Bordelon (DDR 881) - Naval Cruise Book

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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.

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X Q X E1 ' ,W CM? 7 1,1 M y f W af A A mf Z rf . 42. f 4 0' 0,6 4 9' f 757 X , R nlvlslou I 1 ' f - V f 'ZQ4,rJQ.,fo, W Y I R Division, comprised of shipfitters, fl damage controlmen, enginemen, and ma- i s Q chinist's mates did much to enhance the 5 ' V r success of the deployment. In addition to DC1 L R' A EN2 D. G. DC2 M C their all-important daily responsibilities - Derington Umich Sei-ti ' keeping the ships auxiliary and fire fighting f V , xg f k' Q f, , ' X . M , . 1 H ,X-0.Xmw4s'fZ.t f systems and habitability services running smoothly, division personnel performed well in the new jobs which the West Pac environ- ment imposed - gun mount crews, ammunition handling room crews, helo detail, helo in- flight refueling team, and more. As always, they formed the nucleus of the general quarters damage control parties. SFP3 D, E. SFP3 T. L.t FN D. R. Hook Hughes Bowman p Boat engineer Ullrich prepares for the LCU investigation. W FN R' p FN R, C, Log Room Yeoman Cobb bangs out a report. Cobb Cook