Mount Baker (AE 34) - Naval Cruise Book

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ABOVE ■ Helo 21 takes a load of ammo to the USS IWO JIMA (LPH-1). Hours and hours were spent at flight quarters without an accident. Bravo Zulu! RIGHT ■ SN Porter and SN Clark assemble retrograde for return to the delivery ship in the hanger bay as the daylight begins to give way to darkness. BOTTOM - ATAN Medford communicates with the helo pilots during lift off, once airborne his work really begins.

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LEFT ■ VERTREP played an extensive role in transferring ammunition and cargo during underway replenishment opera- tions. Here a member of the flight quarter ' s crew reaches to hook another pallet of ammo to the helo. BOTTOM LEFT - As SN Clayton mans the phones on the bridge during VERTREP, thoughts of home fill his mind BOTTOM LEFT ■ Helo 20 inbound with a pallet of cargo.

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RIGHT ■ Helo 14 lifts cargo off deck, while our helo 20 waits to follow suit. MIDDLE LEFT ■ The USS CONCORD ' S helo 04 helps out and prepares to fly some food supplies over. MIDDLE RIGHT ■ Helo 21 sits on deck for MM3 West to refuel BOTTOM LEFT ■ Both MOUNT BAKER helos await signals from the LSE to pick up another lift off the flight deck. BOTTOM RIGHT ■ NC2(SW) Skogen stands his phone-talker station on the bridge during VERTREP operations.