USS Ashtabula AO-51

I came aboard the USS Ashtabula AO-51
in Todd shipyards San Pedro Ca. in early 1961. I was just out of bootcamp, 18 years old and was not sure what I had got myself into, the ship was filthy from all the refitting work. I remember it was late at night around 10:oo pm and you had to step over air hose and other thing on the deck, just to get aboard.
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