it was the 82 or the 83 Med though does anyone else remember this? there was An AD1 onboard and he was getting out he was in the rack right above mine, He had 4 or 5 kids too, What a shame.

KZ Department: Rx Author: Flounder Era: 1982 Date: 02/23/06 When I got to RE Div. in 1982 there was one character there nicknamed "KZ" - his real name was Klisiewicz, as I recall. KZ was an artist who was second only to Fast Fred Vigil. His painting specialty was ear protectors - those big bulky tan-colored ones. He painted a "Reddy Kilowatt" on mine. Anyway, we were in Portsmouth, England in early '82, during the North Atlantic trip; a bunch of us, including KZ, took the train to London for a day or two. We played a low and dirty trick on KZ. The rest of us got together before going to London and planned to wander off until only...one of my fellow mutants...was with KZ...-that mutant- had friends at a US air base outside London, so he split too. So we left poor KZ all alone, and we all met up somewhere in Soho to continue having a good time. OK, that doesn't seem so bad compared to what other people pulled on their buds...but in retrospect it was pretty low...

The Mamie crash Department: Rx Author: Charlie Era: 1982 Date: 02/24/06 The Mamie crashed in 1982. Two guys from Reactor Dept were on it. Mike Davis from RM and John Shabella from RL were transferring to other ships and unfortunately were killed on that plane. Both were very decent guys.

My earmuffs Department: Rx Author: Charlie Era: 1980 Date: 02/24/06 My earmuffs had a design painted by Cal on it. It was a picture of the Ike with a cooling tower on the flight deck and a caption that read "Quarter Mile Island". On the other side I updated my days till EAOS every 50 days with a label maker. Joe Ski also had an interesting one that said, "Eisenhower Power and Light, Unit 2" on it.

John Shabella Department: Engr Author: Neil Baker Era: 1982 Date: 02/25/06 In 1984, while employed at the Grand Gulf Nuclear Facility near Vicksburg, a coworker, Steve Sheeks and former Ike sailor related the story about Mike Shabella being killed in the crash on Crete. Mike had been in my same nuke school class and was at A1W prototype at the same time as me and I remember his distinct Massachusetts accent. The story was very interesting because my coworker related the events and coincidences that preceded Mike being flown off the ship on that particular flight. I can relay what I was told but it would be second hand. I'm hoping somebody who knows the story first-hand can retell us what happened. It's almost unbelievable. Neil Baker USS Enterprise 78-83