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Who remebers cleaning the stacks and the soot in the stacks turned into an acid that burned the piss out of your eye's and any cuts you had and the lagging that was full of asbestos. The Chicago was a great ship to be on.
Read more…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.
Read more…[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."
Read more…[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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Welcome BTC Urban. The Coffee is on.
Chief Petty Officer William (Bill) Urban Oct 1972 to Oct 1992
Hello fellow Snipes,
Thought it was about time to seek out fellow vets.
I served on the USS Ranger from Dec. 1973 to June 1977. Managed to make BT2 before leaving the Navy. I was assigned to P2 Division, 2MMR and was qualified through Control Board Operator. I was also the P2 Division DCPO in 1976. I left the Navy at the end of June 1977 with "The Boat" up on blocks in Bremerton, Washington.
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 and punch tubes. fuel was changed from bunker c to navy ditillate in '72 i believe. i have to admit - you could eat off the deck plates the fireroom was so clean. i painted the emergency feed pump with a stars and stripes theme. bt1 hartman put a "huge" budwiser poster on the front of the d.a. tank upper level. acc console looked sharp. steamed with a bunch of great snipes! still steaming at 42 - makes her one of the oldest steam driven u.s. naval ships.
Rob Sitze. Al Larivee BT/3 from Selma. I forgot about us trying to meet up when i had my V.A.Doctirs appointment on 15 January. As i age I'm sure I'll be at the V.A.Hospital again soon.Can you e-mail me? brassmonkey1944@yahoo.com.
Sunday we laid to rest a good friend and a fellow BT from the USS Standley. You will be missed Mike.
http://www.marvinhicksfuneralhome.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_...
Hi Black Gang! I was BT from '68-'77 on WM V. PRATT (DLG-13), MITSCHER (DDG-35) and JOHN KING (DDG-3). Have been in the Ohio Naval Militia since '95 and am now a CDR as the Operations Officer.
In the old days they used Marines to stoke the boilers,who else could they get to follow orders in such a HELL?
BT1 Kocir, You got that right!! ! 1st. one's on, last one's off!! On those ports when we stayed steaming, on 6/6, while twidgets werein civies befor the brow was down, BTC Warner would remind us E-4 and below, that the "the beach & beer ain't going no where"!!!! BT3 RK
And you thought we had it bad!
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