Best Friends Donald T Schmidt Ed (Bear) Lamica Roy Conway
Best Moment Made First Class Petty Officer onboard. The HESS should be list as USNS This was great duty...almost like McHale's Navy. Alot of sea time, but it was great. While inport San Francisco...flew to Salt Lake and Heather Lyn and I drove to Elko, NV and got married August 29, 1979. While at sea for 28 days, Heather would write me almost every day. Inport I would receive 30 days of mail from her...the other sailors didn't like me for that.
Worst Moment We had a 40% roll from ruff sea's. The safe in the radio shack flew across the room and just missed RM3 Vickic.
Chain of Command Great CO's and Officer's and sailors in OCU3.
Other Memories Oceanographic Unit Three embarked on USNS H. H. Hess (TAGS-38) Teletype Repairman Watch Supervisor Leading Radioman Training Petty Officer