USS LEXINGTON Former Crew Member

Name: Hazzard, Michael

Service Dates: December 1975 - August 1979

Rank/Duty Assigned: 1975-1977 Aviation Boatswains Mate Catapults (Various Positions); 1977-79 Executive Staff (3-M)

Is there still a tailhook size dent in the Port Nose Tow Unit box? I was working in the Catapult crew in 1976 the night an A-6 Intruder boltered too far Starboard passing just feet from us and the tail hook caught the box.

I am currently a Docent onboard the USS Midway CV-41 in San Diego, CA.