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Wayne Lyons

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I graduated in 1966... following April off to boot camp Great Lakes in Ill. Upon graduation received orders for Washington Navy Yard...one year... worked in a small supply office... from there SK A school for ten weeks in Newport Rhode, Island... then orders to a ship that was about 95% completed, being built in San Diego... assigned to base in December of 68... boarded ship four months later... plankowner... honorable discharge after serving 26 months on USS San Diego AFS-6 two med cruises..left SK2... E5 Awarded Navy Achievement  Medal... good memories... have lots of pictures...

USS San Diego (AFS-6) was a Mars-class combat stores ship acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1968. She served the U.S. Atlantic Fleet until decommissioned in 1993.