A group of Plumbing and Heating students from Abbott Tech visited Battleship Cove in Fall River, Massachusetts to do some maintenance work on USS Massachusetts, a battleship which saw action in World War II. The students were supervised by Plumbing and Heating Department Head Tony Resendez and Science instructor Andy Ipkovich. Abbott Tech Plumbing and Heating students have been visiting the site for several years now to help keep the historic vessel in good working order.

Here is an excerpt of a letter sent by Captain John S. Casey, Director of Operations at Battleship Cove, to Abbott Tech Principal Jerry Salese thanking the students for their work:

"As you can imagine energy costs are huge at our facility, so energy conservation is very important. Your students, under the direction of Tony Resendez, arrived her on Tuesday and immediately went to work on planning how and what they would do on Wednesday. Bright and early Wednesday the boys started their piping projects and continued until all were complete. When finished, we had five heater core assemblies re-piped with new steam traps, strainers, check valves, and couplings. The competence and enthusiasm demonstrated by these youngsters were outstanding."