[atc23]

You just wear coveralls in the pit and keep your dungarees in your rack unless you’re going to the Scuttlebutt Bar for lunch :-)

atc23 - USS Henry B Wilson (DDG-7) B Division, 78-84 - US 3rd Fleet, US Surface Forces Pacific, 32 St, San Diego, CA. Destroyer Squadron 13 “ The Black Cats “

[A Navy Vet]

"You just wear coveralls in the pit and keep your dungarees in your rack unless you’re going to the Scuttlebutt Bar for lunch :-)"

Of course, the BT's had their overalls even in my day up to '87. Wonder if that's still their work uniform and not the camis. Gawd, it was insufferable in those boiler rooms. I'm glad I was guaranteed aviation and wound up on the flight deck, although we worked longer hours than the Engineering Dept. I'd do it all over again. The most rewarding time of my life.