Mount Baker (AE 34) - Naval Cruise Book

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U j -r- TOP LEFT ■ Riggers prepare a cargo net for trar)sfer at Station Five. TOP RIGHT - The USS CONCORD (AFS-5) sends cargo to MOUNT BAKER on her Starboard side and to the USS VIRGINIA (CG-38) on her port side. Right ■ No, it ' s not Tarzan, it ' s SA Denny at Station Eight preparing to send Cargo Drop Reel back to the transfering ship. BOTTOM - FN Collier operates the forklift that is used to handle heavy ammo.

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TOP ■ The USS SANTA BARBARA (AE-28) sends ammunition to USS MOUNT BAKER during the Blue Water Turnover which took six hours and 45 minutes to complete on June 1. RIGHT ■ A cargo net comes across to MOUNT BAKER during the Blue Water Turnover. It was the first of many CONREPS for the ship. BOTTOM ■ Ammo handling is done with great care and concentration as shown in the faces of SN Gallagher and SN Carter. TRANSFER FIGURES CARGO 150 fons FUEL 300,000 gallons PERSONNEL 109 AMMO 2500 tons

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TOP LEFT - The Executive Officer, LCDR Wright, watches over Station Eight UNREP procedures with the USS CONCORD from the port bridge wing or perhaps he is letting his mind slip towards the west and home. TOP RIGHT ■ HMl Kneeland, with first aid bag in hand, stands outside the EOD shack during the UNREP evolutions on Station Six. The hope is he won ' t be needed but the HM ' s are there just in case. MIDDLE LEFT - Future rig captains; SA Kimbrough, SN Garner, and SA Vargus ham it up for the camera by mocking an UNREP on-station scene. RIGHT ■ SN Deveneau makes his way through the stacked ammo that sat on our decks during the Lebanon Operations.