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"WHEN I WAS ON THE BLUE RIDGE (70-74), THE FIRST YEAR AND A HALF OR SO WE USED NSFO, THEN WE SWITCH TO "NAVY DISTILLATE" FUEL. JP5 AND SOME OTHER PETROL MIX. THAT CONVERSION WAS GREAT - EXTENDED OUR BOILER FIRESIDE AND WATERSIDE CLEANING HOURS. "
"as far as some of those wooden ships go, saw one for sale on an online auction a couple years back of my old ship the uss blue ridge lcc-19 - photos had two screws on the wood model - told the seller blue ridge had only one screw. he never replied…"
"bt3 on the uss blue ridge lcc-19 (newly commissioned), from nov. 1970 to aug. 1974. first cruise from philly, around south america to san diego. 2 foster wheeler 600 pounders. since i was one of the smaller bts - always had to remove internals…"
" boot camp was at ntc san diego august of 1970. i was in company 340 with company commander bt1 kennedy. boot camp was 13 week at that time. we were the brigade company at graduation. my barracks (juliet) on the advance side was behind the old…"
"in the first photo i'm on the left side holding the flag. the second photo i'm the one in the middle."
