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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f ,Wf nf W, :W Ts- B mvlslon A f i 1 ' The Boilermen were always the first to light off, bring up 'Q 1 V, ff steam, and be ready to get underway. Their biggest job was in 1 port. The must always e making preparations or the next at- T, sea perio T Since most maintenance on the boilers cannot be ,T ff T T, done while they are steaming, the Boilermen do it in port. Many T Tgihre A T W f liberty hours were given up to clean firesides and watersides. The, boilers are the source of all the heat, water, electricity, and BT1 G. D- BT2 N- I- BT2 R. D. propulsion of the ship. Morgan Cummo Evans It all starts with an object so simple it is unbelievable. A T fsyf 1 match is all it takes to light off a boiler. The ultimate thrill of A A tttiyc T TT p the Boilermen is realized when Main Engineering Control y yptyy X X ,T receives the word that four boilers are on the line, ready for T T T Thundering Horses! QAJT A y The Boilermen had the tedious task of providing 600 Ps? -T I steam 24 hours a day for the whole cruise. Superheat carried at if I T 8500 was a must. On all evolutions, be it planeguard at 27 if X TW knots or gunfire support at less then a knot, the steam was always Q But then there are the non -believers, like the Supply Offi- . TTTT wr li'r T N3 cer who constanly asked, Where do you keep those big tea- kettles I have heard about? BT2 L. E. BT2 S. D. BT2 B. A. Refueling kept the BT's busy topping off the fuel tanks with Fisher Irby Iaslow juice at every opportunity at sea and import. The Oil King had T, ppy? the most responsibility in this evolution. I-Ie also had to pump , T A oil into the service tanks every day. l-le used over 3. 4 million sTs T gallons of fuel on the cruise. , ,T There was boiler-shifting every other day and, occasionally, the lights would go out or the water would go out of sight, but sg as we always got where we were going when wehad to go, , , I . TTT, 1 - s W5 1 ,J S51 ,. f '- - N' O J 131-2 w. Bra R. E. Bra A. G. ,L ,,TT Missel Anderson Bradley 3 f f T T T TTTT T T E K TTT T I 5,5 ' 5 ,T .,T L 1 - ' TTt1 V In T ,rr f ' T i T Ta Bra J. D. BT3 w, E, V - T-WT McMackin Wetherbee q it K ' Trar A ws Q ' r- f De Volder Di Scalfani Kendall FN T. L. FN J, F. Abernathy Roberts Back to work, Snipe.