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Years Served: 1959-1961…I reported aboard Dec. 59, was assigned to Aft. Fire room, Then Mess Cook then Fwd. Eng Room, Left the Wedderburn in 61 for Machinery Repairman Class A School in 61.
Years Served: 1961…I was a Radioman 2/c on the Wedderburn in 1961. Love to hear from old shipmates.
Years Served: 1966 – 1967…West Pac 1967. Served as Yeoman and #1-5 gun mount powder handler. Also during GQ as the Gun Boss phone talker…positioned on top of the bridge.
Years Served: Mid 1965 to mid 1969…I served my total naval career aboard the USS Wedderburn working in both fire rooms and advanced to BT2 before leaving. I have lots of good memories. :)
Years Served: 1967 thru 1968…I recall while off the coast of Nam the captain and MMC chief woke me up at about 3:30 AM and explained that the ship’s evaporator in the Fwd engine room was down because the saline pump ( pumps waste SALT WATER overboard) needed 4 new wearing rings. I asked if the ship was dead in the water? The chief said we had about 4 hours of fresh water left. I machined 2 new impeller and 2 new pump casing wearing rings as they all watched me. (clearance .008 total between the impeller and casing rings.) I recall that the Captain held a flashlight so I could see the tool bit tool cutting the brass. I believe we had the new brass pump rings made & installed in a couple of hours. Then they had to rebuild and install the pump back online. Not sure how long it took to get the evaporator back online and working. No one wanted to be dead in the water (drifting) off the coast of Nam. Of course we would not have any fresh drinking water either. I did not like all the attention I got that morning. I was the only MR on the Wedderburn then. Needless to say going dead in the water does not help Navy officers careers. We never went dead in the water and sailed onward….