ship welder

Felix Castro, a ship welder for 18 years, suspected that the explosion was caused by residual fumes from the oil.

Her father, George, was a ship welder; her mother, Ramah, a homemaker.

Her husband, a retired ship welder at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, died of prostate cancer in 1987, and she has continued to live in their apartment in Flatbush.

Completion of hull welding (including bow and topside plating) was performed by ship welders Ken Bear, Bill Purvis, Lionel Clemons and Oliver Pagttie.

Born in 1927 to Armenian parents who fled the Armenian genocide, Barber served in the U.S Army during World War II and later became a ship welder at the Portland docks.

Stephens was born and grew up in Clearwater, Florida, where she worked as a ship welder and played softball in her spare time, until she was approached by a AAGPBL scout who had heard of her skills as a ballplayer.