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Service Details
Current Service Status
USN Retired
Current/Last Rank
Senior Chief Petty Officer
Current/Last Primary NEC
23CQ-Submarine Combined Cryptographic Equipment Maintenance Technician
Current/Last Rating/NEC Group
Radioman
Primary Unit
1981-1984, 23CQ, Allied Forces Baltic Approaches (BALTAP)
Previously Held NEC
RM-2304-Morse Code Operator
RM-2303-High Speed Morse Code Operator
RM-2342-Teletype Repairman
RM-2372-Autodin Computer Operator
Service Years
1959 - 1984
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Gulf of Tonkin Yacht Club
Order of the Shellback
Panama Canal
From Month/Year February / 1974
To Month/Year November / 1974
Unit USS Lafayette (SSBN-616) Unit Page
Rank Petty Officer First Class
NEC 23CQ-Submarine Combined Cryptographic Equipment Maintenance Technician
Base, Station or City Groton, CTState/Country Not Specified
Patch
Hull number SSBN-616
Type
Sub-Surface Vessel
Parent Unit
Submarines
Strength
Submarine
Created/Owned By
Not Specified
Last Updated: May 5, 2018
Other Memories After completing 3 crypto scols, I was transferred to USS Alexander. Hamilton SSBN-617, in Yards at NNEWS, as �??the Gold Crew had ZERO Crypto techs onboard.