USS Orleck DD-886

Congratulations on working our second special event station W5A, aboard the USS Orleck Museum Ship on February 18, 2012! Please send a copy of your contact log showing time and frequency of contact, along with a 9x12” SASE, to the below address. When verified, we will send you a nice certificate of contact suitable for display. Special Events Station W5A was hosted by the Gator Amateur Radio Society aboard the USS Orleck. This is our second special event station aboard the Orleck. Look for us again during the Museum Ships Weekend event June 2, 2012. See http://www.nj2bb.org/museum/ for more information! Mail contact information to: Southwest Louisiana Amateur Repeater Club Attention USS Orleck Event PO Box 7244 Lake Charles, LA 70605

Radio Central shows signs of life! The USS Orleck was built in 1945 in Orange, TX. It served in numerous conflicts in the last 60 years and is currently docked in Lake Charles, LA. It will become a museum ship as soon as restoration is complete. Anybody wishing to participate in it's restoration should go to www.orleck.org for more information on the ship and how you too can become a volunteer. Volunteers are deseperately needed. Any skill or just simple labor will be a tremendous help in getting this restoration ready for it's grand opening.