Nimocks, Dean, EMC

Electrician's Mate
 
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Current Service Status
USN Veteran
Current/Last Rank
Chief Petty Officer
Current/Last Primary NEC
EM-9573-Snap II Ship System Coordinator
Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Electrician's Mate
Primary Unit
1976-1980, EM-5632, NRRF Kamiseya, Naval Communications Station (NAVCOMSTA) Japan
Previously Held NEC
EM-0000-Electrician's Mate
EM-5632-Shore Based Power Plant Technician
EM-9585-Navy Recruiter Canvasser
EM-9517-3M System Coordinator
Service Years
1970 - 1990
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Cold War
Gulf of Tonkin Yacht Club
Order of the Ditch
Order of the Shellback
Persian Excursion
EM-Electrician's Mate
Five Hash Marks

 Official Badges 

Recruiter US Navy Retired 20 US Navy Honorable Discharge


 Unofficial Badges 

Order of the Shellback Navy Chief 100 Yrs 1893-1993 Persian Gulf Yacht Club Navy Chief Initiated

Gulf of Tonkin Yacht Club Persian Excursion Cold War Veteran Cold War Veteran

Mobile Riverine Forces Mekong Delta GONZO Station Yacht Club Did the Ditch (Suez Canal) Vietnam Veteran 50th Commemoration





  1971-1971, EM-0000, USS Krishna (ARL-38)

EM-Electrician's Mate

From Month/Year
March / 1971
To Month/Year
October / 1971

Unit
USS Krishna (ARL-38) Unit Page

Rank
Fireman
NEC
EM-0000-Electrician's Mate

Base, Station or City
South Vietnam
State/Country
Binh Thuy (Vietnam)
  
 
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 USS Krishna (ARL-38) Details

USS Krishna (ARL-38)

Achelous Class Landing Craft Repair Ship:
  • LST-1149 was reclassified ARL-38 14 August 1944
  • Laid down, 23 February 1945, at Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca IL.
  • Launched, 25 May 1945
  • Placed in reduced commission as USS Krishna (ARL-38) for transit to her conversion yard at Mobile AL., 6 June 1945, LT. Lyle E. Brown USN in command
  • Decommissioned, 16 June 1945, at Mobile, AL.
  • Fully commissioned, 3 December 1945, LT. Lyle E. Brown USN in command.
  • During the Vietnam War USS Krishna (ARL-38) participated in the following campaigns:

    Vietnam Service Medal
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive-Phase V
    21 September to 1 November 1968    		 Vietnamese Counteroffensive-Phase IV
    2 April to 16 April 1968
    Vietnamese Defense
    16 September to 3 December 1965
    11 December to 24 December 1965    		 Vietnamese Counteroffensive-Phase VI
    2 November to 10 November 1968
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive
    25 December 1965 to 30 June 1966    		 Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969
    30 June to 31 October 1969
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive-Phase II
    1 July to 22 July 1966
    6 October 1966
    1 April to 14 April 1967    		 Vietnam Winter-Spring1970
    1 November to 10 November 1969
    4 January 1970
    Vietnamese Counteroffensive-Phase III
    1 November 1967 to 29 January 1968    		 Vietnamese Counteroffensive-Phase VII
    31 December 1970 to 20 March 1971
    30 May to 30 June 1971
    Tet Counteroffensive
    30 January to 1 April 1968    		 Consolidation I
    1 July to 9 October 1971
  • Decommissioned, 30 October 1971 at Subic Bay P.I.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 30 October 1971
  • USS Krishna earned the Vietnam Service Medal with twelve campaign stars for Vietnam War service
  • Sold to the Republic of the Philippines, 30 October 1971, renamed BRP Narra (AR-38)
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown


Specifications:
Displacement 2,220 t.(lt) 3,960 t.(fl) 4,840 t.(lim)
Length 327'9"
Beam 50'1½"
Draft 16'2" (fully loaded)
Speed 10 kts.
Complement
Officers 21
Enlisted 232
Ship's Boatstwo 36' LCVP
Cranes
one 25 Ton Fixed Kingpost Crane
one 5 Ton Bridge Gantry Crane
Armament
two MK2 Mod 18 quad 40mm AA gun mounts w/Mk. 51 directors
two Gun Directors MK5 Mod2
six .50 cal. Machine Guns
two Stinger Firing Stations
Fuel Capacity 4,715Bbls
Propulsion
two General Motors 12-567A Detroit Twelve Cylinder Diesel Engines, combined horsepower 1800
single Falk Main Reduction Gears
Ship's Service Generators
four Diesel-drive 100Kw 120V/240V A.C.
five Diesel-drive 100Kw 450V D.C.
two fixed pitch 7' bronze propellers
twin rudders

 

Type
Surface Vessel 		 

Parent Unit
Archelous-class
Strength
Tender/ Repair Ship

Created/Owned By
YN Pierson, Al (USview, NTWS Chief Admin ), YN2 7759  
   

Last Updated: Jan 21, 2016
   
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USS Krishna (ARL-38)
Lee, Harold, PO1, (1955-1975) DC DC-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Barth, Edward, CPO, (1965-1987) MR MR-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Bruder, Ray, PO2, (1967-1971) SK LS-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Treviranus, Claude, PO2, (1967-1971) RM RM-2342 Petty Officer Second Class
Huckell, William, PO3, (1968-1972) IC IC-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Matthews, Donald, PO3, (1968-1971) SM SM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Thorne, Craig, PO3, (1968-1972) CS CS-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Alexander, Rich, SN, (1969-1971) SN SN-0000 Seaman
Garver, Dale, PO2, (1969-1978) FN FN-0000 Fireman
Myers, Shaun, PO3, (1967-1971) Petty Officer Third Class
Kelleher, Dan, SN, (1969-1971) 00 Seaman
Usborne, Roger, CDR, (1962-1983) Lieutenant Commander

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