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FLPanhandle

(7,107 posts) Wed Sep 27, 2017, 05:02 PM Sep 2017

United States Troop Ship (USTS) Empire State VI prepares to depart from New York for Puerto Rico

United States Troop Ship (USTS) Empire State VI prepares to depart from New York, where she serves a training ship, to provide hurricane relief. Initially dispatched to the Florida Keys she is now making for Puerto Rico at top speed. Empire State is 56 years old and steam propelled.

Basically a cargo and troop ship.

Nice to see a ship that is my age still going strong.

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United States Troop Ship (USTS) Empire State VI prepares to depart from New York for Puerto Rico (Original Post) FLPanhandle Sep 2017 OP

From what I have read today appleannie1943 Sep 2017 #1

Good for your grandson. n/t rzemanfl Sep 2017 #2

You must be proud of him FLPanhandle Sep 2017 #4

Proud of all of my grandkids. appleannie1943 Sep 2017 #5

Do you have a link to the story? Throck Sep 2017 #3

appleannie1943

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1. From what I have read today

Reply to FLPanhandle (Original post)

Wed Sep 27, 2017, 05:17 PM

Sep 2017

The head of FEMA called in a General since they were not getting any help higher up. My grandson just graduated from the Coast Guard boot camp last June as a reservist. He was called last week and they requested he go with them to PR. He dropped out of college to do so and left late this weekend.