Joseph Strauss (DDG 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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li sqm li l dl l i e - s ' wxx T ' V X 'Ffh ,A U' TC ii '- 1 ' R Dlvlsmn The Qepair Division oT JOSEPH STRAUSS is 'a composiTe oT many TalenTs and personaliTies who have suc- ceeded in keeping The ship in one piece ThroughouT The cruise. A The ShipTiTTers, under The direcTion oT one bulbous l:irsT Class, welded pipes, bulkheads, doors, shelves, and many oTher iTems. One TOll meTalsmiTh Tried To weld his own TooT To The deck. The ElecTricians spenT mosT of The cruise Tixing lighT TixTures, and pulling moTors, while one Second Class became inTeresTed in arTs'and craTTs, especially plaque painTing. The Auxiliary Gang kepT The reefers cold, The boaTs running, and The rudders Turning, and whenever needed could be Tound saTely Tucked away in The AC 84 R shop. The IC men showed more movies during The mid waTch Than To The crew. Their TavoriTe song was 'Anchors Aweigh' which They played TaiThTully every Three days aT a minimum. Their biggesT iob was oTTen keeping every- one happy wiTh whaT'was playedover The ship's enTerTainmenT sysTem. The Damage ConTrolmen, Thankfully did noT have To pracTice Their arT. They supervised endless drills and kepT Their repair lockers ready Tor any possible emergency day or nighT. T

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l N Y gf l 6 . I A . cg 2,-ix , Mlliviion Main Propulsion Division is The lorgesT division in JGSEIDH STRAUSS vviTh, usuolly oround sixTy men. The Boilermen supply The sTeom To Turn The moin engines, To heoT seo woTer To disTill more Tresh vvoTer, ond Tor oTher heoTing purposes. The MochinisTs MoTes operoTe The moin engines in response To The OTTicer oT The Deck orders, The disTilling plonTs, ond The ship's service generoTors To supply elecTricol power. The Oil King is o Boilermon vviTh o speciol vvoTer chemisTry cerTiTicoTion whose responsibiliTy is To insure The pureness of all vvoTer used in The boilers ond receive, sTore,' ond TronsTer all Tuel oil. - The Logroom Yeomon keeps Them oll supplied wiTh The Torms ond logs They use os well os TuncTioning os The Chief Engineer's secreTory. , - M Division's purpose is To move The ship ond They hove done so over 55,000 miles beTvveen The sTorT oT The cruise ond iTs finish, burning over 11,400,000 gollons oT Tuel in The process.-,To keep The boilers ond The crew supplied They disrilled over 11,500,000 gollons of Tresh ond Teed vvoTer in The some period. T b In The hoT lup To l5Ol:j, humid oTmosphere oT The Tirerooms or in The reducTion geor sTeom Tilled enginerooms you will Tind These dedicoTed snipes obouT Their respecTive Tosks To moke sure we geT There. Where? Home, of course. . i