ROFL
When the last of a group of 27 DEs was completed at Avondale I went to Litton and applied because there was a new contract at Pascagoula. I had been working on checkout and troubleshooting of the ASROC missile control computer system after being an electronics tech in the military. The "counsellor" saw "Fire Control Tech" on my resume and wanted to send me to the shipyard fire dept.
I just walked back to my car and drove home. I didn't want to work for a company with employment counsellors who were so uninformed.
I still laugh almost uncontrollably about that today every time I think about it.
I had the misfortune of being stationed there a year, when my sub, U.S.S. Sunfish, SSN-649 was going thru refit. It took 3 years to complete a 1 year job.......to this day, when I drive to Florida, I make it a point to avoid the area. I remember seeing the ASROC fire....quite a site!