tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198442674791729773.post8133456433217777650..comments2024-03-29T00:10:48.043-04:00Comments on HMS Defiant: STILL ON THAT KIND OF A DAYHMS Defianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198442674791729773.post-23241586988005951722018-04-06T22:59:16.214-04:002018-04-06T22:59:16.214-04:00Ah the good ole days when nobody but nobody was al...Ah the good ole days when nobody but nobody was allowed into SSES on the ship....except the AC&R techs to fix their 5 ton AC units when they went down in the Persian Gulf.HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198442674791729773.post-58349437480480120342018-04-05T11:42:02.653-04:002018-04-05T11:42:02.653-04:00Heh, I remember how certain places/ratings wanted ...Heh, I remember how certain places/ratings wanted their Chill Water. The NavETs (old boomer FBM) would call back to Maneuvering wanting to know why it wasn't colder (their space was all field jackets all the times for the same reasons). <br />Best response from Maneuvering that I heard was the reactor operator telling them on the phones to try removing one layer of panties and bra if the chill water wasn't cold enough.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11338275424057525500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198442674791729773.post-35591702054158043312018-04-03T19:16:28.165-04:002018-04-03T19:16:28.165-04:00On my first ship (CV 67), we had an AX1 who was ve...On my first ship (CV 67), we had an AX1 who was very susceptible to motion. Poor guy had spent most of his career in P-3s, & his last billet was ship's company in the VAST shop. We had a length of twine with some washers on it (several, actually), & we'd stick one up someplace when we went to sea. Even the gentle swing from a CV's motion would start him going greenish.<br />The AC was excellent in 65P/65Q, too.<br />--Tennessee Budd<br />USN 1988-92, CV 67 ship's company, CV 59 airwing<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198442674791729773.post-46849536930335823492018-04-03T02:25:57.098-04:002018-04-03T02:25:57.098-04:00Heh. USAF site I worked at while stationed at Cla...Heh. USAF site I worked at while stationed at Clark AB, PI, had two AC units that ran full blast all the time, with another one as backup. Thermostats? Never heard of 'em. At night, it could get into the low 60s inside, and once when the Philippines had an unusually cool spell that had the local nationals in long pants, jackets, and hats, it got down to 59. I was glad I had my field jacket and liner, gloves, and knit hat. I'd been tipped off by an instructor at Keesler AFB who'd worked at the site just prior. The people in the Operations room (and Crypto Vault) brought in issue wool blankets to wrap themselves in. The long hallway to the equipment room could be hellish at night. The return air ducts were at the end of a long hallway separating Maintenance and Ops leading to the (large) equipment room. The blowers went into the bottom of 5 rows of racks in the equipment room, so there was a /strong/ breeze as one walked up the hallway from maintenance to equipment. After acclimating to offbase housing, I damned near froze to death just going to do PMIs! I'm not kidding!<br /> The one good thing was typhoon duty. We had generators on-site, a good thing during the monsoon season when Philippine electricity (that Clark was forced to buy since Carter [spit!] made /amends/ in 1979) went out on a several-times-a-day basis. And when one AC unit quit during a typhoon, and the backup refused to work, AND SAC was running a global exercise, my co-worker informed the COL on duty at The Hole at Omaha that we would shut down in < 30 minutes (and endured something just short of screaming, according to him). The shutdown time was based on how fast temps were rising and at what temp the receiver's and computer's self-protection circuits would automatically shut down every radio level we had. It was amazing how fast Civil Engineering got a truck-trailer mounted backup AC unit in place and running during a Cat-5 event. I hadn't even known they'd had that capability until then. They earned my respect that night (I always volunteered for 'typhoon duty' and holidays since I was single back then). Fun times! Though typhoon cleanup was NOT fun!Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13296988746956477216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198442674791729773.post-89019449435931258142018-04-01T08:16:15.143-04:002018-04-01T08:16:15.143-04:00The supply department didn't seem very motivat...The supply department didn't seem very motivated to get the parts for the crew's AC in snipe berthing.<br />It was amazing how fast that attitude changed when the AC "broke" in officers country. John in Phillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16196033252818387245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198442674791729773.post-74089407948945763372018-04-01T03:22:42.155-04:002018-04-01T03:22:42.155-04:00You well know the funny bit. Knock knock I need to...You well know the funny bit. Knock knock I need to get in. FOAD<br />Knock knock, I'm here to fix the air conditioning, "why come in, look around, have a drink."HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198442674791729773.post-64504727001313468012018-04-01T01:20:43.871-04:002018-04-01T01:20:43.871-04:00Skip,
In the 1990's, you would have been list...Skip,<br /><br />In the 1990's, you would have been listed as an RM. I was a CTO3 (Crypto Tech (Operator) Third Class.<br /><br />Peter,<br /><br />Even though we weren't ships company, but permanently attached NSGA (Naval Security Group Activity), we had one AC unit to maintain located directly outside our SCIF. It leaked all the time and was a real bast*** for us. As skip referenced, we were in the Persian Gulf with temps over 100 degrees but it was about 50 degrees in our working spaces. My Chief always said that the AC wasn't for us, just to keep the equipment cool. If the equipment wouldn't have thrown off heat, we would never have had AC. We wore foul weather jackets year-round while working.<br /><br />Blue Tile Spook, CTO3, 1989-1994<br />USS Carl Vinson CVN-70<br />USS Nimitz CVN-68<br />USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198442674791729773.post-77695262657419678612018-03-31T20:06:17.501-04:002018-03-31T20:06:17.501-04:00My sources tell me they're still OS.
Way back ...My sources tell me they're still OS.<br />Way back we were RD (radarman).<br />The only AC we came into contact with on the can I was on was in the mess decks, where there wasn't much, the radar transmitter room, where it got hot even though the air search radar was water cooled, and CIC, where we wore foul weather jackets so we could remain warm, even in the tropics. (not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.com