Excellent interview with Capt. Holwitt! Thank you! Back in the day this Fireman spent over a year on ship getting repaired in drydock. It wasn't always easy to work with the shore services and contractors, but in the end we served the ship and got her back into action. The BEST lessons for the rest of my working life
Talking about the old days , I feel the United States Navy should have kept the Production Facilities at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard open but Norfolk , Va. had more political pull so bye bye PNSY back in 1996. Who replaces them now that the dry docks are owned by a private firm if Norfolk has a shut down in production for any reason and we need way more ships to fight overseas wars for our allies again like the current mid east war that has shut down the Red Sea area to tankers and commercial vessels being attacked now ?
The Shipyard that had the political clout was Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, originally constructed in New Hampshire. Now located in Kittery, Maine, Portsmouth was able to remain open purely on their political clout, due to their platform only supporting submarine and small craft work. In no way can you justify them dodging the BRAC hammer considering they CAN'T work on an aircraft carrier. Back in the day, before the world wars, Philadelphia had the political power to be the big dog on the porch. But no longer, what happened ??
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Excellent interview with Capt. Holwitt!
Thank you!
Back in the day this Fireman spent over a year on ship getting repaired in drydock.
It wasn't always easy to work with the shore services and contractors, but in the end we served the ship and got her back into action.
The BEST lessons for the rest of my working life
Talking about the old days , I feel the United States Navy should have kept the Production Facilities at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard open but Norfolk , Va. had more political pull so bye bye PNSY back in 1996. Who replaces them now that the dry docks are owned by a private firm if Norfolk has a shut down in production for any reason and we need way more ships to fight overseas wars for our allies again like the current mid east war that has shut down the Red Sea area to tankers and commercial vessels being attacked now ?
Not saying we shouldn't have kept and upgraded Philly, but reality is their big docks can't take a CVN and Norfolk's can.
The Shipyard that had the political clout was Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, originally constructed in New Hampshire. Now located in Kittery, Maine, Portsmouth was able to remain open purely on their political clout, due to their platform only supporting submarine and small craft work. In no way can you justify them dodging the BRAC hammer considering they CAN'T work on an aircraft carrier. Back in the day, before the world wars, Philadelphia had the political power to be the big dog on the porch. But no longer, what happened ??