MCKAY, HENRY, AC1

Air Traffic Controller
 
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Current Service Status
USN Retired
Current/Last Rank
Petty Officer First Class
Current/Last Primary NEC
AC-0000-Air Traffic Controller
Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Air Traffic Controller
Primary Unit
1985-1987, AC-0000, Naval Air Station (NAS) Key West, FL
Previously Held NEC
00E-Unknown NEC/Rate
Service Years
1961 - 1987
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Cold War
Operation Enduring Freedom
Order of the Arctic Circle (Bluenose)
Panama Canal
Suez Canal
AC-Air Traffic Controller
Five Hash Marks

 Official Badges 

US Navy Retired 30 US Navy Retired 20 US Navy Honorable Discharge


 Unofficial Badges 

Order of the Arctic Circle (Bluenose) Engineering/Survivability Excellence Award




 Additional Information
What are you doing now:

MY DATES OF SERVICE ARE
1961-1972 U. S. NAVY
1973-1979 TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD
1979-1987 U. S. NAVY
MY RANK IN THE NAVY WAS AC1 (E6)
IN THE NATIONAL GUARD IT WAS WO1
I AM RETIRED AT THE RANK OF WO1
   
  1982-1985, AC-0000, USS Independence (CV-62)

AC-Air Traffic Controller

From Month/Year
November / 1982
To Month/Year
May / 1985

Unit
USS Independence (CV-62) Unit Page

Rank
Petty Officer First Class
NEC
AC-0000-Air Traffic Controller

Base, Station or City
LANT/NORVA
State/Country
United States
  
 
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 USS Independence (CV-62) Details

USS Independence (CV-62)

USS INDEPENDENCE (CVA-62)
(later CV-62)







Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - November - Quebec - November
Tactical Voice Radio Call: "GUN TRAIN"
 
 CLASS - FORRESTAL
Displacement 56,000 Tons, Dimensions, 1046' 6" (oa) x 129' 1" x 37' (Max)
Armament 8 x 5"/54, 100 Aircraft.
Armor, Unknown.
Machinery, 280,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 4 screws
Speed, 34 Knots, Crew 3800 - 4280.

Operational and Building Data


Built by New York Navy. Laid down 1 July 1955, launched 6 June 1958, commissioned 10 Jan 1959. Redesignated as a multimission carrier (CV 62) 28 February 1973. after being modified to operate ASW aircraft. SLEP at Philadelphia Navy Yard 4/1985 to mid-1988.


Replaced Midwayas forward-deployed carrier in Japan, 1991. Island was extensively enlarged during SLEP and other modernizations. Replaced by Kitty Hawk in July 1998 and decommissioned to reserve on 30 September 1998. Struck from the Navy list on 8 March 2004.


Status:Stricken, to be disposed of (Maintenance Category X).

Berth:NAVSEA Inactive Ships On-site Maintenance Office, Bremerton, WA.


Planned disposition:In April 2004 Navy officials identified ex-Independence as one of 24 decommissioned ships available to be sunk as artificial reefs. As of February 2008, however, she was scheduled to be dismantled in the next five years.

Type
Surface Vessel 		 

Parent Unit
Forrestal-class
Strength
Aircraft Carrier

Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Feb 16, 2016
   
   
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USS Independence (CV-62)
Cooke, Peter, CPO, (1978-2004) AC AC-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Wetherington, Dennis Ray, CPO, (1970-1992) AC AC-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
West, Rick, PO3, (1979-1985) AC AC-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Bean, Michael, CPO, (1972-1992) AC AC-6902 Petty Officer First Class
Dundon, Gary, LCDR, (1973-2002) AC AC-6902 Petty Officer First Class
Jordan, Mark, CPO, (1979-1999) AC AC-6902 Petty Officer Second Class
Abbotts, Todd, PO2, (1981-1987) AC AC-6902 Petty Officer Third Class
McCoullough, James, (1982-1988) PC PC-0000 [Other Service Rank]
Lindquist, Robert, CDR, (1971-1992) OFF 152X Commander
Stewart, William, CDR, (1965-1987) OFF 152X Commander
MacKenzie Jr, Warren "Gair", LCDR, (1982-1995) OFF 165X Lieutenant Commander
Plude, Douglas, LCDR, (1969-1999) OFF 651X Lieutenant Commander
Shepard, Michael, LCDR, (1962-1984) OFF 131X Lieutenant Commander
Steffen, Norm, LCDR, (1965-1989) OFF 132X Lieutenant Commander
Gerry, Gerry, LT, (1983-1996) OFF 110X Lieutenant
Martin, Richard, CAPT, (1971-2007) OFF 131X Lieutenant
Peek, Stanley, LT, (1981-1987) OFF 111X Lieutenant
Swanson, Bob, CAPT, (1978-2004) OFF 111X Lieutenant
Ward, Jay, LCDR, (1975-1994) OFF 161X Lieutenant
Carpenter, Norman, LCDR, (1979-1991) OFF 111X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Sanders, Richard, LCDR, (1979-1995) OFF 310X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Stahurski, Rick, LT, (1964-1993) OFF 651X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Storm, Henry, LCDR, (1963-1996) OFF 631X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Garrity, Thomas, LT, (1976-1999) OFF 641X Ensign
Rehbaum, Karl, LT, (1969-1990) PH PH-0000 Ensign
Groves, David, (1981-1985) EM EM-0000 Other Service Rank
Anderson, Ric, CWO4, (1966-1996) WO 741X Chief Warrant Officer 3
Groombridge, Hermann, CWO4, (1961-1991) OFF 741X Chief Warrant Officer 3
Mellis, Larry, CWO4, (1966-1990) WO 752X Chief Warrant Officer 3
Wilhite, Dave, LCDR, (1963-1994) WO 791X Chief Warrant Officer 2
Rodriguez, Cesar, MCPO, (1975-2005) NC NC-2186 Master Chief Petty Officer
Stewart, Lee, MCPO, (1961-1987) IC IC-4745 Master Chief Petty Officer
Walker, Burr, CMDCM, (1969-1998) NC NC-9589 Master Chief Petty Officer
Ausderau, Doug, CMDCM, (1971-2001) AB ABF-0000 Senior Chief Petty Officer
Drake, Frank, CMDCM, (1962-1990) AK AK-8012 Senior Chief Petty Officer
Jones, Kenneth, MCPO, (1973-1995) AO AO-9502 Senior Chief Petty Officer
Lynch, Robert, CWO3, (1972-1993) MM MM-4283 Senior Chief Petty Officer
Margerum, Gary, SCPO, (1963-1983) FT FT-1138 Senior Chief Petty Officer
Rafferty, Bill, CMDCM, (1973-2003) AB AB-0000 Senior Chief Petty Officer
Stewart, Robert, SCPO, (1973-2000) AB ABH-9508 Senior Chief Petty Officer
Druash, Vincent, CPO, (1968-1993) HM HM-8482 Chief Petty Officer
Fails, Ron, CMDCM, (1974-2004) AW AW-7846 Chief Petty Officer
Goggin, Robert, SCPO, (1968-1994) PR PR-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Granados, Armando, CPO, (1972-1996) AT AT-6612 Chief Petty Officer
Green, Peter, CPO, (1962-1982) GM GMT-0926 Chief Petty Officer
Hardesty, Jerry, CPO, (1966-1985) MA MA-9545 Chief Petty Officer
Killough, Joe, CPO, (1968-1988) AD AD-6403 Chief Petty Officer
Lloyd, Wayne, CPO, (1969-1993) HM HM-8432 Chief Petty Officer
Malana, Eduardo, SCPO, (1965-1993) DK DK-0000 Chief Petty Officer
McCurdy, Henry, CPO, (1963-1983) HT HT-0000 Chief Petty Officer
McCurdy, Henry, CPO, (1963-1983) HT HT-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Roberts, Michael, CPO, (1968-1988) ET ET-1572 Chief Petty Officer
Santiago, Joe, CPO, (1963-1991) AB ABH-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Sechrist, Timothy, CWO4, (1976-2006) HT HT-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Silverstein, Steve, CPO, (1965-1985) OS OS-0326 Chief Petty Officer
Sims, John, CMDCM, (1968-1988) AX AX-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Strange, Michael, MCPO, (1971-1994) AO AO-8286 Chief Petty Officer
Thornsbury, Joe, CPO, (1967-1987) PN PN-0000 Chief Petty Officer
VILLENA, JOSE, CPO, (1964-1987) 00 00E Chief Petty Officer

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