I was a BT on a Fram tin can. If we made smoke like that under way, the Captain would have had a big piece of Cheng’s ass. Then Cheng would have a big piece of the Chief BTs ass and then the Chief would have a big piece of the fire room sups ass.
Because we didn’t have light off blowers we had to pressurize the fire room for light off. In port, we always lit off about 2 am so the Squad dog and the EPA did not see us making smoke.
Sumner / Gearing class DD post WWII???