Bob Crantz wrote:
Did those things open with compressed air? I thought it was electric motors.
I was not a BT.

But at least your heart's in the right place.

Actually, a lot of people over in the boiler room weren't BTs either
regardless of what it said on their shirt.

.... I remember the air vent between the two boilers that you
could sit under.

A lifesaver, especially in the Persian Gulf. A friend of mine used to
bring a sheet from bunk and make himself a little air lock under vent.

... At least the engine room had AC in the control room.

Do you think they still have the same OBA's?


Last time I was on a Navy ship, a little over ten years ago, they did.
In fact I recognized the serial numbers on some of the canisters.

DSK