BIW Family Day 2008 - Bath Iron Works

BIW NEWS
September
2008
Family Day 2008
See story on page 3
INSIDE
From the Helm - 2
Performance - 3
Family Day - 3
Independence (LCS-2) - 4
Stockdale Sea Trials - 4
Underfoot in PO-1 - 5
5 Star Compliance - 5
Suggs Family Update - 6
Performance Incentive - 6
Recent Contract Award - 6
Healthy Enough? - 7
BHW Reminds You - 7
Retirees - 7
New Hires - 7
From the Fleet - 8
Blue Angels - 8
Wayne E. Meyer - 9
Service Anniversaries - 10
Heyday of Hi-Esmaro - 11
Tomato Season - 12

From the Helm
Dugan Shipway, President, Bath Iron Works
Maine summers are wonderful but I look forward to
fall. The days remain comfortable, nights are great
for sleeping and there is a crisp feeling in the air that
gets your blood going. As the kids return to school and the
leaves begin to change, the pace of things all around seems to
pick up. It’s certainly been that way around the shipyard.
In late July I initiated a process to make some adjustments
to our Performance Incentive Plan in consideration of unexpected
variations in our business plan and lessons we have
learned as we continue to hone our processes in the Ultra Hall.
I recently announced the implementation of those changes
after reached agreement with our unions. There are now five
months before STOCKDALE sails away and the next opportunity
for an incentive plan payout occurs. Making the performance
award target for this ship will not be easy by any
stretch. But if we each accept responsibility for doing our
individual jobs to the best of our ability each day we come
to work, the target can be achieved for STOCKDALE.
There are four more potential incentive plan payouts over
the next couple of years. Remember that what is being done at
Hardings and EBMF now will impact the incentive plan payout
in two years and what is being done in the Assembly Building,
Aluminum Shop, 5 Skids, PO2, Ultra Hall, and in the MSC, as
well as on the land level, will all impact potential payouts in
2009. Wherever you work in the yard, you can affect the hours
to build these remaining ships. Let’s keep focused every day in
every way or we will be leaving incentive payments unearned.
While intensive efforts were already underway long before
fall arrived, work on DDG 106 accelerated as Rene Beleveau
and the STOCKDALE Team came down the home stretch for
sea trials. It’s always a challenge getting the ship ready to go to
sea, but it was tougher this time around. To accommodate
schedules at Northrop Grumman and for the INSURV Board,
we moved up our super trials and went to sea on September
16. Despite the accelerated schedule, STOCKDALE performed
very well. Those of you who made it happen should be justifiably
proud of your efforts. I am certainly proud of what you
accomplished.
With STOCKDALE trials behind us, we can now look ahead
to two other milestones that lie immediately ahead. First on
October 4, our first Littoral Combat Ship will be christened at
Austal USA in Mobile, Alabama. The GD LCS Team has faced
significant challenges in getting to this point and many of you
have been called upon to put your shoulder to the wheel here
in Maine and in Alabama to get us this far. We’ll take a day to
celebrate the christening tradition and then get right back to
the tough task of finishing the ship and getting her to sea.
Two weeks later on October 18, we will christen our third
DDG 51 class ship named after a living namesake. This one will
truly be a special event. DDG 108 is named after RADM Wayne
E. Meyer, USN (Ret.) who is known throughout the Navy as the
Father of Aegis. RADM Meyer’s personal commitment, perseverance
and leadership were the driving force of what has
become the Navy’s most successful surface combatant shipbuilding
program. Many distinguished visitors from around the
world will join us that day in a great celebration of the man and
the ship. I hope you will join us and witness history in the making
as RADM Meyer’s wife, Anna Mae Meyer, christens the ship
named for her husband—the 31st DDG 51 class ship to be built
by Bath Iron Works.
Despite some less than ideal weather, on September 7, in
the shadow of what was probably the last performance of the
Navy’s Blue Angels at BNAS, we had another great celebration
at Thomas Point Beach as we gathered for BIW Family Day.
Once again, the BIW Recreation Association volunteers outdid
themselves and provided a great outing for 2,500 plus adults
and children. We owe these volunteers a big vote of thanks for
their willing efforts—not only on Family Day, but throughout
the year—for all the other activities and services they make
available. Well done to the Recreation Association volunteers.
Finally—just before Labor Day, we had a serious fire in one
of the filter banks on the roof of our blast and paint facility.
Our fire department as well as departments from four of our
surrounding communities and other shipyard personnel
responded in a highly professional manner and, thankfully, no
one was injured. Every fire is a serious incident that can quickly
lead to catastrophic circumstances. We were fortunate in this
case. Let this event serve as another sober reminder to all of
us of what can happen without a moments notice and as
encouragement to be vigilant and aggressive in eliminating
fire hazards in the shipyard.
“TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE”
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Performance August 2008 BIWNEWS
RECORDABLE INJURIES
Cumulative Through August 2008
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
599 579
Improvement
Target
Environmental
Actual
Year to date (YTD) progress toward achieving
our environmental performance goals under
the Maine DEP STEP UP and other environmental
programs is displayed as follows:
Equal to or better than YTD goal
Above YTD goal, improved
from prior year
Above YTD goal, not improved
from prior year
LOST-TIME INJURIES
Cumulative Through August 2008
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
164 174
Improvement
Target
Actual
Cumulative Through August 2008
Solid Waste
Hazardous Waste
Energy Costs
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BIW Family Day 2008
On September 7, 2008, the BIW
Recreation Association (RA)
opened the gates to the 51st annual
BIW Family Day, continuing a tradition that
began in 1956 and has continued each year
save one during the last half century.
About 2,500 employees, families and
retirees enjoyed visiting and relaxing on
the grounds of Thomas Point Beach and
checked out the many activities, including
hayrides, crafts, rock wall climbing, a book
fair, bungee jumping, midway games, a 2-
mile fun run and more. “Wind and rain
from Hurricane Hanna threatened a bit and
probably was the reason we didn’t have a big
crowd when the gates opened at 8:00 a.m.,”
said BIW RA President, Jenny Tisdale, “but
with rapidly improving weather, people
started arriving and it turned out perfectly.”
The BIW RA’s mission is to provide
affordable recreation and entertainment
opportunities for BIW employees and
families. Although Family Day is the
largest event, all year long they provide
free monthly rollerskating, swimming
and bowling and offer bus tours to venues
throughout New England as well as reduced
price tickets to movie theaters, baseball
games and a range of events. The RA is
funded by proceeds from the vending
machines throughout the shipyard. Jenny
said, “Our volunteer Board of Directors
works hard to fulfill our mission and everything
we offer is free or at reduced cost to
benefit all employees and their families.”
BIW Family Day 2008
BIW NEWS | September 2008 | 3

Independence (LCS-2) Christening in Mobile
On October 4, 2008, General
Dynamics’ first Littoral Combat
Ship, Independence (LCS 2) will
be christened at the Austal USA shipyard
in Mobile, Alabama. LCS 2 is the sixth
ship to carry this prestigious name. The
most recent Independence (CG 62) was
an aircraft carrier which was decommissioned
in 1998.
The ship’s sponsor is Doreen A. Scott,
wife of former Master Chief Petty Officer
of the Navy (MCPON) Terry Scott. She
will be assisted by her daughter and Maid
of Honor, Lauren Scott.
The GD-led team includes major
partners GD Advanced Information
Systems and Austal USA. Although
construction is taking place half a continent
away, the men and women of
BIW have had extensive involvement
with the program through a BIW-based
program office and design staff, a permanent
project team at Austal, and hundreds
of BIW designers, mechanics and
other shipbuilding professionals.
Independence (LCS-2) was constructed
indoors and launched in April 2008.
The ship has an aluminum hull and a
Ship Sponsor Doreen A. Scott
trimaran hull form which offers stability at
high speeds and sea states. The ship is
designed to be a fast, maneuverable and networked
surface combatant with operational
flexibility to execute focused missions, such
as mine warfare, anti-submarine warfare,
anti-surface warfare and humanitarian
relief. Although capable of deploying as a
member of a carrier, expeditionary or surface
strike group, LCS is specifically
Stockdale (DDG 106) Sea Trials
designed to operate in the littorals against
surface and subsurface threats. Capable of
speeds in excess of 40 knots, Independence,
is a pioneer example of a modular approach
to warfare using rapidly interchangeable
mission modules.
The GD LCS Team is one of two LCS
design and construction teams. Freedom
(LCS-1) is being built by the Lockheed
Martin-led team at the Marinette Marine
shipyard in Marinette, Wisconsin. The
Navy plans to acquire a total of 55 ships
for the LCS program as part of its
‘313 Ship’ naval strategy.
In announcing the name of LCS 2 in
2006, Secretary of the Navy Donald C.
Winter said, “Independence, along with
USS Freedom, are going to be great 21st
century ships. Their speed and agility
are widely recognized. I believe that their
modular approach yields tremendous
flexibility for employing these ships and
for taking the fight right to the enemy’s
shoreline.”
Stockdale (DDG 106) is shown being eased away from the Land Level in the first stages of going to sea on September 16, 2008. Sea trials were successfully
conducted from September 16–19. Work will now shift into the final preparations for delivering the ship to the Navy in August 2008.
4 | September 2008 | BIW NEWS

Underfoot in PO-1
The Assembly Building (AB)/PO-1
is receiving new paint underfoot
as a result of initiatives associated
with the 5 Star Compliance program and
the 5S process. 5 Star Compliance, referenced
in the chart below, requires each
area to correct all safety issues or impediments
to working safely in the five categories
shown on the chart and to maintain
that level through successive inspections.
5S refers to key aspects of housekeeping
and cleanliness in the workplace
—Sort, Simplify, Systematically clear,
Standardize and Sustain.
In tackling the PO-1 area to get ready
for its 5 Star inspection, the group
applied 5S principles to identify where
electrical equipment is being operated,
establish safe zones and walking zones,
and take better advantage of the
increased lighting in the building which
was installed about a year ago. Lean
Engineer Larry Lavallee (D10) said, “It
makes sense that a clean building will
improve people’s attitudes, contribute to
cleanliness and housekeeping issues and
make it more suitable for working safely.”
5 Star
Compliance
The 5-Star Compliance Program
includes compliance training,
correction, and ongoing oversight
designed to improve our regulatory
compliance and ensure everyone’s
safety on the job.
The goal for each work area, noted
on the left side of the chart, is to earn
and maintain certification in all five
categories shown at the top.
Status is reported by colored symbols
as explained in the legend. An area may
be in compliance (green), involved in
the assessment process (yellow),
preparing for assessment (gray), or it
may have failed to maintain its
certification (red).
It was determined that even an old building
could have a new floor, one that would
contribute to segregating work and storage
areas and creating safe walkways, clear zones
around equipment and a safety fly zone
underneath overhead crane routes.
Because this is a large, well-utilized facility,
they didn’t have the luxury of stopping
work or doing it over a weekend. Instead,
the first section of the building was completed
in September and a second section
is scheduled for October.
“At first,” said Larry, “there was a fair
amount of skepticism amongst the work
force as to whether it was cost effective or
meaningful in terms of our safety goals.
Now that the first grid is complete, many
of these same folks have said that it’s easier
to see inside the building and actually uplifting
as compared to the former situation.”
He continued, “Now, they’re starting to
worry about whether it will stay clean, but
I tell them that we’ve done this for all the
right reasons and it’s up to all of us to help
keep it clean and use it as intended.”
SEPTEMBER 16, 2008
LLTF/Hyde South
ABC Plat
H 502 (DDG 106)
H 503 (DDG 108)
H 504 (DDG 109)
Rigging/Carpenter/South Hyde Shops
P0II/Ultra hall
EBMF
Hardings
ACE/CW
Bath Warehouses
Blast I, II, III
Aluminum Shop
Assembly Building
Panel Line
5-Skids
Machine/Intake-Uptake/Strut shops
Facilities
Electrical
Machine
Guarding
Fall
Protection
Fire,Health,
Safety
Housekeeping
Compliant Engaged in Assessment Preparing for Assessment Lost Star
BIW NEWS | September 2008 | 5

Suggs Family Update
In August, Smokey (D95) and Adele (D46) Suggs’ daughter Stephanie was seriously injured
in an automobile accident. The family sent the attached note in appreciation of the widespread
response from BIW folks during this time. Note: Stephanie is the granddaughter of
BIW retirees Tony and Aline Ouellette, who were mentioned in the June 2008 newsletter.
The Suggs Family would like to take
a moment to thank the BIW community
for their expressions of concern,
caring and support during our recent
family emergency involving our daughter,
Stephanie. The outpouring of your
thoughtfulness and prayers are testimony
to the fact that this community is an
extended family and when one is hurt, we
all feel the pain. It has been a very touching
and humbling experience which
helped us through the long days at the
hospital.
We truly feel that our daughter is living
proof that miracles do happen. During
the first three days after her tragic car
accident, her survival was on an hourby-hour
basis. We were told that
Stephanie would be on a ventilator for
approximately 30 days, her hospital stay
would be at least 60 days and her therapy
would be extensive so she could learn to
walk again, possibly with a brace. Eighteen
Performance Incentive
Three data points per hull are shown
in the Performance Incentive chart:
Cumulative Performance to Date
(solid column); Future Performance
Required to Achieve Level 1 Goal (blue bar);
and Future Performance Required to
Achieve Level 2 Goal (black bar).
The Performance Incentive Program
includes a payout of $750 per employee
upon achieving the Hull 502 Stockdale
Level 1 performance goal. Payout amounts
for all hulls can be found in BIW Bulletin
09-07A, available on the BIW Intranet.
Performance incentives are paid to all
employees at sailaway and these planned
dates are shown to the right. Contact your
supervisor for more information.
This chart reflects changes to the Level 1
Performance Required at Completion for
Hulls 502, 505 and 506 as described in BIW
Bulletin 22-08 dated September 16, 2008
and available on the BIW Intranet.
days later, Stephanie was discharged from
the hospital walking on her own with no
assistance.
She continues to improve daily and we
see no reason that she will not return to
her senior year as the 21-year-old college
student she was prior to this accident.
Together you have made a difference in
the shipbuilding industry but moreover,
together you have made a difference in
our lives.
Again, from the bottom of our hearts
we want to extend our gratitude and
thanks to the BIW family for your ongoing
thoughtfulness and kindness.
Please continue to keep Stephanie and
our family in your hearts as she continues
her path towards recovery.
Sincerely,
Merlin ‘Smokey,’ Adele, Stephanie, Bubba
and Beth Suggs
SEPTEMBER 16, 2008
Cost Performance Index
150.0%
125.0%
100.0%
75.0%
* See note below
—
Recent Contract Award
DDG 51 Class
Lead Yard Services (LYS)
On September 10, 2008, the Navy
awarded BIW a $7.4M contract to
provide ongoing LYS for the DDG
51 Arleigh Burke class. This option
modifies a contract initially awarded
in November 2005.
BIW has provided program management,
engineering and design support
for DDG 51 class ships under the LYS
program since 1987, supplying technical
assistance in the interpretation and
application of the detailed design developed
by BIW, the lead shipyard for the
class. This award primarily focuses on
aspects of DDG Modernization work.
— — — — —
50.0%
Stockdale Wayne E. Meyer Jason Dunham Spruance Michael Murphy
Hull 502 Hull 503 Hull 504 Hull 505 Hull 506
SAILAWAY
—
Jun ’08 Jan ’09 May ’10 Dec ’10 Feb ’11
Cumulative Performance
—
Lev 1 Future Perf Req’d—
Lev 2 Future Perf Req’d
A symbol above the chart indicates that the Performance Req’d value exceeds the scale of the chart.
*
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Are You Healthy Enough?
BIW, in conjunction with CIGNA,
firmly believes that people make
better health-related decisions
when they are educated about their
medical issues and the available options
for treatment. Evidence suggests that
an informed and questioning patient is
more satisfied with the treatment he/she
receives and generally does better than
one who is not as engaged with decisions
about their care.
During September and October, BIW
is offering on site health screenings by
appointment for all covered employees
where important health indicators like
blood pressure and cholesterol are noted.
In addition to health screenings, BIW
employees and covered adult dependents
with CIGNA health care can also take an
online health assessment. This is a simple,
confidential way to explore how your
lifestyle influences your health and your
risk for medical conditions such as heart
disease, cancer or diabetes.
You can access the online assessment
at www.myCIGNA.com. Detailed instructions
will be provided in early October,
although the web site is easy to use and
available now. It is helpful to have your
blood pressure, total cholesterol and HDL
cholesterol numbers from a recent health
screening or doctor’s visit available to
plug into the assessment. When you
complete the assessment, the program
may offer you immediate feedback by
suggesting lifestyle changes that would
benefit your circumstances or you may be
invited to participate in one of CIGNA’s
health coaching programs. You can also
BHWRemindsYou
Health Screenings at BIW Family Day 2008 conducted
by representatives of CIGNA (foreground)
and Parkview Hospital.
print out the completed assessment and take
it to your health care professional to help
facilitate a discussion.
Please note that all information contained
in the assessment is completely confidential
and will not be shared with BIW. The company
will receive only a group report.
As an added incentive, if you take the
online assessment by October 26, 2008, your
name* will be automatically entered into a
drawing for prizes which include gift cards
and New England Patriots tickets. If your
adult dependents take the health assessment
their names will also be entered into the
drawing.
* Note: Drawing is not open to those at the
Director level or above.
VOLUNTEERING IS HEALTHY!
Building Healthy Ways MVPA recognizes two BIW employees
each month who give back to the community by volunteering.
If you or someone you know volunteers, nominate them
for a chance to win $150 for their volunteer organization.
For more information, contact Phyllis Wolfe at ext. 2915
or phyllis.wolfe@biw.com
August 2008
Retirees
Dept.
Name
06-00 Daniel J. Crowley III
44 Years, 6 Months
Supervisor
07-00 Stephen L. Saindon
27 Years, 5 Months
Machinist III
19-00 Glenn P. Scalfer *
19 Years, 10 Months
Electrician IIII
50-00 Gregory J. Gagnon
22 Years, 1 Month
Shipfitter III
97-00 Glenn A. Shaw **
19 Years, 1 Month
Program Manager
* Retroactive to July 2008
** Retired July 2008; Correction
Welcome
The following employees joined
BIW during August, 2008.
Please welcome them.
Name
Dept
Crommett, John Leamon *0900
Deprey, Michael Paul *0900
Fortier, Wayne Arthur *0900
Heppell, Danielle Elizabeth 2400
Kimball, Nicholas Ryan 2601
Lamontagne, Roland Maurice*0900
Landry, Gary Vern *0900
Libby, Shawn Preston 0606
Massey, Jeffrey John 2601
Morse, James Parker *0900
Shuck, Harold Eugene 4000
Spear, James Albert *0900
VanHorn, John Scott 2601
Wellington, David James 2601
* Returning Employee
BIW NEWS | September 2008 | 7

From the Fleet
Naval Command College
Naval Command College, Class of 2009
On September 10, 2008, the
senior officer-level Naval
Command College (NCC)
made its annual visit to BIW. The
Class of 2009, which included a large
group of international military officers
as well as several U.S. service officers,
was led by NCC Director, Captain
Stephen Senteio, USN. The group met
with BIW and SupShip representatives
for discussions and toured the Bath shipyard,
including a topside walkthrough of
Stockdale (DDG 106). The sights and
sounds of the ship under construction and
preparing for trials impressed everyone,
including one U.S. Army colonel who
remarked that he never imagined that in the
course of his career he’d have the opportunity
to step aboard a ship like Stockdale.
CDR Elizabeth Malanowski,a member
of the NCC program staff, commented by
email following the tour: “The visit was a
huge success. …The students were riveted
to the tour guides’ remarks and enjoyed
every minute of the Stockdale deck tour
as well as the yard tour. There is such
pride in the work force at BIW, it sends
a great message.”
Likely the Last Time
The Navy’s precision flying team,
The Blue Angels, performed at the
Great State of Maine Air Show the
weekend of September 5–7, 2008, likely
dazzling us one last time as Brunswick
Naval Air Station (BNAS) is scheduled
for closure in 2011.
The photo to the right is an official
Navy photo taken on Sunday of that
weekend. Some of you may remember
that the weather suggested by the clouds
in the background caused the pilots
to adapt their performance that day.
However, in the days leading up to the
air show, anyone working outdoors was
treated to a few aerial sightings as the
jets practiced in the area.
BIW and BNAS have maintained a
close, cooperative relationship over the
years. Of importance to public safety,
BIW and BNAS fire departments are
part of the local fire and emergency
response network. When local fire
departments responded to a fire at BIW
last month, BNAS provided back-up that
allowed other, closer fire departments to
immediately head in our direction.
During the life of the DDG 51 program,
several large items of Class Standard
Equipment arrived by C-5 transport at
BNAS and the BNAS air field is frequently
used by Navy and government visitors.
On the same day of this photo, the Blue
Angels were a presence at BIW Family Day
taking place at nearby Thomas Point Beach.
As the jets periodically appeared overhead
while setting up for high speed maneuvers
over the BNAS runway, it was another
reminder that we come to work every day
on behalf of the U.S. Navy.
US Navy photo
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Christening of Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108)
Every christening is special, but the
christening of Wayne E. Meyer
(DDG 108) on October 18, 2008,
has special significance throughout the
U.S. Navy and the military defense
community.
Specifying a living namesake is a rare
honor which the Navy reserves for a very
few individuals who have greatly distinguished
themselves through their careers
and service and whose reputations are
firmly established during their lifetimes.
Such is the case with RADM Wayne
Meyer and when his wife, Anna Mae
Meyer, the ship sponsor, breaks the
traditional champagne bottle, we will
again be honoring a living namesake for
only the third time in recent memory at
BIW (the others were Admiral Arleigh
Burke and Paul Nitze).
DDG 108 honors a man known as
‘the Father of Aegis’ for his decades
of service to the U.S. Navy where he
oversaw the development of the Aegis
defense system and the shipbuilding
program that has placed Aegis on the
most modern and capable U.S. cruisers
and destroyers yet built, as well as on
ships around the world through U.S.
Navy programs with friendly foreign
navies. RADM Wayne Meyer,USN
(Ret.) will attend the ceremony and has
actively participated in planning this
historic event.
RADM Meyer’s first ship tour as
an ensign in 1945 was onboard USS
Goodrich, a Bath-built destroyer.
Members of the Goodrich Association
will attend the ceremony in tribute to
their former shipmate.
An electrical engineer, Meyer rose
in the Navy because of his ‘can do’
attitude, systems engineering talent and
abiding interest in anti-aircraft defense.
By 1970, he was based in Washington,
DC and soon joined the program that
created today’s versatile and widelyrecognized
Aegis phased array radar
that is the core of the weapons system of
the cruisers and destroyers that protect
the fleet and the nation. Aegis can track,
target and destroy aircraft, cruise missiles
and ballistic missiles, whatever their
origins, and allows a DDG 51 class
destroyer to completely dominate a
theater of operations.
RADM Meyer with BIW employees in the Assembly Building in May 2007 at the time of the DDG 108
Keel Laying.
As an officer of the U.S. Navy and later as
a retired officer and civilian, RADM Meyer
has attended the christening of nearly every
U.S. Navy Aegis cruiser and destroyer. He
has seen Aegis grow in scope and power to
the point where it now forms a key part of
the Missile Defense Agency’s arsenal of antiballistic
missile options forward-deployed on
an increasing number of ships world-wide.
DDG 108 features the 100th deployed Aegis
system.
Ship Sponsor Anna Mae Meyer.
RADM Meyer retired in 1985 but has
never moved a millimeter off base in his
support of Aegis and its further development.
His counsel on strategy and systems
is constantly sought by the Navy. The rare
honor of naming a ship for a living namesake
was conferred by then-CNO ADM
Mike Mullen in 2006 and the admiral has
visited his ship frequently as it progressed
to fully erected status on Shipway 2.
In May 2007, RADM Meyer attended the
keel-laying ceremony on the Land Level
Transfer Facility where he and Anna Mae
Meyer inscribed their initials onto a steel
plate, signifying their roles as namesake and
sponsor of DDG 108. Mrs. Meyer will be
assisted at the christening by Matron of
Honor Nina Meyer and Maids of Honor
Paula Meyer and Anna Seixas.
The event is open to the public with the
formal ceremony at 11:00 a.m., followed by
an in-yard reception at 12:00 p.m. Access to
the shipyard on the day of the christening
will be through the South Gate.
We’re planning on bright fall weather, a
big crowd and a stirring event. Please bring
your family members and friends for this
unique Aegis celebration which will join the
soul of DDG 108 and its crew with someone
who is, as BIW President Dugan Shipway
said in May 2007, “a giant of a man” and
already a legend in the U.S. Navy.
BIW NEWS | September 2008 | 9

August 2008
Service Anniversaries
Dept. Name Dept. Name Dept. Name
40 Years
20 Desjardins, Thomas
Roger
86 Jordan, Richard James
35 Years
06 Leino, Kevin Keith
07 Springer, Malcom Alvie
07 Stevens, Russell Maurice
09 Merrill Jr, William
Patterson
10 Frye Jr, Eugene Allen
10 Gallant, Gerard Joseph
10 Gibbs, Roger P Stewart
10 Hammond, Charles
Russell
20 Gay, Thomas Edwin
20 House, Stephen Forrest
20 Pletts, Spencer Edward
27 Holman, Ronald Clayton
27 Jimino, Philip Donald
30 Moore, John William
32 Bunker, Orland Lee
32 Parenteau, James Henry
43 Parks, Roger Williams
43 Thayer III, John Walter
66 Moore, Daniel Fernand
80 Barter, Robert Harold
80 Roy, David Paul
81 Gaudreau, Roger Omer
86 Alley Jr, Albert Leroy
86 Manter, Scott Lindsay
87 Nadeau, Paul Thomas
87 Thompson, Guy Robert
93 Kay, Scott Michael
30 Years
07 Labbe, Richard Mark
09 Beaule, Donald Lionel
09 Dyer, Robert Anthony
10 Nadeau, Brian Dale
10 Stone, Stephen Miles
11 Jacobs, Elaine Sylvia
11 Thibeault, John Emile
15 Bond, Gilbert Charles
15 Ouellette, Mark Anthony
15 Thibeault, Paul Joseph
19 LaPlante, John James
20 Bisson, Daniel Lee
20 Boulay, William Phillip
20 Brockett, Michael Eugene
20 Chase, Paul Adam
20 Dionne, Richard Charles
20 Harris, Richard Allen
20 Melanson, Terry Stephen
20 Perry, Timothy Robert
25 Kendrick, Brian Charles
25 Richards, Donald William
25 Smith, David Lee
27 Brillant, Dennis Dean
27 Hayes, Thomas Victor
27 Johnson, Paul Kenneth
40 Blake, Herbert Leo
40 Moreau, Aldo Marc
43 Bacon, Barry Evan
43 Bard, Edwin Roger
43 Kaler, Richard Gorden
44 Bisson, Denise Jeannine
50 Black Jr, John Harry
59 Nelson, Kerry G
81 James, Paul Gerald
81 Johansen III, Charles
Francis
81 Shaunesey, Ronald Lewis
82 Tondreau Jr, Lawrence
Clement
84 Acker, Michael Howard
84 Arbour, John Patrick
86 Anderson, Robert Vincent
86 Bourque, Marc Daniel
86 Legare, Gerard Leo
86 Muesse, Frederick
William
86 Wilson, Kevin Robert
87 Cottle, Jeffrey Maurice
87 Gray, Albert Frank
87 McGrath, Daniel James
87 Perry, Gene Dennis
87 Schram, Leon Stanley
89 Moore, Peter Crawford
91 Frith, William Omar
25 Years
26 Laprise, Larry John
57 Gerardi, Michael
Lawrence
86 Alexander, Gary Michael
86 Muzeroll, Edward Arthur
87 Smith, Dena Mae
20 Years
01 Barr, Donald Allan
01 Cournoyer, Kymberley
Ann
05 Bell Jr, Thomas
Stoughton
07 Lebrun, Leo Armand
09 Campbell Jr, Edward
Dean
09 Chambers, Robert Wilson
09 Cournoyer, Robert
Michael
10 Becvar, Kevin Howard
10 Connell, Russell Walter
10 Holt, Ronald John
10 Reil, Michael Jeffery
10 Shorey, Eric Linwood
11 Pherigo, Donald Eugene
11 Raymond, Angelina
Elizabeth
15 Adams, Clyde Michael
15 Armstrong, Albert Elmer
15 Mansfield, Burton Henry
15 Prindall, Roland Earle
17 Brandt, Christopher
17 Brown, Richard Daniel
17 Chasse, Gerry Raymond
17 Coady, James William
17 Durrell, Stanley Eugene
17 Field, James Joseph
17 Freitas Jr, John
17 Hardman, John Allen
17 Inman, Gilbert Baker
17 McAdam, Patricia Marie
17 Shorey, Allen Edward
17 Simmons, Darren Joseph
17 Sukeforth, Bruce Myron
17 Sullivan, David Thomas
19 Barrows, Craig Martin
19 Beagle, Walter Henry
19 Beaulieu, David Philip
19 Black, Sorale Merems
19 Call, Robert Herbert
19 Drisko, William Stephen
19 LaPierre, Leslie Ann
19 Swimm, James Edward
19 Wing, Roy Thomas
20 Bailey Jr, Clyde Franklin
20 Goldman, Nancy Ann
24 Bessey, Daniel Richard
24 Everett, Pamela Jean
26 Bernard Sr, Robert
Edward
27 Ames, Matthew Elwin
27 Caron, Phillip Louis
27 Dorr, Laurie Lee
27 Drapeau, Dale Richard
27 Dunning, John Andrew
27 Grivois, Jerry Lee
27 Irish, Debora Lee
27 Lamontagne, Daniel Jean
27 Latham, David Roland
27 Lawrence, Charles Warren
27 Marcia, Mark Alan
27 Marcia, Rob Earle
Dept. Name
27 Pinkham, Lynn Anne
27 Ripley, Dennis Henry
27 Roberts, Richard Dale
27 Severance, Edward
Arnold
27 St Pierre, Steven Lucien
27 West, Jody Crosby
29 Monroe, Lloyd Fred
30 MacArthur III, Robert
Charles
43 Cioe, Anthony George
43 Curtis, Franklin Rufus
43 Cyr, Michael Gary
43 Gordon, Dennis Leslie
43 MacDonald II, David
Leonard
43 Meunier, Dennis Charles
43 Milliken, Dennis James
43 Norton, Gary John
43 Ouellette, David Fredrick
43 Ouellette, Paul Maurice
43 Pelletier, Michael Richard
43 Russell, Randale Roy
43 Thornton Sr, Peter F
43 Timberlake, Kevin Carrol
43 Wren, Mark Edward
45 Desmond, Robin Lee
45 Dobson, Lisa Lee
45 Holman, Tammie Sue
45 Start, Karen Wright
50 Benner, Mark Allen
50 Holbrook Jr, Norman
Duggan
50 Larochelle, David Mark
50 Young, John Carroll
66 Cunningham, William
Robert
69 Olsen, Paul Edward
69 Russell III, Albert Ernest
75 Su, Chiun-shui Mike
82 Singleton, James Laroe
86 Eliassen, Kent
86 McLean, Bette Ann
86 Wenzler, Roseann Marie
10 Years
01 Bond, Andrew Stephen
07 Verge, Andy Joe
09 Plessis, Robert Paul
09 Ulvila, Dennis Michael
19 Hodgdon, Stephen
Edward
20 Fabus, Jason Peter
20 Faulkner, Dennis Lee
20 Stacy Jr, Michael
Dept. Name
McKown
24 Bodmer, Daniel Joseph
32 Savasuk, Timothy Ernest
40 Chesley, Patrick Joseph
40 Estes, Todd Gregory
40 McKenzie, Nathan John
40 Mehlhorn, Peter Joeseph
43 Beaman, Matthew Pollard
43 Goodall, Thomas James
43 Hoang, Huong
43 Nguyen, Hai Phi
50 Donohue, Christopher
Todd
50 James, David Everett
50 Lyden, David James
50 Moore, Timothy Jay
50 Powers, Steve Andrew
50 Rowles, Scott Patrick
71 Walker III, Lambert Roger
87 Stetson, Thomas Bellas
5 Years
11 Charest, Philippe Leo
11 Cornish, Pauline Irene
11 Hiles, Brenda Lucille
15 Desjardins, James Brian
15 Smith, Daniel Bernard
40 Woerter, William Albert
43 Colby, Jed Eben
43 Davis III, Robie Clarence
43 Hood, Stephen David
43 Libby, Travis Henry
43 Pooley, Aaron John
43 Presby, Peter Lee
50 Anderson, Zachary Philip
50 Biswell, Todd Allen
50 Campbell Jr, Talbot
Wilson
50 Dubois, Nelson Roger
50 Engstrom Jr, Kraig Eric
50 Sprague, Corey Edward
50 Tainter, Michael James
50 Wheeler, William Fred
50 Williams Hussey, Kasha
Ellen
50 Wright, Eric
62 Laviolette, Robert Willis
87 Desrosiers, Daniel
Rosario
10 | September 2008 | BIW NEWS

The Heyday of the BIW-Built Hi-Esmaro
Pete Stevens (D87) of Georgetown
provided this family photo of the
BIW-built diesel yacht, Hi-Esmaro
and explained that his father, Franz
Stevens, a former BIW rigger and tinsmith,
was an original crew member
following her 1929 delivery to owner
H. Edward Manville of New Jersey.
The name Hi-Esmaro was comprised
of the owner’s immediate family members,
including Hiram, the owner;
daughter Estelle; the family name
Manville; and wife Romaine. BIW built
the 266 ft. yacht amid the 1927–1930
period when the shipyard stayed
open largely due to yacht construction
contracts. One of BIW’s most famous
yachts, CORSAIR IV built for J.P.
Morgan, immediately followed
Hi-Esmaro in BIW’s order book.
Hi-Esmaro’s final construction costs
were documented at $900,500, a large
sum during the days just ahead of the
1929 stock market crash.
Following delivery, the yacht collided
with a tanker off Newport and the owner
arranged with BIW President Pete
Newell to return the ship to Bath for
repairs, after which it sailed for Europe
with the Manville family onboard. It is
here that the story intersects with Pete
Stevens as his father, Franz Stevens, was
a crew member on this initial 9-month
European voyage.
Pete relates that his father worked
at BIW when the yacht was under construction.
The fact that Franz Stevens
switched employment just as the yacht
delivered suggests to Pete that his father
actually helped build it, although he cannot
confirm that likely scenario. Franz
was one of four crew members from the
local area, including two others from
Bath and Mark Hanna from Georgetown,
who at 17 was the youngest crew member
onboard.
Franz Stevens kept a diary throughout
this voyage and recorded such entries as
“December 16, 1929. Arrived in Monte
Carlo, daylight. Beautiful little town. Stay
here for about two months.” Upon leaving
the Mediterranean, the yacht sailed to
BIW Hull 123, Hi-Esmaro, in Monte Carlo in 1930. Photo courtesy of P. Stevens.
Stockholm where the Manvilles visited their
daughter and son-in-law, the Count and
Countess Folke Bernadotte. Franz’s diary
said, “June 12, 1930. Small wooded islands
all the way to Stockholm. Met (by seaplane)
by Count and Countess about half way up
through islands. There is only about 3 hours
of darkness here.” On June 19, a party of 38
was onboard, including “King Gustav and
princes and counts, etc.” And on June 20,
“A party of 180 aboard. Dancing on the
upper deck aft.”
Pete recalled his father saying that BIW
outfitted the white yacht with a royal suite
in case members of the Swedish royal family
were ever onboard—and they did, in fact,
sail at least twice with the Manvilles. Pete
said, “The suite was very large and had fancy
furniture, fancy everything, according to
my dad.”
When the Hi-Esmaro returned to the
United States in 1930, Franz Stevens stayed
on as part of the skeleton crew. He eventually
resettled in Georgetown, married his
wife, Christania, and returned to BIW where
he worked as a tinsmith in the 1940’s and
1950’s. Although Franz did not work for
the Manvilles again, the Hi-Esmaro made
a second voyage to Europe. When Crown
Prince Gustav and Crown Princess Louise
formally opened the Swedish Exhibit at the
1938 New York World’s Fair, they were
reunited with the Manvilles onboard Hi-
Esmaro in New York Harbor. That makes
sense to Pete who said, “The yacht was
docked in New Jersey and the Manvilles
sometimes used it just to travel to
Manhattan.”
With war in Europe and the threat of war
elsewhere, yacht ownership declined and
Atlantic pleasure crossings ceased. The Navy
purchased the yacht in 1940, renamed it
Niagara and put it into service as a tender
to a torpedo boat squadron where it saw
action in Pearl Harbor, Panama and the
South Pacific. In 1943, along the north coast
of New Guinea, the small naval force was
attacked by Japanese bombers and Niagara/
ex-Hi-Esmaro took a direct bomb hit during
battle. All 136 crew members were saved by
PT escorts and one of these torpedoed the
crippled ship, exploding the gasoline storage
tanks and sending it to the bottom.
Franz Stevens died at the young age of
56. However, Pete’s older brother, David
Stevens, worked at BIW as a tinsmith, like
his father, for 44 years and is now retired.
Pete is an 18-year veteran himself and currently
working second shift at CROF as a
designer. Thanks, Pete, for the stories of
your father and for showing us the historic
photograph of the eye-catching Hi-Esmaro
in Europe during the storied years between
the wars.
Some of the historical information regarding
Hi-Esmaro is based on data in Bath Iron
Works: The First One Hundred Years by
Ralph L. Snow and is used with the author’s
permission.
BIW NEWS | September 2008 | 11

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Tomato Season
It’s tomato season in Maine, even in the shipyard.
This fine looking tomato plant outside the
Assembly Building was drenched in sunshine as
well as rain this summer. Sounds like good growing
conditions, although there’s far more concrete than
soil around. One possible advantage is that there are
fewer 4-legged predators about and if there are any
2-legged ones, there’s still been enough tomatoes for
John Gray’s (D27) occasional lunch.
In the photo, you can see that there’s not much
growing room up against the building, yet tomato
seeds from an unknown source nevertheless took hold
and produced this plant. John didn’t set out to grow
tomatoes at work, he says he has plenty at home
to keep him busy, but he did adopt the plant when
he recognized it for what it was. Since then, he has
simply checked on it twice a day coming and going,
as gardeners are inclined to do, and on most days,
gave it a thermos of water at lunch time.
He asked Mike Nutter (D10) to take this photo
to prove to his wife that tomatoes do grow in the
shipyard.
John Gray on a lunch break earlier this summer when the
tomatoes were still green.