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  Henry R. Lee October 5, 2009 at 6:41pm

  Ok I just remembered something taking exam for senior cheif
  PM Cheif goes to SeniorCheif ML ,I just remember that he went from PM to ML
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  aldo crose October 5, 2009 at 6:41pm

  you must be. A PM does not become a ML till MLCS.
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  Henry R. Lee October 5, 2009 at 6:34pm

  Well thats odd Cheif ML Butner was a patternmaker 1st class when he took the exam passed and was given the Chief ML rating ,he did not like
  learning the foundry skills not that he got on the bench ,, so am I off my nut ?
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  Daniel Young MLC(SW) October 5, 2009 at 5:04pm

  No he is a PMC. When he becomes a senior chief he is a molder.
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  Henry R. Lee October 5, 2009 at 2:20pm

  Correct me if I'm wrong ,when a 1st class patternmaker take the exam for chief and passes he becomes a chief molder right ? the Charilie Whitsides ,that I knew of was kind of short and stocky it could be the same guy
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  Henry R. Lee October 5, 2009 at 1:58pm

  Does anybody remember Sebastin -Stretch- ML3 , Robert McClain ML3,
  or Dombeck ML3 from the Delta ?Kenndy ML3 USS Amphion
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  Henry R. Lee October 5, 2009 at 1:49pm

  David I keep reading through the comments and if I remember correctly Charlie Whitesides was a patternmaker when I was on the Ajax , , and I heard the name Denbow before but I can't place him or Danny Brown
  my instructor in class -B- school in July -Sept of 68 was Bershires not sure of the spelling , there were were two chief in my class one was Kirkland can't remember the other one . Have you ever heard of Chief Butner this guy was wild when drunk
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  Craig Lami October 5, 2009 at 1:24pm

  David, you know that 180 pound guy. It was Grantham. He jumped off a sand bin right in the middle of Dutch's back for a joke. The Joke (and bruises) were on him.
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  Craig Lami October 5, 2009 at 1:21pm

  I knew a couple of those guys.. ML2 Dutch Holland was in my shop on the Simon lake in Charleston, SC in 70. He was quite the impressive guy. Saw him pick up a 180 pound man with one hand and throw him across the shop and bounce him off a wall. It was self defense.
  ML1 Andy Anderson was in charge of the shop on the Gompers when I transferred there about '74. Made 2 WESPACs with him. He was a good man to work for, also.
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  Henry R. Lee October 5, 2009 at 1:08pm

  Hello to all you Navy Molders that I never met , I joined the Navy in 1959
  I was first stationed on the USS Platte AO-24 when the Ajax was homeported in Sasebo ,Japan in the spring of 60 I was transfered to her
  spent a year in the fireroom , the repair dept. was needing some people so again I held my hand up ! Bohannon was the first class in charge of the foundry under Cheif Leaping Larry Gillespie , then Lagaspie ML 2 from the P.I. ,Jack Lambeert ML3 & Petrozzie ML3 both fresh out of- A
  school- Andy Anderson we had about 7 in the shop -I HATE so called
  NATURAL Bonded sand !
  in 62 I was transfered to the USS Delta ,it took me about a year to get into the foundry there Senior Cheif V.E. Bill was a qiute man he had ML2 C.T. Allen as our lpo -Dutch- Sterling Holland if any of you guys know or remember Dutch his mailing address is P.O. box 275 Mansfield, Tex. 76063 ,I haven't spoke to him lately he was going in for therpy for his postrate gland , Gattlin , C.E. North former ML3 was d h d , Muffinbier from the Ajax quite likeing girls and went to boys also received a dhd , Daniel -Danny- Miller ML3 was a great guy and friend
  I recently found out made Cheif sometime back when I don't know , I lost contact with him in 72 when he was in Lodi,Ca. I thought he had gotten out after I did , I read a o lot of the comments on this site some one had mentioned cheif Paul Danny Miller and I were stationed at the sub.base foundry in Groton ,CT. in 67 we were both 2nd class he was my senior then came this real a**hole ML2 Barry Neal Paul he was senior to both of us a real brown noser did very little work had us make these eagles to put on fireplace mantels by the dozens his first duty station the USS Markalb just out of _ a- school he put a guy on report
  for some minor infraction, anyway the guy was kicked outof the Navy
  I was stationed on the USS Amphion after I got out of class B molders school Cheif Allen was not around too often I the foundry was great I like petro bonded sand , got use to it quick on the Delta . , I made 1st class in 70 and was sent to the USS Bryce Canyon AD-36 at Pearl Harbor ,Ha.
  the foundry there had resistor furnances , I requested Induction furnances and we got em and did the shop almost like the Amphion
  I left the Navy in 71 with great regret ,My # 1 son has been in the Navy now since 91 he's a ABF1 assigned to the Army in Iraq now should be comming back in Nov.
  Here's a few more names Mares PressleyML1, K.T. RossML2 Charles-Ckuck Sheffield ML1*found dead in shop on Jason * Larry Thorton ML2Varid ML1 , Cheif Kirtland **real gungho**good man
  By the way Barry N. Paul ret. has a tour bus service in the Tidewater area . well hope I didn't bore you guys tooo much
  
  Henry Lee