Previously Held NEC AT-6659-AN/USM-247 Versatile Avionic Shop Test (VAST) Adv Op (Int Maint)
AT-6663-VAST (USM-247 (V)) Off-Line Maintenance/Calibration Technician
Service Years
1981 - 2004
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Cold War
Icelandic Domain
Neptune Subpoena
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Order of the Ditch
Persian Excursion
Suez Canal
Official Badges
Unofficial Badges
Additional Information
What are you doing now:
I own and operate a full service Heating, Cooling and Electrical company in Virginia Beach.
Other Comments:
This is the ONLY boat I will float on for the rest of my life. No flight deck but you can't have everything.
Base, Station or City VRC-40 Detachment 1 Maint Officer
State/Country Not Specified
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USS George Washington (CVN-73) Details
USS George Washington Facts
Type of Vessel: Nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding Company Contract Date: December 27, 1982 Keel Laid: August 25, 1986 Christened: July 21, 1990 Commissioned: July 4, 1992 Propulsion: Two nuclear reactors that permit the ship to steam for almost 18 years before refueling.
Speed: More than 30 knots Length of Flight Deck: 1,092 feet Width of Flight Deck: 275 feet Height (keel to mast): 244 feet Flight Deck Area: 4.5 acres Combat Load Displacement: 97,000 tons Number of aircraft with embarked Airwing: About 75 Aircraft Elevators: Four, each 3,880 square feet Number of Catapults: Four Number of Propellers: Four, each 22 ft. in diameter, brass, five-bladed and weighing 66,200 pounds each.
Number of Anchors: Two, each weighing about 30 tons Crew accommodations: 6,250 Length of Flight Deck: 1,092 feet Meals served daily: 18,000 Number of Compartments and Spaces: 3,360 Number of Telephones: 2,000 Capacity of Air Conditioning System: 3,267 tons Daily capacity of Fresh Water Distilling Plants: 400,000 gal., enough to supply 2,000 homes
Lighting Fixtures: 30,000 Length of Wiring and Cable: More than 1,400 miles
Tons of Structural Steel: 60,000