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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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BT Edgar Wakeman!!! You got that right!! FDB & MFOP winne could nod you off!! Learned to sleep with yours eyes open!! on 6/6!! All of ya'll know, pit snipe life's ain't easy!!!!
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When you light off after so many hours you have to test those Safey valves,I would say up on top of the steam drum adjusting those valves is the Hottest job in the Navy,always best to read up on adjustment before, so you don't turn the wrench the wrong way, norm a flat at a time.Thats the sound that ecoed on the water front,"ALL HANDS STAND CLEAR OF THE STACKS WHILE SETTING SAFETYS".That was lost with the steamers!!
Alphonse: Thats the nice thing about ACC as long as everything is working right you can almost nod off to the tune of whining FDB's and fuel pumps.
Kevin: A good burnerman doesn't lift safties,nor does he loose the load even with a hangover. I speak from expierence.
Theres nothing like batting catapults, hour after hour,Day after Day while the new pilots got there sea legs.steam catapults,four and aft.Henry
BTC(SW)Kevin Warner, Very well put!!!
It is sad to see an old steamer retire. If you have not had the opportunity to visit the Jeremiah O'Brian in San Francisco, do so. Once a month they light off one of the boilers and turn over the engine. It is something to descend into the engine room and be immersed in the sounds and smells of a previous life.
Water jet, I forgot about that,but what was sad as the Navy turned to gasturbines you never heared the safeties being lifted as you walked down the pier,and to see a steamer decommissioned once a week as I did on that tender I retired off of was more heart breaking,one day the ship is full of life,a small cerimonie and the next day she is cold, no life, the crew was gone, and a tug towed her away.
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