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"Who remembers lighting fires off the back wall?"
"I do remember the boiler fronts moving when that happened. I haven't done anything with boilers since I got off the ship in 89, shore duty until I got out in 92. IIRC the Midway had M type boilers, that was my first ship."
"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. "
"If fires went out in the boiler while steaming, protocol stated to emergency secure the boiler, then re-lite it back off. This was time consuming. The walls inside the firebox are red hot, so if you turned on the fuel to splash on the back wall,…"
"Where's Mike at these days? Mark Leonard is still around. I need to send it to him also."
"Did you see the price on those? Wow, but I like it."
"Did you see the price on those? Wow, but I like it."
"I remember that. Got the video of it on DVD."
"Sunday we laid to rest a good friend and a fellow BT from the USS Standley. You will be missed Mike.
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"Yesterday we laid to rest a good friend and a fellow BT from the Standley. You will be missed Mike.
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"Alphonse, I've visited the Yorktown, was pretty cool. I'm only 5 hours from Charleston.
Kevin, we didn't stay long in SD, wasn't anything else we wanted to see. Most everything I remember there was with my first wife, and as she has passed on, I…"
Kevin, we didn't stay long in SD, wasn't anything else we wanted to see. Most everything I remember there was with my first wife, and as she has passed on, I…"
"The wife and I visited the USS Midway in San Diego this year, couldn't go into the fireroom, but it was still cool to visit my first ship. Brought back lots of memories."
"Net time your in town, let me know ahead of time and see if we can meet up."
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Not only did the wall flex, but the burner knocked me on my butt.
Ok, need to know (I'm a EN) what is meant by lighting the fire off the back wall? Why is it done and why is it frowned upon?
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