[CW] Coast Guard Radsta Westport, Washington...NMW

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

>From Tom Chirhart, K4NCG

Tom Johnson’s last known QTH was Lawrence, MA
He was there from 83-87 while I was stationed at NMR. He never left San
Juan his entire 20 years... shifted between NMR, one of the Cutters there
and GANTSEC, the VHF/2182 voice position.

73

DR

On Tue, Jul 14, 2020, 00:11 John Barnwell <radioniner at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Another by the way,
>
> If any NMR ops here……please advise the status of Tom Johnson if known. He
> spent his entire Coast Guard 20 years at NMR. That is an unequaled event as
> far as I know.
>
> 73
>
> John
>
> On Jul 13, 2020, at 9:06 PM, John Barnwell via CW <cw at mailman.qth.net>
> wrote:
>
> Oh, and by the way. The cruise ship visits stopped after a terror event in
> which someone rolled a hand grenade down the gang plank of the Russian
> cruise ship “Maxim Gorky”.
>
> She never returned to San Juan as far as I know.
>
> JB
>
> On Jul 13, 2020, at 9:02 PM, John Barnwell <radioniner at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I know what I missed and sorry that I did. Once I retired from CG I went
> to work for local Police Department and later went to the County Jail.
> Retired last Halloween.
>
> The cruise ship RO’s would invite us onboard for a little “socializing”
> when pulling into San Juan. I couldn’t believe they had their own bar. Ah
> the perks.
>
> JB
>
> On Jul 13, 2020, at 8:40 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea at arrl.net> wrote:
>
> You should have come aboard, you'd have 20 years with a bit of luck, and
> we'd have a great R/O.
>
> Thanks again fur the interesting story about CW.
>
> 73
>
> DR
>
> On Mon, Jul 13, 2020, 23:37 John Barnwell <radioniner at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Well David I could not remember exactly how long that auto alarm duration
>> was, but knew it was around 5 seconds. Regarding the Prinsendam, I reported
>> aboard the Cutter Mellon in 1980 after my tour at NMR. The Prinsendam event
>> was just before I reported aboard, but I was able to read through all of
>> the logs pertaining to that event. It was almost like being there, All
>> Mellon RM’s filled me in on the rest of the story. When I mention my DDD
>> SOS event and the emotions, I was also thinking of you and what you were
>> experiencing that night as well. The Prinsendam was one of, if not the
>> greatest success stories in modern maritime history. If I recall correctly,
>> no casualties….everyone survived. Lots of elderly folks onboard, and
>> lifeboats lowered into a pretty significant sea state…..15 to 20ft seas?
>>
>> At one time, I was considering a RO career post Coast Guard. I had
>> visions of world travel. The dismantling of the merchant RO’s and
>> automation killed that dream.
>>
>> 73 John
>>
>> > On Jul 13, 2020, at 8:11 PM, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea at arrl.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > John,
>> >
>> > I think we have several RM''s ex NMR on this list.
>> >
>> > The ONLY recording of the 4 second auto alarm dashes on the Internet
>> > happens to be the one that I got from NOJ Kodiak, AK from the
>> > PRINSENDAM SOS and rescue of October, 4, 1980.
>> > https://qsl.net/n1ea/sos_de_pjta_small_file_size.mp3
>> >
>> > I have a whole treasure trove of PRINSENDAM stuff on archive.org.
>> >
>> > Thanks for the post, sad memories, but your handling the SOS was a
>> > proud moment.  ZUT.
>> >
>> > 73
>> > DR
>> >
>> > N1EA
>>
>>
>
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