by standuffer » April 30, 2016, 6:31 pm
garbear wrote:standuffer wrote:Callaway was Better <<wink>>
I always heard everyone on the Anderson said they were the best:)
P.S. Standuffer, when were you on the Callaway?
I sailed on the Cason J. Callaway (deck hand & deck watch) from June 1971 through June 1972. In June of 1972,
most of the 'homestead'-ed crew of the Callaway went to Lorain and fit-out the Roger Blough on her maiden voyage.
Shortly after graduating from high school, my grandfather, Reginald C. Stanbrook, former Chief Engineer of The Pittsburgh Steamship Co. (1942-1959?) with help from a Mr. Morgan, personnel director of the fleet in Cleveland, got me my Seaman's Card and a job sailing with USS Great Lakes Fleet. I was called to catch the Lamont, as a wiper, in Lorain but had insufficient time to make her departure. Four days later I was called on a Saturday morning and told to report to the Callaway, as a deck hand, in Gary IN, before her scheduled departure on Sunday at 1000 hrs. After a day or two of total 'culture shock' I settled into the day-by-day, up bound, down bound, day after day, life aboard a Great Lakes bulk freighter.
[quote="garbear"][quote="standuffer"]Callaway was [b][i]Better[/i][/b] <<wink>>[/quote]
I always heard everyone on the Anderson said they were the best:)
P.S. Standuffer, when were you on the Callaway?[/quote]
I sailed on the Cason J. Callaway (deck hand & deck watch) from June 1971 through June 1972. In June of 1972, [i]most [/i]of the 'homestead'-ed crew of the Callaway went to Lorain and fit-out the Roger Blough on her maiden voyage.
Shortly after graduating from high school, my grandfather, Reginald C. Stanbrook, former Chief Engineer of The Pittsburgh Steamship Co. (1942-1959?) with help from a Mr. Morgan, personnel director of the fleet in Cleveland, got me my Seaman's Card and a job sailing with USS Great Lakes Fleet. I was called to catch the Lamont, as a wiper, in Lorain but had insufficient time to make her departure. Four days later I was called on a Saturday morning and told to report to the Callaway, as a deck hand, in Gary IN, before her scheduled departure on Sunday at 1000 hrs. After a day or two of total 'culture shock' I settled into the day-by-day, up bound, down bound, day after day, life aboard a Great Lakes bulk freighter.