Of Donald C. Rattenne |
Don Rattenne's Maritime Career Timeline
1941
July to July`42 | Boeing Aircraft, Seattle | Rivet Driver |
December 7th | Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor |
1942
August to February`43 | USAT General W.C. Gorgas | Oiler/Fireman |
1943
April | LT 145 | ? |
August to February`44 | USAT William L.Thompson | Aleutian Islands campaign |
1944
January to April | USAT Zalinski | ? |
May to September | U.S. Maritime Service Officers School / Alameda | released from active duty |
October to December | USAT Otsego | 3rd Engineer |
1945
January to December | USAT Lake Francis | 2nd Engineer |
August | World War II ends | Don still at sea |
1946
January | USAT Lake Francis | 1st Engineer |
May to June | USAT American Legion | 3rd Engineer |
June to August | USAT Marshall Victory | 3rd Engineer |
August to September | USAT Herald Of The Morning | 3rd Engineer |
October to February`47 | USAT James O`Hara | 3rd Engineer |
1947
February to October | USAT James O`Hara | 2nd Engineer |
October to December | USAT Frederick Funston | 3rd Engineer |
1948
January to December | USAT Frederick Funston | 2nd Engineer |
October | Takes leave to marry Jayne Houfek | 2nd Engineer |
1949
USAT becomes MSTS | ||
January to July | USAT Frederick Funston | 1st Engineer |
July | takes leave for the birth of 1st son Kenneth | Daddy |
September ’49 to June`50 | USAT Frederick Funston | 2nd Engineer |
November | appointed Lieutenant(jg) in Naval Reserve |
1950
June to December | USAT Frederick Funston | 1st Engineer |
1951 Korean War breaks out
February | USNS Bald Eagle | 1st Engineer |
Jayne and baby Ken move to Appleton,Wi. | lonely 1st Engineer | |
June | requests move to San Francisco / Fort Mason |
1952
May | USNS Bald Eagle | Chief Engineer |
1953
January to December | USNS Bald Eagle | Chief Engineer |
September | Promoted to full (First) Lieutenant USNR | |
July | End of Korean War | |
October | reduced from Chief to 1st due to reduction in personnel |
1954
Don retires from going to sea, remaining active in the U.S. Naval Reserve | |
February | daughter Karen born |
bought a meat market on Juda St. in San Francisco | |
sold market / bought another on Nob Hill |
1955
employed as meat cutter / Corte Madera, Calif. Moved family to Mill Valley, Calif. |
1956
January | became employed as a machinest at Dudley Machinery, Santa Clara, Calif. Moved family to Londendarry Drive, Santa Clara. |
February | assigned to Naval Reserve Officers School |
May | assigned to Damage Control School, Treasure Island San Francisco |
1957
became employed at Owens Corning Fiberglass, Santa Clara, Calif. as machinest. | |
Summer | family moves to 2674 Hocking Way, San Jose, Calif. |
1958
machinest @ Owens Corning Fiberglass | |
August | Naval Reserve Status: transferred to Stand-by Reserve - Active |
1959
machinest @ Owens Corning Fiberglass | |
May | Son Kirk born |
1960
January | resigns from the U.S. Naval Reserve |
1961 | returns to sea, works out of union hall in San Francisco, standing watches on various ships while they are in port |
1962 | sails on Matson Lines "Lurline" |
1963
January | rejoins MSTS | Junior Engineer |
USNS Phoenix | 3rd Engineer | |
February | requests reassignment from USNS Phoenix due to prolonged mission | |
February | USNS Asterion | 1st Engineer |
April | USNS Asterion | Chief Engineer |
November | USNS Breton | 1st Engineer (temp) |
1964
January | completes one year trial period | |
April | USNS Breton | appointed Chief Engineer |
July | USNS Core | 1st Engineer |
July | USNS Core | appointed Chief Engineer |
1965
March | USNS Breton | Chief Engineer |
April | USNS Sunnyvale | 1st Engineer |
May | USNS General Leroy Eltinge | 1st Engineer |
August | promoted permanently to Chief Engineer |
1966
January to December | USNS General Leroy Eltinge | Chief Engineer |
February to Sept 24 | Eltinge in port - sails 09-24 | |
November | family moves to 3393 Todd Way | (Chief Engineer in doghouse) |
1967
January to July | USNS General Leroy Eltinge | Chief Engineer |
October | Administrative Training Ashore / Oakland | |
October | assigned to USNS Geiger | Chief Engineer |
October | flies to Yokohama, Japan to join ship |
1968
January to December | USNS Geiger | Chief Engineer |
1969
May | USNS Huntsville | Chief Engineer |
flies to Hawaii to join ship | ||
May 26., 1969 | participates in Apollo 10 recovery mission | |
July 24, 1969 | participates in Apollo 11 recovery mission | |
November 24, 1969 | participates in Apollo 12 recovery mission | |
December | suffers severe injuries while rescuing a shipmate who fell overboard while docked at Port Hueneme |
1970
January to October | ashore recovering from injuries to ankles | |
April | awarded "Marine Employee of the Year" | |
October | USNS Kingsport | Chief Engineer |
1971
January to December | USNS Kingsport | Chief Engineer |
1972
January to December | USNS Kingsport | Chief Engineer |
December | suffers a mini-stroke while on a mission in the North Atlantic and flies home on sick leave |
1973
August | retires on permanent disability |
Kirk Rattenne
May 1998
Petaluma, CA
email: krattenne@comcast.net
USAT = | United States Army Transport |
USNR = | United States Navel Reserve |
MSTS = | Military Sea Transportation Service ( later changed to Military Sealift Command ) |
USNS = | United States Naval Ship |