CPO Eva Smith

Navy | Engineman

Dates of Service: Jul 1976 - Jul 1996

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Serve as a Claims Service Officer at DAV Chapter 11 in Wilmington, NC. Love nature photography, especially birds and sunrise/sunsets. Enjoy travel, especially to the mountains. I've seen more countries than states during my life but would love to get around to more places in the US.

Military Experiences

Jul 1993 - Jul 1996

Ship Superintendent

USS Shenandoah (AD-44), Decommissioned Ships | Norfolk, VA

Coordinated repair work on customer ships, handling as many as 1500 jobs at a time in as many as four full blown repair availabilites at a time. Deployed to the Mediterranean in 1995, conducting several flyaway teams to prepare for repair periods for customer ships.

Jul 1990 - Jul 1993

Auxiliaries Division Officer

Sustain AFDM 7 | Norfolk, VA

Supervised 35 people in repair and maintenance on all mechanical equipment aboard the floating dry dock, including four 30" and four 20" diameter centrifugal pumps and all the associated electro hydraulic valves, two Caterpiller Emergency Diesel generators and two traveling cranes. Actively participated in all Drydocking Evolutions and stood duty as Command Duty Officer.

Jun 1986 - Jun 1989

Course Supervisor

Naval Amphibious School | Little Creek, VA

Course Supervisor for several Small Boat Engine Overhaul, Maintenance and Operations Courses. Wrote curriculum for several classes as well as supervising and providing classroom instruction and maintenance of teaching materials for the classroom and lab.

Mar 1983 - Jul 1986

Ship Superintendent

USS Shenandoah (AD-44), Decommissioned Ships | Norfolk, VA

Coordinate repair work on customer ships, tracking as many as 1500 jobs daily. Personally observe progress on jobs and collect information for daily update meetings as well as Arrival and Departure conferences.

Deployments

(1 year, 2 months)

Nov 1994 - May 1995

Mediterranean

Ship Superintendent, coordinating repair work on customer ships and conducting flyaway teams to prepare for repair availabilities.

Nov 1985 - May 1986

Mediterranean

Ship Superintendent, coordinating repair work between USS Shenandoah AD44 and customer ships, including travel on "flyaway" teams to prepare for repair availabilities.