Tagos ship ?

**capitanahn** · September 22nd, 2010, 04:36 PM

Is capt. civilian ? How's the work onboard ?

**GOMariner** · September 23rd, 2010, 01:10 AM

Its a Union job -AMO for sure and maybe MEBA have contracts . Civilian crew onboard 90 day hitches . A friend of mine did a hitch on one said the pay wasnt great but it was a paycheck. Dont know about time ashore , internet etc

**capitanahn** · September 23rd, 2010, 07:53 AM

Originally Posted by GOMariner

Its a Union job -AMO for sure and maybe MEBA have contracts . Civilian crew onboard 90 day hitches . A friend of mine did a hitch on one said the pay wasnt great but it was a paycheck. Dont know about time ashore , internet etc

Just came across with one article, one of Tagos ship (USNS Assertive? if my memory serves) was harrassed by Chinese warships & fishing boats
on Chinese EEZ....On board on USNS were 12 navy guys and 22 civilians etc...

Any info's welcomed...Like How many OT they limit, something like that, too...

**seadog6608** · September 24th, 2010, 12:16 AM

I've worked on two of the SWATH hull jobs. The first was still MSC crewed, I was a plankowner A/B. The second I was Third Mate. maersk Line Ltd had the contract. All officers were AMO, all unlicensed were SIU. Captain and all crew are civilians. We carried government contractors who did the sonar work. There might have been a Navy guy or two but I don't really remember any.
third Mate was making $80.00 per day in '99. I was only allowed 12 hours OT per week. Weekend watch was paid at a lower rate of pay than regular OT. 30 minute OT for meal relief every other day. 90 day hitch. We sat at the dock for a week when I first signed aboard, then did 73 straight days underway. Waited two weeks in port for my relief.

**capitanahn** · September 24th, 2010, 11:02 AM

Originally Posted by seadog6608

I've worked on two of the SWATH hull jobs. The first was still MSC crewed, I was a plankowner A/B. The second I was Third Mate. maersk Line Ltd had the contract. All officers were AMO, all unlicensed were SIU. Captain and all crew are civilians. We carried government contractors who did the sonar work. There might have been a Navy guy or two but I don't really remember any.
third Mate was making $80.00 per day in '99. I was only allowed 12 hours OT per week. Weekend watch was paid at a lower rate of pay than regular OT. 30 minute OT for meal relief every other day. 90 day hitch. We sat at the dock for a week when I first signed aboard, then did 73 straight days underway. Waited two weeks in port for my relief.

73 straight days ? Wow, how's the vegetables? They go bad really quick. How did they feed you?

**seadog6608** · September 24th, 2010, 10:30 PM

After the first couple of weeks all the vegetables were canned or frozen. Naturally the food service gets worse as the trip goes on. And yeah! 73 straight days above the Arctic circle in winter. That's the longest I've ever gone between ports I can tell you. By the way, I understand the pay has improved significantly since I did the job.

**capitanahn** · September 25th, 2010, 03:22 PM

Originally Posted by seadog6608

After the first couple of weeks all the vegetables were canned or frozen. Naturally the food service gets worse as the trip goes on. And yeah! 73 straight days above the Arctic circle in winter. That's the longest I've ever gone between ports I can tell you. By the way, I understand the pay has improved significantly since I did the job.

As long as there's vegies on the table....
Canned & Frozen vegies are not bad, better than nothing comparing to one seiner fishing in the ocean 3~4 Months without any vegies at all.

What did you crew do all those times ? Very Curious..

**seadog6608** · September 29th, 2010, 12:16 AM

Very little OT. Everyone had a TV in their rooms and there were lots of videos in the ship's library. Allegedly there was tons of porn too. I never saw any, of course. Ahem.. They had a pretty good library of books too. Mainly you just tried not to get on everyone else's nerves.