This is the "Sealand Resource" and I worked on three ships of this class. They were enormous at 955 ft. length and could reach speeds of 33kts., so fast that the navy eventually bought them and made fast transport carriers out of them. On a normal Trans-Atlantic voyage, we would leave Portsmouth, Va. and be in Bremerhaven Germany 4 and 1/2 days later, advancing the clocks 2hours each night for the first three nights.

Here's a view of the stern of the ship at the dock in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The men on the dock give an indication of the size of this ship.

Starting to kick up a bit a couple of days out.

These ships were rough riders as you can see in this not very good picture of me. I am standing straight up, it is the ship that is leaning.

At the dock in Algeciras, Spain. That's Gibraltar in the background.

The "Sea Venture" at the dock in Philadelphia. The ship hauls chemicals between Texas and the Northeast seaboard. I worked on it between 1982 and 1985 and it was the hardest work I have ever done.

Me and my watch partner discussing the finer points of Greek literature or was it the works of Brecht. Notice the drink, obviously pre-Valdez.

Aboard the New York Getty in San Francisco, sometime in 1981.

Heading in the Golden Gate Bridge.

One of the few times that fog is a welcome sight. A view of Fort Point from the stern of the New York Getty.