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  Rob Sitze July 26, 2013 at 7:05pm

  DFM =Diesel Fuel Marine
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  Rob Sitze July 26, 2013 at 7:04pm

  We actually used DFM, also called F76 if I recall.  We could use JP5 but that was jet fuel on the carrier I served on. 
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  Rodger Joye July 26, 2013 at 4:49pm

  I was one 2 ships during the ND conversion.  In fact, the second one (USS MITSCHER DDG-35) was the only ship in the Navy that converted to ND and had to convert back to NSFO.  We couldn't burn ND!!!
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  steve mc cann July 26, 2013 at 3:18pm

  WHEN I WAS ON THE BLUE RIDGE (70-74), THE FIRST YEAR AND A HALF OR SO WE USED NSFO, THEN WE SWITCH TO "NAVY DISTILLATE" FUEL. JP5 AND SOME OTHER PETROL MIX. THAT CONVERSION WAS GREAT - EXTENDED OUR BOILER FIRESIDE AND WATERSIDE CLEANING HOURS. 
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  Jim Cassidy July 26, 2013 at 12:33pm

  We always burned fuel oil. If I recall it was referred to as Bunker-C. I didn't know JP-5 was later used in place of fuel oil.
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  Bud Stilwell BT Snipe July 26, 2013 at 11:37am

  Black Oil (NSFO) is what we used at first and than switched to JP5
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  Rodger Joye July 26, 2013 at 5:54am

  JP5 was still better than dealing with the Black Oil (NSFO), which they say was better than the days of coal!
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  R. Kilgore July 25, 2013 at 11:52pm

  Burnerman always had that fuel (JP5)) smell & soot eyeliner!! Damn!, light;n fires was was great!! BTC(SW) Kevin W. we lit'd a lot of them!!!!! 84-88!! RK
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  John Ward July 23, 2013 at 9:52pm

  I remember Dan skivers
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  Kevin Warner July 23, 2013 at 9:50pm