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I wasn't on it for any 'openings' just when it came over from HI to NAS Alameda. Sick bay (I was Medical Corps) had a lasting reminder of one of the two events (Voyager or Evans) too long ago to remember which one it was. I remember vividly??, the 'wet' versus 'dry' Navy, we didn't want it to leave. What's even more of a small world phenomena is I was a member of the Coastal Patrol Jervis Bay and the radio shack was at Voyager Park .. took me about 6 months to realize why the park was named (locals don't read the signs). A mate of mine was a Chemist and his business partner was the CMO on the HMAS Melbourne. We missed each other by a few years (he passed away) when we moved down to Jervis Bay.
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