Leyte (CV 32) - Naval Cruise Book

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t , V A DIVISION A division has numerous duties on board, which include 10 boats and a boat repair shop, ice ma- chines, air conditioning throughout the ship, ma- chine shop, air compressors, steam heating system, all hydraulic equipment— which includes steering engines, anchor engines, airplane elevators, and after boat crane— emergency Diesel generators and Diesel fire pumps. Also numerous repairs. A Di- vision is responsible for all roller curtains, all me- chanical equipment in the laundry, galley, print shop, and scullery, and all other machinery through- out the ship not assigned to another division. A Division has two officers, five chief petty officers and seventy-one men. The Gospel, according to Lt. C. E. Radcliffe. I .- . ' •u J . ■ - : - V n ' m ' f £ mi t « n i ) m% • skit , f , ; f f ,f J- »-f ; ff f, f f. f ..f | sf ,£ • - ' I { I R DIVISION R division ' s big job is damage control. They in- stall and maintain all damage control markings and prepare all bills connected with damage control and stability. Under their cognizance comes hull, ma- chinery and boat repairs, and all repair facilities (with A Division) other than electrical or elec- tronic. R Division also operates and maintains the shipfitter and carpenter shops and paint locker.

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' M DIVISION-PORT GROUP 1 division operates and maintains the ship ' s four main engines, and also the turbine ends of our four main generators. The Forward Engine Room- where the Engineering Officer of the Watch stands his watch— is the the nerve center of the machinery spaces. From this point he directs everything. The auxiliaries associated with the operation of the main engines are numerous and, in some cases, quite complex. It is here, in M Division, that you get the the true layout of the engineering plant. ' M DIVISION-STARBOARD GROUP ; i. Jit | it J ij 1 1 4 1 1 1 ,

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