Henry E. Pritchard

Currently living - residing in Ruckersville, VA

infoAbout:
After retiring I worked in the Machine Shop at the Portsmouth Navy Yard for 3 years. Returning to New England, I was employed as a machinist with Kollmorgen Optical, building and repairing periscopes and various optical weapons systems in their MA and VT facilities. I'm now happily residing in Ruckersville, VA, a few miles north of Charlottesville, with my wife of 48 years, Viola.

dutyStations:
8/58 thru 11/58
Great Lakes IL
Recruit training

11/58 thru 8/59 (AN)
NAS Atlanta (waiting for school quota in Norman OK.)
Chamblee, GA

8/59 thru 4/60 (AN)
NATTC Memphis
Memphis TN

4/60 thru 5/61 (TDAN)
V-2 Division, Arresting Gear
USS Independence CVA-62
Norfolk, VA

5/61 thru 6/63 (TD 3)
FAETULANT (ASW instructor, MAD)
NAS Brunswick, ME

6/63 thru 8/63
CIVLANT
Glastonbury, CT

8/63 thru 6/67 (TD 2)
OCS SCOL COMM
1-BZ-2 Maneuvering Tactics Trainer
Newport, RI

6/67 thru 3/68 (TD 2)
B SCOL
NATTC Memphis
Memphis, TN

3/68 thru 4/72 (TD 1)
TRARON 10
BNAO SCOL (instructor)
NAS Pensacola, FL

4/72 thru 4/76 (TD 1)
EDTRASUPCEN (Training Specialist)
Naval Station
Norfolk, VA

4/76 thru 1/78 (TD 1)
FLT TRNG COMM (RAVIR Instructor, Mobile)
Amphibious Base
Norfolk, VA

Retired 1/78 (TD 1)

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