Posted: December 24, 2013


American Maritime Officers members working aboard the USNS Bowditch during Operation Damayan in November included Third Mate Gordon Patton, Second Assistant Engineer Melissa Leon Guerrero, First Assistant Engineer Sterling Pearson, Third Assistant Engineer Jorge Turcios, Captain Tom Pearse-Drance, Chief Engineer Don Routly, Radio Officer Clarance Cobb, Second Mate Mike Lee and Chief Mate Scott Wenneson. The USNS Bowditch is operated by 3PSC, a subsidiary of Maersk Line, Limited, for Military Sealift Command's Naval Oceanographic Office - a component of the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command - and is manned in all licensed positions by AMO.