![]() Out at sea, they can't just call in a repairman. Plus, he had mechanical skills to be the ship's engineer. His Navy training and experience taught him to be invaluable to a crabber's crew. To go from Navy E-5 to $47,000 was a real eye-opener." "The money was really good, and you had to pretty much be a lifelong friend or family member to be on the boats because the money was ridiculously good. "It was really hard to get a job back then," he recalled. But without his Navy service, Wild Bill might not ever have made it onto a boat. ![]() Wild Bill's first paycheck on the boats was $47,000 - which equals almost $166,000 in 2020 money - a far cry from the $600 he pulled in every month in the Navy. "I thought to myself, 'It's time for all my training, schooling and background to kick in.' I landed in Alaska and that was the beginning. They also had a pocketful of cash and new cars," he said. "They were so full of life and excitement. "Wild Bill" Wichrowski, fresh from the Navy, early in his crabbing career.
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