Castor (AKS 1) - Naval Cruise Book

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■Now man the helo detail. ' Stores and even people are transferred by the whlrly-bird. VERTICAL REPLENISHMENT The gawkie birds are practically indespenslble for fleet operations. Try lo land on ;i HO ' -, ami ivunclng around. Ui.it ' s h.u. Ill;; 1 y knots

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CASTOR supplies the Coast Guard also. Here the HALF- She ' s not as big as some but her needs are given the MOON makes the scene. same attention. Look, Daddy, a bird farm. There she is; the Big E they call her. icu coai ' j get lost in something so big. There ' s something you don ' t see every day— . Doating radio station.

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These Angels really are heavenly when their cargo Is a back-log of home mall. The ship has on her fantail a helocop- ter landing platform which enables her to use the speedy effectiveness of the whirly- birds. Vertical replenishment, or VER- TREP, is the fastest transfer method yet developed for high priority items. Valu- able operational time is saved by both the customer and the delivery ship since they need not rendezvous alongside. The helo in the VERTREP acts as the winch in the UNREP does. The ships during the VER- TREP may be far from sight of each other. High priority material may consist of transmitter diodes or radio tubes or bilge pump pistons or even people. Personnel who must be transferred from ship to ship or ship to shore in as short a time as pos- sible may expect a helo lift. As the 7TH FLEET operations increase, so does helo usage. An ounce of prevention Is worth a pound of cure. Helo detail stands ready. Helos unreel a cable and hook. It Is a simple operation to attach stores. t