Manatee (AO 58) - Naval Cruise Book

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ELECTRICAL DIVISION MANATEE has a completely self contained electrical plant in two steam turbine generators. From this unit, elec- tricity runs the majority of non-propulsion equipment on the ship. The Electricians under the supervision of Chief Petty Officer Thomas SPRINGER ensured power was available at all times. No major problems were encountered during the deployment, but general repair was constantly required. EMI John KAPPES, EM2 Bill SHEDD, EM3 Mike SCHWEBACH and EM3 Craig FERGUSON made the repairs required. Dur- ing the fire enroute to Long Beach, EM3 FERGUSON was on watch and took the first action to stop it. For the Inter ior Communications Electricians, each UN- REP brought a rash of problems with the sound powered Firil Row L-R: EMC SPRINGER, ENS P. WARREN. Second Row L-Ri EM3 CULLEN, FN FLOCK, FN BENAVIDES. EM2 SHEDD, IC2 SKRAM Third Row l-R: EM3 FERGUSON, EM3 HASCHKE, EM3 SWEBACH, FN WINDELL, EM3 McBRIDE. phones connecting the ships and the bridge. Keeping these phones and the other shipboard systems operating was a full time occupation for IC2 Bill SKRAM, IC3 Mickey JAY and ICFN Randy BENAVIDES. 78