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| Name: K.J. Nitka | |
| Hometown: Basking Ridge | |
| Ships: USS R.E. Byrd & USS Wisconsin | |
| Date: 2011-11-20 18:55:20 Eastern Time | |
| Nothing could possibly beat the feeling of being given a "Job well done" by OOD or Skipper. I was fortunate enough to be part of a QM gang that transited the Straits of Magellan and Panama Canal. Then on to a QM gang that transited the Straits of Hormuz and kept the the ship on station for NGFS because US Marines were in need. There wasn't a better seat in the house to watch a 16" shell being fired at a foe than the bridge and there is certainly not a better job in the Navy!! |
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| Name: Charles M Haider | |
| Hometown: Dallas, TX | |
| Ships: USS Helena(SSN 725) | |
| Date: 2011-11-13 11:07:36 Eastern Time | |
| After being a QM on a fast attack there is nothing else short of combat that gives me more job satisfaction. |
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| Name: Carl Moore | |
| Hometown: Fredericksburg, TX | |
| Ships: USS Midway CVA-41 | |
| Date: 2011-11-04 17:24:27 Eastern Time | |
| Served '58 to '62. Transfered to Nav. from 1st Div. Was the Sea Detail helmsman for 3 years and left as a QM2. Best memories esp. when I visited the ship as a museum in San Diego. | |
| Name: Simeon Carpenter | |
| Hometown: Deltona Fl | |
| Ships: USS Francis Scott Key (SSBN 657) | |
| Date: 2011-10-31 21:49:27 Eastern Time | |
| Looking for Jimmy Stewart. He was a QM2(SS) on the Francis Scott Key (SSBN 657) around 1995 - 1997. Where are you now? Nav |
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| Name: Bob Branco | |
| Hometown: South Thomaston Maine | |
| Ships: Forrest Sherman, Richard E. Byrd, Meyerkord, Molala ATF-106, Goldsborough, Charles F. Adams | |
| Date: 2011-07-22 14:43:56 Eastern Time | |
| The article Why We Almost Lost the submarine USS San Francisco focused on Joint Duty requirements and not on basic navigation of the ship. As XO and Navigator of a DDG that led a Desron through a Westpac deployment and having experienced CO tours in Westpac/Vietnam and the Persian Gulf/IO, basic duties of preparing for transits and areas of operation for chart updates, studying the coastal navigation pubs that describe hazard areas and navigational points of interest were the very basic cause for the SSN's failure. Quartermasters and line officers serve tours as junior, middle and advanced experience levels. Joint duty assignments help the services perform better together, but there is no excuse for the officers and QMs on surface ships or submarines who have served 6-12 years at sea on deployments to not keep a ship on the surface or submerged on a safe course. The Joint duty issue was an excuse...but not valid. I served with outstanding quartermasters and junior and mid grade officers/navigators who learned from their first days underway to plan and follow safe navigation from watch to watch and through advanced preparation. | |
| Name: JOHN LEE WEIDNER | |
| Hometown: ELIZABETHTOWN, PA | |
| Homepage: www.facebook.com/groups/wheelbook?ap=1 | |
| Ships: USS ARDENT MCM 12, USS KEARSARGE LHD 2, USS HARPERS FERRY LSD 49, QM A SCHOOL GREAT LAKES IL | |
| Date: 2011-07-01 19:38:13 Eastern Time | |
| I came in the Navy in 2000. I was a deck seaman. I only wanted to be a Quartermaster. I have been doing it for 10 years now. Loving every minute of it. |
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| Name: Just Another US Navy QM3 | |
| Date: 2011-04-18 06:53:11 Eastern Time | |
| Location: Unmarked channel in embargo territory at approximately 0220 with no moon and 100% overcast sky without night vision technology on board, in violation of fleet interdiction orders. QMOW taking 30 second GPS fixes on his own after having the request to set navigation detail denied, QM1 had been woken up to assist but had not arrived on the bridge yet. Based on actual events. QMOW: "Officer of the Deck, Recommend all back 1/3, we are in danger of running aground, ETA to grounding 90 seconds." Captain: *without looking at the plot* "Ops Belay that." 30 seconds later QMOW: "Officer of the Deck, Recommend all back full, we are in immediate danger of running aground on 12 foot shoals. ETA 60 seconds. Captain: "Belay that." *Still hasn't looked at the plot* 30 Seconds and a brief really nasty grinding sound reverberating through the hull. QMOW: "OOD, I have command of the vessel to prevent running hard aground. Helmsman all back Emergency." Insert 10 minutes of maneuvering orders to place the ship down bound in the channel. QM1 Arrives in this time and assists with maneuvering orders. QMOW: "Officer of the Deck, we are out of danger of running aground, you have the ship." Captain finally gets up from his chair, looks long at the plot. Captain: "You were right this time. Make sure you are just as right next time." |
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| Name: hank | |
| Date: 2011-04-13 11:19:38 Eastern Time | |
| Yeah but an Army QM passes out laundry. A Navy Quartermaster is a mariner. | |
| Name: Webmaster | |
| Date: 2011-04-04 16:19:05 Eastern Time | |
| There is an Army Quartermaster Museum at Fort Lee, VA. Don't be fooled by cheap imitations! AFAIK, there is nothing for Navy QMs. Unsung, unappreciated, nobody writes, or even calls on birthdays... |
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| Name: Norman M. Nicolson | |
| Hometown: Mobile, Alabama | |
| Date: 2011-04-03 21:12:46 Eastern Time | |
| My father N A Nicolson served aboard USS Patuxent (AO-44) as a Quartemaster in the Pacific from April '45 until she returned to the US. He died about a year ago and in going through his belongings I found picture of his graduating class from QM school at NTC Gulfport in December 1944 - Company 556 Is there a QM museum where I could send it for their archives? Thanks gentlemen and I appreciate your Navy service! |
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