Class Notes
Basin toward Cape Split. The
we were in the middle of the Split
to expand his knowledge of the
2014
Blanche had been a shapely, 6000-
without steering!
manufacturing side of the business."
Jennifer Dixon '14 spent a year
ton coast-wise freighter, but in her
I then cal ed Captain Bradley
(D. Stedman, BIW News, Feb. 2015)
teaching in an inner-city high
declining years had been converted
on the Blanche who was probably
school in Baltimore, Maryland and
to a very handy, if somewhat large,
the dean of Atlantic coast barge
studying for her master's degree.
bulk barge for the gypsum trade.
captains, and I knew he didn't
She received her MS on Memorial
By 0245 on this particular
need me to tel him not to hit us if
Day weekend in 2015. Jenn wil
morning, I had put out 1000 feet
he could help it...
continue teaching and pick up JV
of our eight-inch hawser. By 0300,
volleybal coaching on the high
we were in the influence of the
1997, 2000, 2003,
school level.
fast-flowing ebb, and it was appar-
2008
ent our speed had picked up signifi-
2015
cantly. I estimated we were doing
Jesse McIntire '03 reports that
Andrew Pulk '15
a good 10 knots and within a few
he ran into Ben Hart '08 on a
is now a field
Photo by A Davis.
minutes, when we reached the axis
flight from Narita Airport, Tokyo
engineer for Strategic Mainte-
of the current, our speed over the
to Newark Airport, New Jersey.
Cargo mate Bryan Stoots '10 and
nance Solutions, a global leader
bottom would be about 17 knots ­
He also saw Zeke Davis '00 who
second mate Alex Farrell '10 look
in engineering, operations and
14 knots of current and three knots
works for ABS in Korea. Final y, his
pretty happy (photo above) aboard
maintenance in aerospace, facilities
for the tug and tow. We would be
relief engineer is Jon Nichols '97
USNS John Lenthal T-Ao 189 in
management, oil and gas opera-
in the ful strength of Cape Split's
from Hancock, Maine.
Souda Bay, off the coast of Greece
tions, and other fields.
current. Only my helmsman and I
in April 2015.
were in the wheelhouse, as I had
2007, 2008
sent my other AB aft to check on
our hawser board, a heavy oak
plank with longitudinal strips
between in which our eight-inch
diameter hawser was cradled. I
had dropped the starboard window
and was peering into the dark
water below that was now reaching
the height of its performance ­
twisting, boiling, and clutching
our hul so that its strength could
Ansley Peacock '07 and Robert Womble '08 on
actual y be felt in setting the tug
their wedding day in Lubec, Maine. Photo courtesy
sideways in one motion, only to
of A Peacock.
shove it in the opposite direction
Robert Womble '08 and Ansley
moments later.
Jean Peacock '07 got married this
Northeastern Environmental Services
Wil y, the young man at the
past summer at her grandmother's
Northeastern Insulation Services
helm, broke the silence. "Capt'n,
home in Lubec, Maine. It was a
this wheel is turning awful hard. I
beautiful day in every sense of the
Northeastern Scaffolding Services
think something's wrong."
word. Robert sails as a 2nd Mate
"Let me take the wheel, Wil y."
with MEBA. Ansley tends the home
He was right- something was
front as a ful time step-mother
wrong. It took real strength to turn
to their 13-year-old daughter,
Asbestos & Lead Abatement
the wheel, just as though there was
Amanda.
Industrial, Commercial & Marine Insulation
a brake on it. I cranked the wheel
so that the rudder indicator showed
2010
Siding Installation * Scaffolding Systems
the wheel amidships along with the
Andrew Blackman '10 entered
Sandblasting * Painting
rudder.
Bath Iron Works' (BIW) newest
We were now faced with several
Engineering Development Program
Hole Watch/Fire Watch Services
possible serious dangers. I was
in January 2015 and has completed
Heat Tracing * Fire Proofing
mental y reviewing these ominous
his first rotation. He first worked at
possibilities while pressing the
BIW as a 2009 summer intern and
general alarm red button. About
returned in 2010 with his MMA
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the same time, I cal ed the engine
systems engineer degree in hand.
room to tel old Charlie Gray that
He "plans to use his latest training
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our electric steering had frozen and
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