Bordelon (DDR 881) - Naval Cruise Book

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M mvlslon The Machinist's Mates did what had to be done with steam. Aturn ofthe throttle, aturn ofthe ttubine, and a turn of the reductions gears all led to a turn of the screw. lt seemed as if endless days and nights were spent adding two turns or dropping three. Other times required that the MM's see how fast they could answer a flank bell when Counterbattery was heard over the phones from the bridge, p by Fuel and water economy was the MM's high point, achieved through careful plant operation and meticulous maintenance. Many underw ay repairs were accomplished in order to keep the plants running at peak performance and to ensure maximum readiness for all evolutions. The Evaporator gang showed their professionaliam b keeping both fresh water and feedwater tanks topped o f. Over the cruise, the evaporators made over 3. 6 million gallons of water, over 6,100 gallons per man. This completely prevented the unwanted situation known by many as water -hours . Often, in spite of constant care and time -honored practices, a casualty would occur, and the inevitable words would be heard from the bridge, Main Control, what's going on down there? The MM's put in many long, hard hours of main- tenance inport to enable reliable underway operation of the main en ines. These engines are technically under- way before t e ship is and are never secured until the ship has been completely moored. lt was a rough cruise Igor the Engineers, but they got us over and they got us ack. ifgsrwa- fav ima? T f . Y? gy pl.. gi. ?' - M Mv- '- ff in fl , f . gg if ,. ? W, f dh, ,Y , , A, , , 3 MM1 A. R. MM1 R. MM2 R, D Brown Bryant Morgan Ar -s v 1? f' ' .. is i 5 9 - K h ,rv 25 MM2 R, O. MM2 D, I. MMZJ L Potts Schlayer Tyler 'f ' ' Ziff swf f 5, kK,, f..k 5 , s, .'r. T js, I ,,'y,w, f-ff 2, k,r. -' 1 V X R V - 170 'f -nfsfwif' ff' rx 'x r- .Z '- i f f,-- T 1555, MM3 R. I. MM3 R, G, MM3 I, B BOL1dI69-HX Bowman Darcy MM2 Potts.

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