Crane Signalman Evaluations
Served as a deck seaman onboard the ARCO. As a crane signalman, he executed 66 critical and 771 non-critical crane lifts including critical screw components. While being a line driver, BMSN helped with the safe docking and undocking of two torpedo weapon retrievers and a nuclear powered submarine. Also served as a member of Naval Base Point Loma's auxilary Security Force, ensuring the security and enforcement of all Naval Base Point Loma to include 500 base personnel, 30 buildings and six significant national security assets.
As a deck seaman at the ARCO, he trained seven sailors in the 3M program, while ensuring the completion of over 200 preventive and corrective maintenance actions. He was a vital asset during the docking and undocking of two nuclear powered submarines, torpedo weapon retiever, and the research platform flip. He helped preserve 45,000 square feet on port and starboard wingwall, drydock area, and basin. Led the refurbishing of the quarterdeck gear saving the ARCO $3,000 dollars. He has been a part of 150 crane evolutions as a rigger helping the dock remove keel blocks to prepare for the surface craft overhaul.
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES WHILE SERVING A DECK SEAMAN ONBOARD THE ARCO FROM NOVEMBER 2012 TO MARCH 2015. BMSN TAYLOR PERFORMED HIS DEMANDING DUTIES IN AN EXEMPLARY AND HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL MANNER. AS THE CRANE SIGNALMAN, HE EXECUTED 50 CRITICAL AND 450 NON-CRITICAL CRANE LIFTS. IN ADDITION, HIS KNOWLEDGE ON THE DECK PLATES PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THE DOCKING AND UNDOCKING OF THREE NUCLEAR POWERED SUBMARINES, TWO TORPEDO WEAPON RETRIEVERS, AND THE RESEARCH PLATFORM VESSEL FLIP. MOREOVER, AS A LEADING SEAMAN, BMSN TAYLOR HELPED PRESERVE 60,000 SQUARE FEET OF TWO WING WALLS, DRY DOCK, INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SPACES WHICH LED TO THE ARCO RECEIVING TWO CONSECUTIVE BATTLE EFFICIENCY AWARDS. BY HIS EXCEPTIONAL ABILITY, PERSONAL INITIATIVE AND TOTAL DEDICATION TO DUTY, SEAMAN TAYLOR REFLECTED CREDIT UPON HIMSELF AND UPHELD THE HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVAL SERVICE.