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"Hello Emmet,
I worked over at the Liquid Oxygen Plant at the Air Station. The plant was at the end of runway overlooking the entrance to the bay. Best duty station I had. Would go to mainside to go to the commissary to stock up the kitchen at the…"
I worked over at the Liquid Oxygen Plant at the Air Station. The plant was at the end of runway overlooking the entrance to the bay. Best duty station I had. Would go to mainside to go to the commissary to stock up the kitchen at the…"
"I used to do that when standing burners, but it was frowned upon."
"We always burned fuel oil. If I recall it was referred to as Bunker-C. I didn't know JP-5 was later used in place of fuel oil."
"SERVED ON BOARD USS NORTHAMPTON CC-1 IN B-DIV. FROM '67-'69. WORKED IN # 2 FIREROOM. HAD THE PLEASURE OF DOING WATERSIDES MY FIRST DAY IN THE HOLE. WAS THEN TRANSFERRED TO GTMO."
"Born in Jersey City and moved to South Plainfield, N.J. at age 6. Enlisted in the Navy in June of '67. Served on board USS Northampton CC-1 from Sept.'67 until Feb.'69. NAS GTMO from Feb'69 until Feb '70, USS Mississinewa AO-144 Feb '70 until Apr.…"
"Hello Tom,
Where in So. Plfd. did you work during those years?
Jim Cassidy"
Where in So. Plfd. did you work during those years?
Jim Cassidy"
"Worked at the Liquid Oxygen Plant (LOX Plant) located at the end of the runway overlooking the entrance to the bay. Feb. '69-Feb'70"
"Hi,Ron. Those 5 cent Buds were only during Happy Hour on Fridays. That was at the club on the other side of the bay where the air station was. Fleet was usually on Main Side unless they took the ferry across the bay."
"John, my name is Jim Cassidy. I was stationed with you at the LOX Plant in GTMO. I was there from Feb.'69-Feb'70 working for Chief Sullivan. When I saw your name It rang a bell. Do you recall the Ford pick-up the Chief used to drive and the two…"
"Hi John. Received your message and tried to respond to your e-mail address but it would not go thru. I got a message that the address was formatted wrong. Great idea getting together sometime. I am retired so any time is fine with me. My e-mail is…"
"John, You must have lived over on Mainside with the upper crust and the expensive Bud. We were a little "ghetto"coming from the wrong side of the Bay. Haven't made any decision on Branson as that is down the road a bit yet"
"I was stationed at GTMO Feb.'69-Feb.'70. Worked at the LOX Plant for Chief Sullivan over at the Air Station. The Plant was located at the end of the runway overlooking the bay. Remember $.05 Buds during Happy Hour at the outdoor E.M. clubs. Also…"
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Location
South Plainfield, NJ
Birthday:
March 1
Rank
Petty Officer Third Class
Where were you or your family stationed?
USS Northampton CC- 1 NAS Guantanamo Bay, Cuba USS Mississenewa AO-144
Veteran of Foreign War
None
Current Status with the US Navy
Honorably Discharged
Start date of your service
June 24, 1967
End date of your service
April 18, 1971
Comments
Thanks, glad you had air conditioning. I probably minded the heat, especially in the galley, but they had a salt tablet dispenser there for us and I guess when you are 23 or 24 and in excellent shape you don’t mind it as much as today at 73. Or maybe I just got used to it. I did not inlist until I was 20 and had graduated from technical school. I got my draft notice then but chose the Navy over the Army, especially with the Vietnam War heating up.
Hi Jim, I was stationed over on the base for 18 months in 1968 and 1969. I was a cook at Bay Hill Galley. I never got over to the air station unless I was going on leave or leaving the base permanently. I thought that they call the Hill and galley Gold Hill now? Unless that is somewhere else on the base. I used to get a rack on one of the ships that was there for fleet training and go on the weekends to Haiti or Jamaica. This was my last duty station before being discharged at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in August of 1969. I had duty at the EM club about once a month and helped break up more than one fight there.
Hi Jim, I drove tractor-trailers for St Johnsbury Trucking Co. We had a terminal on Hollywood Ave., runs off Durham Ave.. Went out of business in 1993.
my email is jtrubbo@multiplexinc.com Try again or post a comment with your email and we'll see how that works
Yes, I do remember you. The other dog's name was Snoopy !. The little guy you were talking about was Gayle Patten. I remember he kept track of the sodas and pot pie dinners that we bought ! There was a 3rd or 2nd class PO named Lloyd Sampson and he was always ragging on another guy named Steve Bales. If I remember correctly, didn't you live in New York ? I work in South Plainfield. Here's my email at work jtrubbo@multiplexinc.com . maybe we can get together after work sometime to talk about the good old days in the Navy.
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