NEW PORT, Rhode Island 2nd Fleet Replenishment Ships . USS Mississinewa AO-144 .......................................................... Newport
was homeport for many years. In 1965, the crew was at the Venetian Room
where
the bar was closed after a fight with crew of the USS ATka. Late 1966
Missy left Melville for Portsmouth England...
per
current records on
handView Base Link Currently
there is a Navy Warfare Development
Command in the Naval War College.
View Melville
in the 1940's
|
 The
history is long for Newport,
starting in the 1700’s. There was even a plant
that processed sugar from Jamaica
into rum, sent the rum to Africa
which was an aid to gathering slaves to take to Jamaica |
Melville was a
training ground for PT Boats. John F. Kennedy and Leonard J. Thom
trained together here and became good friends. Their lives
would be intertwined for the next 3 years. In March of 1943 Ensign
Leonard J. Thom, U.S.N.R., was sent to the South Pacific Theater and
the Solomon Islands. When he drew his assignment as Executive Officer
(XO) of PT 109, he was pleased to learn that it's new commander was his
old friend, Jack Kennedy. SOURCE
