Roger Conant:
CLASS OF 1977
Assabet Valley VocationalClass of 1977
Marlborough, MA
Algonquin Regional High SchoolClass of 2015
Northborough, MA
Zeh Elementary SchoolClass of 1977
Northborough, MA
Northborough Middle SchoolClass of 1977
Northborough, MA
Northborough Middle SchoolClass of 1972
Northborough, MA
Roger's Story
After High school i worked for the summer,and went into the navy that September.after boot camp and school i spent 3 1/2 years on the USS Independence CV-62 out of Norfolk,VA. Sailed to the Med for 6 1/2 month and a number of training Opps and Quals in the Geto bay St Thomas area ( lots of 20 + hour days doing all kinds of training and drills to get set for deployments. i worked in the oil shack ( a Boiler Tech) we tested all the fuel and water on the ship Both potable and water for our 8. 1200 lb super heated Boilers.plus Transferring fuel around for the Boilers and taking on fuel during late night unreps ( more fun) my last Cruise with Indy was to the Indian Ocean,leaving Norfolk Va in early Nov. 1980 for what was going to be a 6 month cruise. we sailed there via the long way around the tip of Africa and spend most of our time up in the Arabian sea. after the Hostages In I...Expand for more
ran were freed on 20 Jan 1981 we were sent for our first port stop since we left Norfolk in Nov 1980 ( a long time at sea but not even close to the record) after 5 days in Perth Australla we got to have some fun going back over the Equator. being a shelback from when we crossed going to the gulf in nov / dec 1980 i now could break in some new people we picked up on the way to Australla that flew on as we passed a u.s. Base in Diago Garcia. I flew off indy in Apirl after shipping over for 4 more years.a over night on Deago Garcia ( much to long ! ) then a 26 hour flight on a c-141 back to Norfolk and one More School. a little more then 1 1/2 years in New port R.I. on the Vogelgasang DD-862 and 2 Years in Charleston S.C. on The Blakley FF-1072. the rest of my time was done teaching at The Naval Academy in Annapolis MD. More of a vacation after sea duty i must say. ( more soon)
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