Des Moines (CA 134) - Naval Cruise Book

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The pride oT The Second Division is TurreT Two. This They keep in Tip-Top condiTion and when iT comes To making The Three long barrels speak ouT, They are known Tor doing iT in Tine Tashion. The Admirals TronT porch means a quarTerly expendiTure oT gallons oT brighTwork polish, dozens oT swabs, brooms, scrubbers, holy sTones, painT brushes and barrels oT sweaT and elbow grease. They agree ThaT iT's worTh every minuTe of work To hear The visiTing kings, queens and generals sTep aboard The guarTer- deck and exclaim, Wha+ a lovely 'boaT' you have here, Admiral! The Torward accommodafion ladder, a 2,000-pound Chinese puzzle, which when solved becomes gleaming mahogany and chrome sTeps Trom The waTer To The deck. is a specialTy oT The Second and To see iT rigged TesTiTies To Their abiliTy To cope wiTh This maior engineering problem. A ReTueling is anoTher oT The Second's charges and They proudly proclaim ThaT halT oT The .supplies and Tood Taken aboard crosses Their guarTerdeck on The gear They have rigged. All oT These acTiviTies go inTo The making oT an accomplished salior and The men oT The Second have responded To Their duTies wiTh such enThusiasm ThaT They can all be classiTied as old salTs. I X K fi T ff X U f 4 T to Eg f ' f T X ,galil V! llll X lg if f X ' fy I 0 fl X

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I 0 The Third Division conTrols The acTiviTies ThaT happen on The TanTail-The Back-porch oT The DES MOINES. Their responsibiliTies include TurreT lll, The hanger deck and various below- deck spaces and passageways in The aTTer secTion oT The ship. When The helicopTer is aboard They assume respo'nsibiliTy Tor aiding V Division in all phases oT launching and reTrieving The viTal bird. OperaTing The airplane crane Tor hoisTing and lowering boaTs and vehicles is parT oT The Third's in-porT rouTine. Underway They are able To supplemenT The rouTine work wiTh such odd iobs as helping To man The aTTer Tueling sTaTion and direcTing operaTions aT The aTTer-cargo Transfer sTaTion during replenishmenT exercises. A The mosT imporTanT oT The many duTies is The manning oT TurreT lll-The .sis- Ter baTTery To TurreT I and ll on The Torward parT oT The ship-and This includes The cleaning and mainTenance of The guns. When noT Tiring or engaged in Their exTra duTies, The Third Division deck Torce has The cleaning and upkeep oT assigned spaces as well as regular waTches To sTand. The reward Tor all This comes Trom The division's Tine repuTaTion aboard ship Trom which They've been able To derive a greaT deal oT saTisTacTion and pride. A T T WWW T - lit' S T pf? I -Q 0 I T ,s Tlx li ST NW