Mount Baker (AE 34) - Naval Cruise Book

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erotions Work LEFT ■ LTJG Horn. BMl Spiker. SN Hodgson and BMC(SW) Mutta keep watch over the ammo as it ' s lowered into an awaiting LCU. BOTTOM LEFT ■ A LCU departs with a load of ammo to take to the Lebanon coast and a Beirut detached SEAL team tiger boat was used for security of the off-loading area. BOTTOM RIGHT Two USS PORTLAND (LSD-37) crew members position the ammo on this LCU to make room for more while overhead another tends the bowhook.

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mmi Op TOP LEFT - CMG3 Cox concen- trates on his approach to a pallet of ammo that will be given to the Marines. TOP RIGHT ■ GMC2 Bryant instructs FN Collier on which ammo needs to be moved. An outstanding effort was made by all hands in the critical Lebanon offloads. -RIGHT - A gang of MOUNT BAKER riggers guide a pallet of ammo over the ship. Countless lifts were made and the working hours seemed endless, but Deck Department left no doubt that We deliver with class.

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Work o o o TOP LEFT ■ RM2 Pope keeps a watchful eye on handling ammo. As part of the Explosive Ordnance Detachment he must be ready to react quickly to an accident. TOP RIGHT - BM ' s operate the booms on Station Eight from the 02 level. MIDDLE RIGHT - SN Shea (left). FN Collier (fork truck). SN Wilson (close right), and SN Fears, team up to get a pallet of ammo loaded and rigged before booming it over to a waiting LCU. LEFT - SN Hodgson, dirty and tired, continues rigging. Here he readies yet another pallet for the U.S. Marines.