Fuel Oil Burner
Object NamePhotograph
Historic Owner
Albert J. Kreitzer
Association
USS Intrepid (CV/CVA/CVS-11)
DateSeptember 1967
PeriodVietnam War; Cold War
Mediumphotographic paper, ink
ClassificationsCommunication Artifacts
Credit LineCollection of the Intrepid Museum. Gift of Albert J. Kreitzer. P2023.67.23
Object numberP2023.67.23
DescriptionPhotograph, Black and white; Personal horizontal image of a crew member operating a fuel oil burner on a boiler in one of the fire rooms (boiler rooms) on USS Intrepid. The sailor has dark hair and light skin. He is wearing a U.S. Navy working uniform and the headset of a sound-powered phone. “MERA” is the visible portion of a name stenciled on his pants. The back of his shirt is soaked in sweat. The man’s hands are extended towards a burner assembly. His left hand is on the air door handle, and his right is on the tee handle. The five fuel oil root valves are visible on the left, attached to the main fuel feed pipe, and on the right, the number “7” is painted on the boiler’s feed water drum manhole cover. On the right edge of the image, the open door of the escape trunk is visible, a mostly-out-of-frame crew member with light skin holding the handle. The legs of another sailor are visible in front of the open door, as well as a hand holding a light-colored cup. There is a white border on the image with “Sep 67” printed in black ink. Back has “23” handwritten in blue ink and a repeating watermark which reads “A Kodak Paper.”
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