USS Implicit MSO-455 
Wooden Ship – Iron Men
The Implicit's call sign
November India Juliett India
The Implicit's Signal Bridge
Signalman 3rd Class Pasalaqua receiving traffic with signal lamp
Photograph Courtesy SM3 Glen Bernard USS Implicit MSO-455 (December 1968 – June 1970)
SMSN Glen Bernard on the signal bridge of the USS Implicit entering Subic Bay,
Republic of the Philippines April 1969
Photograph Courtesy SM3 Glen Bernard USS Implicit MSO-455 (December 1968 – June 1970)
SMSN Glen Bernard shown here standing on the signal bridge, as the USS Implicit departs the
Subic Bay Naval Station in route to Market Time Patrol duty Vietnam, April 1969
Photograph Courtesy SM3 Glen Bernard USS Implicit MSO-455 (December 1968 – June 1970)
Preparing to rig flags in a “dress ship” ceremony honoring the Queen’s Birthday, SMSN Glen
Bernard has climbed the USS Implicit’s mast, Subic Bay Naval Station, June 1969
Photograph Courtesy SM3 Glen Bernard USS Implicit MSO-455 (December 1968 – June 1970)
Sonar Technician 3rd Class, Frank Kuhn, standing on the signal bridge of the Implicit moored
at the U. S. Naval Station, Long Beach California, January 1969
Photograph Courtesy SM3 Glen Bernard USS Implicit MSO-455 (December 1968 – June 1970)
On the signal bridge of the USS Implicit (MSO-455) stands Quartermaster Striker Charlie
Newman of New York manning the signal light while entering Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
in February 1969. The Arizona Memorial can be seen in the background.
