Antietam (CV 36) - Naval Cruise Book

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WEATHER PERMITTING, inspections were held on flight deck. Men in foreground stand at attention as Captain and inspection party passes by. 3 7? SPECIAL INSPECTION was held before leaving United States Some men wore blues, some whites, others wore working uniform fl U N S ly checked for readiness. MEN .ASSEMBLE for dress blue inspection at San Diego. Officers give last-minute in- structions, straighten ranks.

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BARBER SHOP was especially busy before inspections, hair had to be t ' cut in regulation manner. Six chairs were filled almost constantly. Ap- t pointments were made to do away with waiting lines. OFFICERS' barber sho had two TAILOR SHOP was busiest before inspections. Two men did all tailoring and pressing. NSPECT Men and equipment were periodicallyc Ships of the United States Fleet are probably the clean- est of any in the World. Periodic inspections insure that uniforms, living spaces and Working spaces are l kept orderly. Captain and Department Heads inspected personnel, followed by check of various compartments ' and mess halls. , 3414 , , M ' before inspections repairing . i COBBLER was overworked run-down heels. 41 ' P chairs, required same regulation hair- cuts as enlisted men. CAPTAIN INSPECTS part of supply department, was accompanied by Division Officer, department head and yeoman who recorded discrepancies. H V t 2 .i... ...i.i I l 1

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DESTROYER Qabovej makes big splash as she nears Antietam Below she has come alongside will soon start to receive fuel oil I REFUELING qmall ships, such as Destroyers, cannot carry enough fuel oil for many days of high speed operations Frequently the Antietam received a destroyer alongside for refueling as shown on these two pages The destroyers often paid for such serv- 1ce Once, on replenishing day, there was no mail for the Antietam Three thousand men aboard were elated when the baptam an- nounced later in the day that a destroyer en- route to the Task Force from Japan would arrive shortly with several bags of mail. On another occasion a crew member of the Antietam who had been seriously injured l I f I Was transferred in a dramatic midnight-race- against-time to a destroyer for further transfer to a Navy Hospital Ship. .,, ,qi GUN SHOOTS li hc line fr h' h 1 8 Om S IP to s ip as leader for series of larffcr and heavlef f0PeS, last of which is heavy enough to pull end of fuel linebto destroyer. Fuel line is supported by boom which extends Over Water-