The USS Thetis Bay Association has held a reunion in cities around the U.S. every year since 1986. It has become tradition for the reunion to be on the week-end following Labor Day.

               Crowne Plaza Hotel - Jacksonville                           Sue and Boyd Reynolds

The 2008 reunion will be September 10-14 in Jacksonville, Florida

The host couple will be Boyd and Sue Reynolds who reside in the area. The event will take place at the Crown Plaza Hotel on the riverfront. Rooms rates are $99 - $139. The hotel Web site is http://www.cpjacksonville.com. A group bus tour to St. Augustine is already planned. Input on other activities may be made to the Reynolds' via email.

About Jacksonville

Located on the upper Atlantic coast of Florida near the mouth of the St. Johns River, Jacksonville has a population of about 795,000. Interstate 10 from the west terminates in Jacksonville and Interstate 95 passes near downtown along a North-South path. Jacksonville International Airport is 15 miles north of downtown. St. Augustine, the oldest city in the country, is 40 miles south on the coast and Daytona Beach is another 50 miles further south. Situated at the mouth of the St. Johns River, about 20 miles from downtown Jacksonville, Mayport Naval Station has special meaning to Thetis Bay crewmen aboard during the Cuban missile blockade in October, 1962. When not on station in the Bahama Islands, Mayport was the ship's temporary home port.

2009 Reunion to be held in Branson, Missouri

Bill and Nancy Stringer from nearby Oklahoma will be the hosts.

Click here to view previous reunion locations.

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