Ted Vargas
Oiler

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Graduated from the U.S. Maritime Service training school at Sheephead Bay.

Sailed from the mid 1940s to mid 1950s on seventeen diferent ships.

They were: one T-2, one C-4, two Victory Ships, three C-2's, four Liberty Ships, six ore carriers.

After 11 years I came ashore to go to work in the #2 Machine Shop at Bethlehem Steel in Sparrows Point, Maryland. I worked there for over 31 years as a machinist.

I joined the Liberty Ship Project (New York) in 1979 and transfered to Project Liberty Ship when the New York group turned the ship over to the Baltimore group.

I was one of the crew of 50 that sailed on the JOHN W. BROWN when the ship was towed from Norshipco to Pier 1 in Baltimore in August 1988.

In 1997 I joined the crew as an oiler on the 12-4 watch and have sailed off and on since.