Welcome Aboard the USS Thomas C. Hart (DE/FF-1092) Veterans Association’s homeport on the web! We hope you enjoy your visit. If you ever served aboard the TCH, we’d love for you to join us. Everyone is welcome to look around and sign our Decklog (guestbook). Association members are invited to visit the “Members Only Lounge” for posting comments and discussion items. If you have photos or ideas for the site, please let us know! If you’re a TCH vet, please be sure to “Muster” on the Sailing List page.
FOR THE INFORMATION OF ALL HANDS
10 January 2025: The Current Member list has been updated to reflect all Members currently paid through at least 31 December 2025. Regrettably we had to delete the remaining 19 former members who’s membership expired in December 2024. You should have received a previous email or two alerting you to this, but not to worry, you can simply renew now for $20.00 and be credited through 31 December 2026 by going to the Join or Renew page. Look forward to adding you back to the current roster!
1 January 2025: On behalf of the Board of TCHVA we extend our sincerest wishes for a most Happy and, more importantly, Healthy New Year in 2025. It promises to be a great year for the Association in looking forward to another great reunion in Portland, Maine this coming October. Please check in periodically as we’ll be posting additional info as plans move forward. Cheers!
22 December 2024: Please take a moment to check out the Members Only page for a comment concerning one of our shipmates and a CBS TV shout out to him during the recent Army – Navy football game. The good news is that on Saturday 14 Dec 2024 the 9 – 3 Navy team upset the 11 – 1 American Athletic Conference Champion Army team 31 – 13 to win the Commander-in-Chief Trophy. The better news is about our record setting shipmate – so check it out!!!
20 December 2024: On behalf of the TCHVA Board, we want to extend our hopes and wishes for all to enjoy a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year in 2025. And it will be a big year for our association as plans are well underway for our October 2025 Reunion in Portland, Maine. It should be another great event, and we hope to see many of you there. And please do take the opportunity to renew your membership, especially those of you whose membership expires 31 Dec 2024. Check the TCHVA Member Listing page, and if your name has an asterisk “*” after it, your membership will expire 31 Dec 2024. Visit the Join or Renew page to continue your association with TCHVA.
9 October 2024: Planning for the next TCHVA Reunion continues. The dates for the event are 14 – 19 October 2025 (yes, next year). We will hold the reunion in Portland Maine where several other Navy organizations have held reunions with great success. We know this one will be a success as well as all our previous reunions.
As our previous event planner has retired from the business, we have contracted with a new event planner, Armed Forces Reunions, who specializes in military functions like our reunion. They will establish a secure registration website with a group specific web address that will allow attendees to either register online or download necessary forms to mail to the coordinator. They will also be working with our hotel to schedule and arrange for any tours or activities we plan for the event. Pricing and schedules for these tours will not be available until October 2024 at the earliest.
As for the hotel, we have contracted with Best Western Merry Manor Inn in South Portland Maine. We have had members stay there in the past, as well as recently visit to check it out. Breakfast (buffet style) will be provided free of any additional charges each day either in the Hospitality Suite or in their breakfast room. There is no restaurant in the hotel, but there are plenty of dining options close to the hotel. We will have our banquet dinner in the Hospitality Room on Saturday 18 October 2025.
As of now, the hotel does not have vans for transportation to and from the airport, but have agreed to reimburse all guests for taxis to/from the airport. For folks driving their own vehicles to the hotel, there is ample free parking available.
So stay tuned for more information as we receive it, but please mark your calendars now for the TCHVA Reunion next year from 14 – 19 October 2025.
06 OCT 2023
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We hope you enjoy your visit. Some of our pages on this site feature audio when you visit the page, so turn up your volume to enhance your experience. If you ever served aboard the TCH, we’d love for you to join us, so click on the “Join or Renew” tab for more information.
Everyone is welcome to look around and sign our Decklog (guestbook). Association members are invited to visit the “Members Only Lounge” for posting comments and discussion items. If you have photos or ideas for the site, please let us know! If you are a TCH vet, please be sure to “Muster” on the “Sailing List” page.
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“YA GOTTA HAVE HART”
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“I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who would be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: ‘I served in the United States Navy.”– John F. Kennedy