Tom Sullivan
Date: 24 May 2016
To: CGA Class of '78
From: Tom Sullivan (Sully)
Subject: Cadet Cruise Sea Time
Greetings Shipmates,
I trust that this letter will find all well. Just a month more and 24 Jun 16 will be here for the anniversary of our reporting day.
I have a great favor to ask of all of you, thought the forum would be the best way to make contact, and would hope that any responses that may be had will be received by then.
After my three plus decades in heavy industry, I've found myself embarking on (as many of you have) a second career, mine in the passenger vessel industry. I've sat for my CG Masters License, but was disappointed to learn that my DD-214 showing 6 months of Shipboard Service combined with a narrative I wrote of our cadet cruises was not sufficient to be accepted as sea service (cadets do not receive transcripts of sea service). This time, if accepted, should allow me to upgrade my position. I was hoping that a few letters proving that I in fact served will be acceptable to NMC.
The cruises I made were as follows:
USCGC EAGLE (WIX-327) - Swab Summer '74 New London, New Bedford - Third Class Summer '75 New London, Antwerp, LeHavre, Rota - Second Class Summer (OP-Sail '76) New London, New Bedford, Newport (Would anyone have a copy of the Meritorious Unit Citation with "O" that we received?) - First Class summer '77 New London, Hamburg, Chatham.
USCGC BIBB (WHEC-31) - Third Class Summer '75 Rota, Barcelona, Las Palmas, New London.
USCGC VIGILANT (WMEC-617) - Second Class Summer '76 Offshore Fisheries Patrol Georges Bank with Mike Rand.
STORMY PETREL - Yachts, 3 Semesters Fourth and Third Class Years with Fred Harwood.
Any help in this matter will be greatly appreciated. What a flood of great memories of shipmates and adventures have come back writing this letter. '78 is Great!
Please send to:
National Maritime Center
C/O Thomas J. Sullivan, Jr.
792 Commercial St.
Braintree, MA 02184-1033
sullie131@aol.com if you wish to email of email a PDF
617-347-6731 if you wish to talk
Fair Winds,
Tom
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