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FUELING ALONGSIDE THE U.S.S. PLATTE SOUTH OF TAIWAN MEANS WORK FOR THE DEGK DEPARTMENT PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT
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NOW, SET CONDITION ONE ALFA ; MAN THE FORWARD HIGHLINE STATION; STANDBY TO RECEIVE LCU TO PORT ; FLIGHT QUARTERS. STANDBY TO RECEIVE HELICOPTERS ; MAN ALL DOCKING STA- TIONS. All familiar words - - and all words that mean the Deck Department will be swinging into action again. The tasks which fall to the Belle Grove Deck Department are as varied as the roles assigned the ship herself. And whether Deck is the star or a mere bit player, she always strives for the critic ' s acclaim : A job well done. WESTPAC 1960 presented ample opportunity for the boatswains and gunners to strut their stuff. From BLUE STAR to SEA HAWK it was an endless chain of load-unload, embark-debark, anchor-get underway, and, during our spare time, vs » that never ending chip-scrape-paint. We loaded Marines and LVT ' s at Okinawa for Taiwan - - and then at Taiwan for Okinawa ; Marines and 17 LCU loads of vehicles at Taiwan for Iwakuni ; a i i%- DISPATCH SERIAL 523
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•; Beachmaster Unit and warping tugs at Taiwan for Yokosuka ; boats at Yokosuka for Numazu ; Marines and tanks at Okinawa for Numazu - - and then at Numazu for Okinawa ; Sailors at Taiwan for Yokosuka ; Marines and equipment at Okinawa for Korea ; and even a piano and rattan furniture at Hong Kong for Yokosuka. And more than once it was a sunset to sunri e evolution. - The Belle Grove has been called a workhorse of the amphibious fleet, and the strong back of that horse is the men of the Deck Force. Working under the overall supervision of the First Lieutenant, LT R.E. PEDIGO, was number one strongman, ship ' s Boatswain, J. F. HEENEY. For his strong right and left arms he had WEA- THERMAN, BM2, First Division Honcho, and VICTORY, BMl, Second Division, Honcho. To complete the team were the boatswain mates and seamen who were always on station wlien the word was passed. Not to be forgotten by any means was the contribution of the gunners to a successful cruise. Aside from keeping the information flowing, during seamanship evolutions, over the IJV circuit, they spent many long hours keeping the BG ' s big 40 ' s ready for action. The 40MM may be old and obsolete, but it ' s all we got ! And you feel just a little bit safer knowing that the Third Division, led by PENA, GMC, and McGILL, GM2, will have them ready when, and if, they ' re needed. KEEP COOL WHILE YOU WORK
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