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Posted by JIM COWAN on January 13, 2009 at 8:11pm

THE LAST ROCKING ARC FURNACE IN THE NAVY'S INVENTORY. GITMO'S FOUNDRY 1983.

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  • JIM COWAN January 14, 2009 at 5:20pm
    THE FURNACE IN THE PICTURES WAS STILL OPERATIONAL WHEN THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN. THE TWO FOUNDRYMEN THAT MAINTAINED AND OPERATED IT WERE A CUBAN NATIONAL AND A JAMAICAN. I DO NOT REMEMBER THE SENIOR MOLDERS THAT WERE STATIONED AT GTMO AT THAT TIME, BUT MLFN JAMES,(LATER SERVED ABOARD THE YOSEMITE) WAS THERE. LATER I SERVED WITH ML1 MIKE SUMMY(AT PM/ML SCHOOL) WHO ALSO SERVED AT GTMO. THANKS FOR YOUR IN PUT ROLAND.
  • Roland Cardin January 14, 2009 at 3:28pm
    I guess I am one of the oldest here. I operated one of these in A school and also aboard the USS Frontier foundry. The Navy had two versions of these, one had 3" electrodes and the larger had 5" electrodes. It was used for ferrous metals and also Monel.
    ML2 Roland Cardin
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