501 (c) (3) Non Profit Organizations
ADAMS CLASS MUSEUM EVENT OCTOBER 2010
For all Adams Class Veterans there will be the second annual event from October 21-23, 2010 to support the effort to “Bring Home the USS CHARLES F. ADAMS” as a ship museum honoring all of the ships of the class in Jacksonville, Florida. The Jacksonville Historic Naval Ship Association (JHNSA) and the Adams Class Veterans Association (ACVA) will be hosting the event at the four-star Omni Hotel in Downtown Jacksonville, a block from the Jacksonville Landing where the ADAMS Class Museum Visitor Center is located.
The Welcome Reception will be Thursday, October 21 at 1730 at the Visitor Center, followed by a music event at “Maverick’s” a local nightclub at the Jacksonville Landing. A Friday night banquet will be held at the Omni at 1830. Rear Admiral Leroy Collins, USNR (Ret.) the Executive Director of the Florida Department of Veterans Affairs and a strong supporter of the Adams Class Museum has been invited as our guest speaker. Fees for the entire events are: $125 per person – Thursday only is $55 pp and Friday only is $70 pp. This is a fund raising event for the development of the Adams Class Museum.
For room reservations please call 1-800-843-6664 and ask for the Omni Hotel, Jacksonville, FL and ask for the “Adams Class Museum” rate ($79 plus tax – the rate is good till 1 October). Parking is available, but if you are flying in, taking the shuttle from the airport is easier.
Please mail your $125 event fee no later than 1 October to:
Event Coordinator
Jacksonville Historic Naval Ship Association
2 Independent Drive, Suite 144
Jacksonville, Florida 32202
PH 904-647-5177
www.adamsclassmuseum.org
The ADAMS Class Museum Visitor Center is open M - Sat 1000 -1730
USS KING DLG-10/DDG-41 ASSOCIATION $5,000 DONATION
The USS King DLG-10 / DDG-41 Association held their annual reunion in Orlando, Florida the weekend of June 19/20, 2010. During their meeting they voted to officially support the efforts of the ACVA and donate $5000 to the effort to have the USS CHARLES F. ADAMS DDG-2 be made into the Adams Class Museum in Jacksonville, Florida. The ACVA and JHNSA offer their sincerest thanks and regards to this group and we will use the donation wisely.
RESTORATION OF USS CHARLES F. ADAMS DDG-2
AN/SPS-10 Surface Search and AN/SPS-40 Air Radar Antennas
In October of 2008 the ACVA requested that the Navy donate the two radar antennas that were removed from the USS CHARLES F. ADAMS when it was decommissioned in 1990. The antennas shown above were obtained from the USS Austin currently in Brownsville, Texas undergoing the scrapping process. ACVA veteran, Jim Donaldson, who had served on board the CHARLES F. ADAMS as a CWO3 Warrant Machinist, picked up the antennas in mid-June and delivered them to the Armed Forces Military Museum in Largo, Florida where they will be displayed as the donation process of the ADAMS continues.
HULL PLATES
Recently the USS Joseph Strauss DDG-16 Association donated $2,500 for a hull plate to help restore the CHARLES F. ADAMS during its dry docking when the ship is donated by NAVSEA as a ship museum. So far 11 groups, associations and individuals purchased or sponsored 11 hull plates at $2500 & 1 group sponsored 1 hull plate at $2000. If you or your group are interested in participating go to the ACVA web page
www.adamsclassddgvets.org and click on the link to “Restoration Fund Donation Programs”. If you have questions about this effort you can contact our ACVA Treasurer Craig Bernat at
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