Thanks to Jerry O'Conner who served on the Moctobi from 1978 to 1981.

Per Jerry: We did a 1980 run to Pearl harbor to do our Salvage and Towing training near Pearl City.  I could look on the beach and see the Pearl City Tavern.  I lived in Aiea in 1974 in a apartment until I got Navy housing in Salt Lake area near the Honolulu Airport.  I was stationed at Submarine Base Repair for 2 years of shore duty as a EM2/EM1; and than was discharged on my EAOS at Sand Point Naval Support Activity, Seattle, Wash. 

	USS Moctobi ATF-105 Welcome aboard brochure for port of Everett, Wash. 1976 to   May 1980
	Part 2 of Welcome Aboard brochure
	Moctobi was homeported in Everett, Wash. from Sept. 1976 to May 1980; and then changed homeports to Longbeach, Calif.  CO Martin was relieved by CO Smith in late summer early fall 1979 just before the Moctobi drydock overhaul at Marine Power Ship Yard Dry Dock Lake Washington in Seattle area.
	This citation was awarded to Moctobi for the Nov. to Dec.1980 tow to Panama from San Fransisco of the ex USNS Ute and Lipan for the Coast Guard in Curtis Bay, Maryland.  The ATFs were towed through the canal by a USNS ATF from Curtis Bay, Maryland.
	Part 2 of citation

Jerry's USS Moctobi ATF-105 shipmates April 1978/Feb.1981

Deck Dept. SN Sargent SN Shuey BM2 Burton BM1 Martinez BMCM Catron BMCS Alexander BM3 Popovich BM3 Diaz SN Marlequin GM3 Ledbetter

Electricians EM1 Kincannon[my relief lead EM] EM2 BERRY[who I relieved in April 1978] EM2 Babcock EM3 Biblioni[Hawaiian] EM3 Grapp EM3 Evans EM3 Bergeron IC2 Fleming EM1 Williams [USNR] EM1 Buzz Costa [USNR]

Ops. Dept. RM3 Layman RM1 Marchant RM3 Rader SN Charboneau SK3 Woolridge ET1 Miner ET2 Ragone OS2 Gauss PN1 Rodgers PN1 Wagoneer [TAR] SM1 Yuleberry SM2 Stewart MS2 Berry MS1 Aspinwall MS2 Rudy[ firstname] Filipino National SN Parington QM2 Drogseth two SKCs[don't remember names] two HM1s[don't remember names] one RM1/RMC[don't remember name] one QM-1[don't remember name] Ensign/LTJG Hight CO LT Martin CO LTCDR Smith XO LT Connell XO LT Skudin

Eng. Dept. CWO4 Schamp[CHENG] CWO4 Landfield [CHENG] CWO4 Lechler[CHENG] ENC Binkowski EN1 Gwinn EN1 Marshall EN1 Hollenburger EN1 Duffenberg EN2 Sawall EN3 Webster FN Henderson EN3 Smith HT1 Nelson HT2 Laggee FN Cheatum HT2 Newman EN3 Tony [don't remember last name] EN1 McCarty [USNR] ENC Ring

 

 

 

 

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