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Contact Info
Home Town New Albany
Last Address P.O.Box 748 Kalkaska, MI
Date of Passing Jul 14, 2018
Location of Interment Rose Hill Cemetery - Empire, Michigan
Amatuer Radio Operator: (W8SKS) BATTLE STREAMER:VIET-NAM SERVICE
Employed by Shell Oil Co.from 13 Oct, 1980 to 1 July 1998. Retired on points. Old system 80 Pts, years plus age. Exploration & Production, Well Head Inspector, OCTG, NDT Inspector and Quality Control. Purchasing. Senior Inspector, Michigan Operations, OCTG and Wellhead Equipment. HAZMAT Coordinator
Weapons Systems History.
In Rating:
#1. 1952 to1956 - small arms/Light machine guns, 1911A1, M1 Garand, M1 Carbine, Winchester Mod. 12 Pump, Thompson M4, M3 Grease Gun, Browning Bar .30 Cal.,Browning .30 Cal. .50 Cal.Machine Guns. Anti Aircraft Machine Guns, 20MM Twin, 40 MM Twin & Quad. Surface to Surface, Surface to Air Gun Mount 5" 38 Cal. Single open Gun Mount, GE Drive. 5" 38 Cal. Twin Gun Mount, Northern Ord. Drive
#2.1956 to 1958 - same as #1. with the addition of the 3" 50 single, 20 MM single, and 40MM Amplidyne Dr.
#3. 1958 to 1959, 5"38 Twin enclosed, Ford Drives, MT 55.
#4. 1960 to 1961, 3" 50 Cal. RFTwin, Amplidyne Dr., open MT
#5. 1965 TO 1965 GMLS MK. 7, TWIN TALOS LAUNCHING SYSTEM
ï#6. 1966 TO 1968, GMLS MK 12 MOD 0, TWIN TALOS LAUNCHING SYSTEM
On 15 September 1946, the Secretary of the Navy re-designated the repair base Naval Station, San Diego. By the end of 1946, the base had grown to 294 buildings[4] with floor space square footage of more than 6,900,000 square feet (640,000 m2), berthing facilities included five piers of more than 18,000 feet (5,500 m) of berthing space. Land then totaled more than 921 acres (373 ha) and 16 miles (26 km) of roads. Barracks could accommodate 380 officers and 18,000 enlisted men. More than 3,500 sailors could be fed in the galley at a single sitting on the base.
Later, in the 1990s, the Naval Station became the principal homeport of the then U.S. Pacific Fleet, when the Long Beach Naval Shipyard was closed for the final time on 30 September 1994. Naval Station San Diego was realigned under Commander, Navy Region Southwest and became one in a triad of metropolitan Navy bases that now make up the bulk of the metro area Navy's presence. With that change, the base became the hub of all Navy port operations for the Region, assumed logistical responsibility for both Naval Medical Center San Diego and the Region headquarters and was re-designated Naval Base San Diego.
