USS TICONDEROGA
CV/CVA/CVS-14

Call Sign: NBMU

May 8, 1944 - January 9, 1947
January 31, 1952 - April 4, 1952
September 11, 1954 - November 16, 1973

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USS TICONDEROGA
CG-47

Call sign: NTIC

January 22, 1983 - September 30, 2004

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Welcome to USS TICONDEROGA
Veterans Association

ticovets.org

Welcome to the USS TICONDEROGA Veterans Association!
 
 
REGULAR & LIFE MEMBERSHIP IS NOW
OPEN
TO ALL TICONDEROGA-CLASS PERSONNEL!
 
 
The mission of the USS TICONDEROGA Veterans Association is to perpetuate the memory of the Essex-class aircraft carrier USS TICONDEROGA (CV/CVA/CVS-l4) commissioned May 8, 1944, and the first AEGIS cruiser USS TICONDEROGA CG-47 commissioned January 22, 1983, and ship's company of these U.S. Navy vessels, to include those of all 26 additional TICONDEROGA-class cruisers.

 

Membership is open to all USS TICONDEROGA CV-CVA-CVS-14 and CG-XX personnel having served aboard these ships. In addition, membership shall be opened to other military or civilian official passengers who served aboard these ships while underway (such as flight/air group personnel, technicians, news media, space-moon shot recovery personnel, etc.). Associate membership shall be opened to relatives and friends of members who wish to participate in the association activities. An associate member shall pay annual dues and have all rights of a member except they may not cast a vote in the business of the association.


ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

The revised By-Laws are now posted.
 
Click above on ABOUT then BY-LAWS.
 
 
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Go to the NEWS tab above for details about portraits taken at the Kansas City reunion!
 
 
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The next edition of the newsletter will post on or about
July 1, 2023.
 
The print edition will follow in approximately 3 to 4 weeks!
 
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 This may be a tour destination at the May 2024 San Antonio Reunion!
 
Check out this free "insider” look at how the firearms in the vast collection of the National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg, Texas, are maintained. During this 30 minute webinar Reagan Grau, Director of Collections and Exhibits, and Aaron Verinder, Maintenance Assistant and Lead Mechanic, will take you through the process of cleaning a firearm and show you step by step how these firearms are preserved for display and living history programs.
 
 
 
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The Deck Logs Project
(Article from oldbluewater.com)
 
 The Deck Logs Project was undertaken by members of the original Blue Water Navy
Vietnam Veterans Association to document when certain ships were within Vietnam
Territorial Seas defined as 12 miles from Baseline. The Vietnam War Era covered by
the analysis is January 1962 through May 1975.
 
 
 
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
 

  • As many of you know, we are transitioning the newsletter from hardcopy to digital and have made it available on this new website. We need a good e-mail address that you regularly monitor. Please send that address to us via Ticovets.org under CONTACT above. You may also confirm and update your physical address and phone number there as well.

  • Let us know if you can receive Newsletters by e-mail. E-mail allows us to publish more than three newsletters annually and dramatically reduces the cost of publishing hardcopy newsletters.

  • The website allows us to post notices and news on a more regular basis. It also allows for more frequent detailed articles and information.

 
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 YOU MAY NOW PAY YOUR DUES AND/OR REUNION FEES WITH A CREDIT/DEBIT CARD
 
WITH ZELLE!
 
 
 
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AGENT ORANGE Update:
From:     Ernest B Davidson

Email:    ebraddavidson@comcast.net
Message:  Good evening.   Has you organization been made aware of Ticonderoga being in Guam  on 1 June 1972 and therefore presumed exposed to Agent Orange for VA claim purposes?  If not, and if you would like a copy of her deck log for that date, please let me know by return email and I will forward a copy.

Also, on 6 April 1968 there is evidence she passed briefly through  AO exposure "coastal waters" shortly after 2000 hrs..  Since it was between daily position reports, it is unlikely be detected by VA and would require a dead reckoning plot to substantiate.   DR plots often/frequently are rejected by VA but can sometimes be won on appeal if handled by an experienced VA accredited attorney.   I have such a detailed plot and would be happy to provide it to the Association for use as you see fit.

Please advise at your convenience.

Ernest Davidson
LT USN  1969-1973
USS Brinkley Bass DD887
 
 

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