The USS Canberra CAG 2. My home while I was in the navy. I grew up on this ship. Made friends and sailed the world. She was my shelter, my workplace and my college. Here I learned that one has to take responsibility for ones own actions.

My job was to find and track aircraft and if needed destroy them. Everyone on board had a job and each job was important. We were one in mission. Protect the United States and it's Allies when called upon. We also had lots of fun. Where else can a young kid of 18 shoot such big fires works? I was a Fire control tech and worked in Weapons control That is where the guns or missiles were assigned a target and where the button was pushed to fire them. We did not handle surface targets.