Allen MacDiarmid

@allenmacdiarmid

About

Born in 1932 we moved a lot, aboutevery 3 years. I attended the US Naval Academy, class of 1955. Iserved aboard the USS Stoddard (DD-566), then attended flight schoolin Pensacola and Corpus Christi. Next I was assigned to VR-21 inBarber's Point, HI. My next assignment was in VS-29 flying the S2aircraft. I accumulated 150 carrier landings, mostly while aboard theUSS Kearsarge (CVS-33). I ended my naval career in VT-28, CorpusChristi and Kingsville NAAS, both in Texas. I spent 29 years at IBMSan Jose, CA as a Quality Assurance Engineer, specializing inExperiment Design before retiring at age 55 to go cruising in myFreedom 28 Cat Ketch "Broad Reacher". After more than30,000 nautical miles over the bottom I have taken up RVing and nowreside in a house with my mate Jean in Bardstown, KY. I have taken upwriting and have published 3 articles on Amazon using the KDPplatform. I am presently at work on a book about my navy adventures.