Missouri (BB 63) - Naval Cruise Book

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HT1 Lucas directs a hose team during the mass conflagration drill in August. MM2 Thomas, MM2 Facchinello, and MMl Transfiguration re- lax at the end of a watch. EM 2s Jackson and Kniffin work on an exhaust fan motor. Here in this together. say FN Dyer, MM3 Cook. MM3 Yarbrough. FN Dow, MM2 Facchinello, MM3 Holman, FA Barker, and FN Kinsley. EMCS Pe- tersen holds a friend in Australia. In virtually all of engineering, the tell tale label plates document the age of Missouri ' s power plant such as this 1942 diesel generator in Forward Auxiliary. The flow of electricity throughout the ship is moni- tored by EM2 Meadows. San Francisco ' s China- town was fun liberty for MMl Taday and MMCS Grant and his girl friend as they shopped. Assem bling a valve requires the teamwork of FN Saunders, BT3 Cole, BT3 Howard, and BT3 Nee-

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R Repair Division is made up of 60 row- dy, hard working sailors who proudly support Missouri ' s mission. We do the welding, sheetmetal fabrication, pipe fitting, stability, metallurgy, heat treat- ing of metals, hull cleanliness and re- pair, watertight integrity, run ship wide damage control training programs, maintain the drainage systems, the fire- main system, ballast system, which in- cludes over 400 voids, and sewage waste system. We spearhead firefighting, bat- tle damage repair, chemical, biological and radiological recovery and decon- tamination. Our watches are responsi- ble for security and any unusual hap- penings second deck and below. We strongly encourage that the best way to fight a fire is to prevent it and on the Around-the-World cruise, we ' ve had no fires. We take damage control seriously because you can ' t fire 16 inchers from 600 fathoms. HTl Snowden strikes an arc to begin a weld, fi Division maintains the repair lockers. HT3 Tyler weighs a C02 bottle. HTFN Hilburn packs weld- ing gear to a job site. R Division also makes ducts and cabinets. HT3 Dyal folds sheet metal in the Sbipfitter ' s Shop.