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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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Hey Terry I was on the Edson DD-946 1981 to 1985 loved that ship was B-1 LPO and had the Oil Lab for awhile. Did 18 months homeported in Philly on FFG-15 hated that place.
ntc 1959 san diego
reported to uss hull dd 945 oct 1959
went on several wespacs
was a part of cuban crisis 62
lot of stuff happened on those trips!
worked with the smith bros
best bt in my opinion was aubrey horton from chattanooga, he did 20 yrs
btcm
i received my discharge july of 63
reinlisted sept 63,went to philly for bt "b" scool, found my bride,from ireland/scotland,been married 48 yrs,live in arkansas
http://snipeart.spreadshirt.com
I think you are right Rusty you got that?
We pullrd the heating coils out of the tanks on CV-62 during a yard period somebody thought it was a good job fo the Oil Lab. Thank God we only did the 16 service tanks otherwise we might still be there.
BT Stilwell, roger that on the lube oil samples!! BTC(SW) Warner would send me back to do'em agian if they wern't right!! 130 degrees or not!! Hell be'n the messenger of the watch!! Cool sounding sweat shirt!! Luv to be able to get one!!
BTC(SW) Got to think about 1B's steam drum. Didn't one of them have part of the Snipe's Lamit (sp) on it ?
I remember pulling those black oil heaters out of my first ship,you could get the smell out but not the stains on your uniform.
Bud: I'm not quite awake yet. Let me try it one more time.It should have been is not if. Got an early Doctors appiontment at the V.A. Medical Hospital in Fayetteville,NC 70 miles each way and i don't get a gas allowence, but i get a hell of a lot better care with th V.A. than when i had private insurance while i was still working.
Bud: Sorry for the typo. It should have is instead of if.
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