Einar R. Petersen:
CLASS OF 1958
Southern High SchoolClass of 1958
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore Junior CollegeClass of 1966
Baltimore, MD
Einar R.'s Story
Life...
As of Aug 2015...
Left Navy after 4 1/2 years and joined Air Force. Spent 2 as Navigator in SAC and resigned.
Attended various colleges and attempted a number of jobs, finally settling on the Merchant Marine. Started 2 year (condensed 3-year) Cadet program at age 30. Graduated January '71.
Reached Chief Engineer in 6 1/2 years and retired to Tampa, after 34 years total, travelling the world over. "If I can't fix it... IT AIN'T BROKE!"
Experienced ship fires (S/S American Scientist [total loss, in Panama] & S/S American Leader [loaded with munitions in Sunny Point, N.C.]; armed attacks (Viet Nam); 80+ foot "Rogue Wave" (S/S Pacific Bear, off Calif. coast); Collision with a French Guided-Missile Frigate, in the Suez Canal (S/S Alex Stevens); numerous Typhoons, including one that caused the ship (Pres. Taft) to experience 58-degree rolls (S. China Sea); quit ships, only to have them disappear and/or sink, with my replacement still aboard (S/S Poet [no trace ever found] & S/S Marine Electric, off Cape Hatteras, with only 3 survivors)
I'm an engineer who couldn't stand the mundane ret...Expand for more
irement routine, and have recently returned to the sea. I missed those 18 hour days... Made 3 months in the Persian Gulf aboard a "Research" vessel, with guys wearing black sun glasses...
Was permanent "Relief Chief" aboard the M/V Manistee & M/V Maumee Bulk Ships in the Great Lakes. Worked a month on each, then a month vacation. Only work 6 months/year due to the winter ice. You can view vessels on "boatnerd.com"
Presently (2015 w/46 years sailing), I've returned to "deep-sea" sailing and (at 76) I expect to continue for at least another ten years. You may view me on Facebook, should you be so inclined.
It's been an "experience"!
"Been There, Seen That, Done That"!
4 kids: one daughter (36) (Nurse), one son (28), two adopted "special needs" sons (25 & 29). 25 y/o has 186+ I.Q. with a high-functioning autism (Asperger Syndrome), and is a "trip" to live with. He's recently been compared to Einstein, by Board of Education Administrators. Expect great things from him in the future.
Four grand-daughters: 10, 9, 8, 7 years.
My yahoo mail & Florida license plate says it all: "o2b2sea"
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