Operates equipment that produces steam for propulsion engines and steam-driven electric power generator.
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  • Pat Sensing February 5, 2011 at 4:30pm
    Went to BT "A" school right from bootcamp 1982,  USS Lexington AVT 16 was my first command 1983-1985, USS Canopus AS-34 1985-1987,  USS Kalamazoo AOR 6 1987-1991,  USS Emory S Land AS 39 1991-1993,  and SIMA Norfolk 41A Boiler Repair 1993-1995.  First ones on and lasts ones off.
  • Kevin Warner October 13, 2010 at 11:33pm
    BT "A" school 1975, USS Savannah AOR-4 (ABC man),FTG GITMO as instructor,USS William H. Standley CG-32 (ESWS there),USS Puget sound as fleet repairman of ABC controls,retired off of her.Retired as BTC and will always be a BT!!
  • Kevin Warner September 22, 2010 at 11:39pm
    You can get BT License plates at militarybest.com

  • Bruce Niskanen September 22, 2010 at 12:49pm
    Went BT'A" school from August 79 to November 79.
  • Kevin Warner September 22, 2010 at 12:13am
    "FIRES LIT"
  • Kevin Warner September 22, 2010 at 12:12am
    I would like to dedicate the picture and the "Snipes Lament" to this site,and to other snipes that served aboard the last of the great steaming warships.http//ruminatingdude.blogspot.com/2005/11/snipes-lament-boiler-technicians.html Kevin Warner BTC(SW) retired

    Ruminating Dude
  • ALPHONSE J LARIVEE September 14, 2010 at 10:03pm
    To all you great Boiler techs. Does anyone know where i can buy a hat pin with the BT (hero's engine) on it. They make one for Machinist Mates,and i've seen one on a former Sailors hat a few years ago. I've tried most of the Navy and Military sights,plus e-bay. Now you know our rate was deleted from the list of Navy occupations in 1996. I was talking to an active duty Machinist Mate last year at the U.S.S. Yorktown's reunion in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. He told me you BT'S must have been pretty good as it took 3 new ratings to cover you. So i propose that from now on we should all be reclassified as Supersnipes. AL LARIVEE BT/3 U.S.N 1961-1965
  • robert i dennis August 11, 2010 at 4:57pm
    was a bt 1983-1991 serving on the uss durham lka-114. we had 2- 600# top fired, v2-m8, full auto main steam boilers. also operated steam test stand at the sima sandiego valve shop 31-d 1989-1991.
  • harold wissing July 10, 2010 at 5:26pm
    ALPHONSE THIS IS HAROLD IWAS IN THREE YRS GOT OUT AS 3RD CLASS DUBUQUE IA. HAVENT BEEN TO ANY REUNIONS REALLY WOULD LIKE TO THOUGH. IST 18 MTHS ON THE WADDELL THEN THE REMANDER ON THE CORALSEA.
  • ALPHONSE J LARIVEE July 9, 2010 at 8:32pm
    Welcome aboard Harold How long were you in? What was your rank when you got out? Where is home now? Do you attend any of your former ships reunions. AL LARIVEE Selma,North Carolina. U.S.N 1961-65 BT/3
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nsfo sucked f-76 was pretty good burning jp-5 you could burn but superheater temps woud be higher and it did burn cleaner but was expensive to burn in a boiler and we made ourown overloads on the coral sea drilled out some 11s and made 9s for full power runs and wartimeuse. Steaming an m-type with no abc"s was a real challenge but it made the watch go by fast.

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[URL=http://s983.photobucket.com/user/kingsilver/media/blueridge.jpg.html][IMG]http://i983.photobucket.com/albums/ae312/kingsilver/blueridge.jpg[/IMG][/URL] a couple pieces of memorabilia from my four years (1970-1974) on the blue ridge. this ship is 43 years old and still in commission . "keep on trucking."

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[URL=http://s983.photobucket.com/user/kingsilver/media/blueridge.jpg.html][IMG]http://i983.photobucket.com/albums/ae312/kingsilver/blueridge.jpg[/IMG][/URL] a couple pieces of memorabilia from my four years (1970-1974) on the blue ridge. this ship is 43 years old and still in commission . "keep on trucking."

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