USS Anchorage, the Navy's newest warship, sailed out of Anchorage and Cook Inlet on the 6th. But before she left, there was this:
Anchorage resident Lex Patten donated a shoulder mount moose
head to the USS Anchorage before its departure from the city on Monday.
The Navy's newest warship, an amphibious transport dock, was in port
for its commissioning ceremony, which took place on May 4. Patten said
the gift was in honor of his late father, a World War II Navy veteran.
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Lex Patten, left, carries a bull moose shoulder mount with a rack
measuring 64.5 inches with the help of Cory Purcell, that he donated to
the USS Anchorage on Monday, May 6, 2013. Patten also donated a Dall
sheep shoulder mount to the submarine USS Alaska during its
commissioning in 1986. Patten's father Allen Patten, and five of his
brothers survived the attack on Pearl Harbor while aboard the USS
Nevada, and the brothers later survived the attack on the aircraft
carrier USS Lexington during the Battle of the Coral Sea.
Bill Roth — Anchorage Daily News
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Allen
Patten and his brothers were assigned to the battleship Nevada during
the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was then transferred to the aircraft
carrier Lexington, which was sunk in the Battle of the Coral Sea. He
also served on the USS Enterprise and took part in the battles of the
Philippine Sea and Leyte Gulf. He retired from the Navy and moved to
Alaska in 1962. He died in 2004.
Lex Patten said he shot the moose
in the McGrath area in 1990. "It was the last moose hunt I went on with
my dad. He insisted on packing out the antlers, about a mile, and he
did. He was 73 at the time."
Read the rest here.
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| Saying farewell and fare thee well to the USS Anchorage and all souls on board. Photo by John Gomes. 5-6-13 |
2 comments:
AND his wife was VERY relieved to see that monster go... :-)
Actually, NFO, that 'monster' was on display at the Sportsman's Warehouse store here in south Anchorage. I doubt his wife was sad, though.
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