Currituck (AV 7) - Naval Cruise Book

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EXPERIMENTS WITH SURVIVAL SUITS. To protect the men who flew over the Antarctic in case of crash landings in the water, these waterproof suits were carried, which would keep out the water and allow the men to survive their immersion in the cold water until help arrived. Top Left-All dressed up and no place to go. Top Right-Our Medical Officer hopes it doesnit leak. Bottom Left-Asleep in the deep. Bottom Right-Maybe their Baptists? X f 1 I 1 i D I l I A

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1 Top Left-Easy does it! Top Right-Two battle scarred Veterans. Middle Left-0.K. Nemmers, you can let go now! Middle Center--The demon photographer. Middle Right-Oh, no! You didn'tI Bottom Left-Made it again! Bottom Right-What goes up must come down.

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l THE MEN OF THE SHIP AT WORTQ. There must he a well organized ship,s company to make possible the successful consumation of any Naval operation. These men have a multitude of different duties, each calling for a skill of the highest order. The following photographs are printed in an attempt to give a birdseye view of the ship at Work. This is not a com- plete coverage since it would have necessitated a prohibitive amount of space. Top Left-Chief carpenter's mate Epps and his handiwork! Top Right-Heas never lost a finger yet! Middle Left-A little dental Work on a saw! Middle Right-Nice work! Miller. Bottom Left-Oh dear, what can the matter be? Bottom right-Carpenter shop does some boat repairs.