Wanted to be a deisel Mechanic and got stuck in the boiler room and have been loving it ever since. Assigned to DDG-7 from 77-81. After fireroom and oil shack. Got out and have worked for Hartford Steam Boiler ever since.
Still love what I do and dealing with boilermen who still know how to get things done.
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I also was a "BT" and have worked for HSB since 1978, in Nashville. Where are you?
In ATL working for HSBCT-Govt. Service Supervisor.
That could been me in the picture getting water hammerd was in oil lab on coral sea and got hit a few times.
Nice pic ! Ever play football in the burner alley or have tag team wrestling matches?
the Wilson site has alot of the cruise books on it . Pretty cool if you haven't checked it out yet.
Hey Mark I was on the Wilson from 86-89. Was Oil King and then assigned to #2 Fireroom again . Got To decommission her in Oct. 89. Saw where some of you had etched your names on the back of a brass cover . Yeah some of us found them on a watch one night when we were bored and I wasn't washing my dirty laundry in the pit due to being on water hours yet again. What was good was 2 fire controlled the fresh water pumps and we ALWAYS had cold drinking water . Did 2 west pacs on her before going to the England CG 22 . Life was never the same since everyone knew everybody on the Wilson. Every time some of us ran into each other everybody said the same thing ...We missed that old tin can .
COOL pic' shipmate!! "Pit Snipe's just blow'n off some steam!!"
Wanted to be in the "R-GANG" when I reported aboard BOSTON CAG1. But the engineering dept. was short-handed on BT's. Got sent to #4 Fire-room and instantly and it was "love at first sight". LOL
Looks like a bunch of your friends are Hosers LOL,nice picture Thanks.
BTC- Looks like that burnerman was Ambushed during a hydro!! LOL
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