Belleau Wood (CVL 24) - Naval Cruise Book

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Q . . fi' J. r 5 if .' X A FOP RONY: Ens. S. B. Lailil, Ens. J. F. Mellon, Ens. .I. R. XYilhv.'lm, Ens. D. NV. Kennedy. Chliosn G. l.. 'l'hon:ps.m. ciill'll. C. E. McLean. BOTTOM RONV: Lt. ljgl S. R. Alexzinder, Ll. C. E.G1-een, Umilr. l . li. NVexel, Lt. A. N. Krueger, Ens. H. R. Chandler. The functions of the Hull Department are threeffold: QU General maintenance and repair work is accom' plished under the direction of the First Lieutenant by the members of the R Division, supervised by the Repair Off iicer and the Ships Carpenter. In the Shipiitters and Carpenters Shop anything from ventilation ducts to air' plane wheel chocks are fabricated. In addition to the manufacture of items there are many jobs such as: ref pairing leaks in piping systems, the flight deck, voids, and tanks, maintaining auxiliary iire pumps, the anchor windf lass, and other auxiliary machinery, and the inspection and cleanliness of ventilation systems. Q21 Damage control. Fire is the greatest threat to carf riers, and a complete knowledge of all types of firefiightf ing equipment and techniques is necessary. It is the job of damage control organization to determine limits be' yond which water and damage will not pass and to grad' ually push back these boundaries. Complete knowledge of the location, use, and function of all doors, hatches, valves, and lines is vital for security. Q31 The coordination of routine sliip's work by all departments includes the supervision of the ship's ap' pearance with regard to cleanliness and preservation, seamanship and rigging, the selection of working parties, responsibility for life saving equipment, the care and operation of ships boats, the supervision of fresh water rationing, the berthing of all oflicers and men, and the allocation of stowage space to the various departments. , ,WC ,l . KN ' f ' ' f f Qi. ' Eff, f 3 ' ,r ,f X' 'ff' ' f, N ff lv if yn'-. ' ,r Q I . MV, 1 Q., V 7 .5 1 f ' ,f 2, Y 1 I .f Wh., . , fi , 755471-. ,f 1 441' , ,ep mf-6 1 ,pf ,. f 14-fy . X l ill j t f , 'fi 92 ' X l eff' ff QM 1- f 4' y':effg21 rf., fig, f , f M. 4 f f, - 1 , .. ffwwff f, fe . , . imzi A' . 'T y f if .3 ,f ' - 1' I A -0532 I 575, 27 ,gg . 55 if if, , 5 . L5 , , , 1 4 I I- ,. 4, ,f f ' Y ' . E istein. Ens. N. E. Leach, Lt. tjrrl J. VV. Dismukos, Lt. W. F ut. E. I. r . Gutter, Lt. tjgrp W. O. Parr, Carp. R. Beasley.

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HULL Nw

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TOP ROW: L. H. Sammons, C. E. Burke, M. D. Rogers, C. Miles, H. Hall, L. R. Clark, T. E. Alford. R. D. Williams, E. R. Barker, G. L. Hill, D. A. McClure, J. A. Jacobs, T. P. Nordloh, E. J. Ham, O. C. Philips. MIDDLE ROW: W. M. Midkiff, V. D. Rice, E. J. Kuehn, B. A. Nave, W. Chadwick, E. A. Whitman, K. T Keller, W. A. Varnell, R. O. Sprague, R. A. Mills, A. B. Mitchell, F. Read, C. L. Atkins, M. Mitchell. BOTTOM ROW: V. Rogers, J. G. Ha R. D. G ' E yes, uyei, . C. Powlowski, P. Lanza, W. C. Brady, A. Blanchette, Ens. H. R. Chandler, Ens. J. R. Wil- helm, Carp. G. E. McLean, C. R. Kristanic, A. F. Corn, A. R. Tarpley, H. Washington, L. G. Weist, K. Hatfield, G. O. Osmun. The men in Rv Division are the carpenters, painters, plumbers, Welders, and general handymen of the ship. Each man in his daily routine builds gear boxes, brackets for new pieces of equipment and many other gadgets which make somebody's Work a little easier. The Boatswain's Locker, destination for all who need line, canvas, blocks, tackles, chain, and other items ref quired for fueling, scraping, and painting is part of R Division. The Paint Locker is in charge of the ship's painter. A small but essential compartment is the Carbon Dioxide Transfer Room where a man on full time duty checks and refills the hundreds of hand fire extinf guishers placed at handy intervals throughout the ship. Watertight integrity is maintained through constant Deck crash requires patchingfup job by the carpenters checking by R Division men who stand security watches. A regular patrol moves through the ship to inspect hatches and fittings in search of leaks and cracks, this patrol also checks on the condition of repair lockers which are scattered throughout the ship making tools of every description, fireffighting equipment, shores, blocks, and lines easily accessible for emergency repair work and firefighting. Reports of leaking water mains, defective pumps, venf tilation blower failures in the fan rooms, casualties to flushing systems in the heads, light leaking out at night, broken ladders, doors, or hatches: all such reports are made to Central Station where a man is always on watch to take the reports and see that they receive the prop' er action. Central Station--damage control is directed from here with the aid of diagrams, charts, and indicating devices