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dry docked ships
I was wondering if a ship is dry docked are duty sections required to spend the night on the ship if the individual is married and lives off base. And if so how often are they required to stay in a 1 month period
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Permalink Reply by TN Navy Mom (Stennis Nuke Mom) on
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My son's ship was not "dry-docked" but while it was in port, he had a regular shift daily of 7 AM - 3 PM BUT every 4th day he had "duty" so he'd be aboard 32 hours during the week or a 24 hour shift on a Saturday.
It actually helped my DIL (a little) to prepare herself for him being "underway" which in turn helps her get ready for deployment.
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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A lot depends on the duty section rotation, what type of watch, and how much of the duty section is needed to stay overnight. Also, the extent of the work on the ship, whether or not the berthing is affected, as well as the power and facilities. There is no one answer. Could be once a week, could be twice a month, could be four section, which is every four days. You have to ask your sailor.
They don't get to go home just because they are married. The ship may have a barracks or berthing barge assigned to them with berthing for the duty section as required. On the other hand, the married sailors not on watch might get to be on call.
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Permalink Reply by sailorwifenmom on
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Both times my husband was on a ship that was in dry dock, he was required to stay overnight on duty days. Both of them had a barge that was basically just berthing that the duty section stayed in. How often they have to stay will depend on how many duty sections that particular ship has their crew set up in, what their manning and mission needs are, etc. Usually, they are going to be in either 4, 6, or 8 duty sections - anything but 7 (because with 7, they would have duty on the same day, every week, and that wouldn't be fair to those who had it on Sat or Sun).
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Being on duty, means being on duty and being on the ship 24 hours...it doesn't married if someone is married or not they will be on the ship for 24 hours.
Ever ship is different with the duty sections, some have 3 some have 8. Which means ever 3 days they stay on board for 24 hours.
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