Lexington (CV 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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GI EERI G- The body of any engineering plant is the fire- room. The heart of this body is the steam drum, into which water is pumped and steam is drgwn off through steel pipes to the main engines and auxiliary machinery Just as the human heart takes impure blood and pumps pure blood through the arteries to the muscles and body tissue. Blood in the human body acquires its energy from, food in the stomach, the Lexs blood acquires its energy from the fires in the boiler furnace. The air for her lungs comes from blowers forcing air into her boiler casing. The men who care for the body of the Lex are BfDivision personnel. They tend the fires and water that make the pure blood which flows through the Lexis arteries to supply her with energy and power. The entire attention of the fireroom people is de- voted to the care and operation of their Hpotsj Machinist mate repairmen keep the auxiliary ma- chinery in top operating condition and the oil kings see that the heart uses the proper type blood and her stomach has ample and good food. lust as the fireroom is the body of the engineering plant so the engine rooms are the legs of our me- chanical man. ln fact, it could be said that the thighs are her main engines, the calves are the ff F DEP RT shafts: and the feet are the propellers. There is a lot of power in the Lex's mighty muscled legs power enough to drive her above 30 knots for exe tended periods of time, a relentless untiring force possible only for strong machines well cared for and efficiently operated. The operators and cares takers of these legs are M-Division men and they see to it that when the Lex has to put to sea she moves in a brisk, businesslike manner. The different pieces of equipment belonging to A-Division are many and varied, so that it all may be classified as either arms, hands or fingers of our man. The arms could well be the two steering units, while the hands would be the machine shop and the metalsmith shop, The boats, ships service steam, air conditioning, refrigeration, air compres- sors, evaporators, tool issue room, airplane eleva- tors, diesels and log room are all the fingers. Each of these members has its own function in our man but some work for the health and comfort of the crew as well. Examples are ice boxes to keep fresh food, fresh water for showers and drinking, heaters for the ship and hot Water for the washrooms, boats for liberty, stoves for cooking food, air conditioning for the sick bay, gedunk for dessert, and on the side cumshaw work for the kid back home. ,4- I' , ' if ,