Nassau (LHA 4) - Naval Cruise Book

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5 1 I HT's Are More Than Welders And Plumbers f Sf

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:- R D I V I S I 0 n Center seated C WO3 Dixon Sitting far left to right HTC5 Dickerson, HT3 Nelson, HT2 Nash, HT3 Brindle, HT3 Schommer HTI-'N Walker HT2 Batterick FA Merson HT3 McGaha, HTPA Butler, HT3 Kasnick, HT3 Perron. Standing HT3 Pigg HT3 Fmura HT2 Buckley HTI-'N Printup, HT2 Alloway, HT2 Goins, HT3 Vanderlaan, HT2 Rixkman FA Espy HT2 Luurs HTFA Messineo HT3 Reardon, HTI-'A Parris, HT1 Lamar, HT3 Wright and LT Kelley. R Division is responsible for damage con trol aboard NASSAU. This division maintains the damage con trol repair lockers and related gear and damage control systems on the ship. The piping systems, hull and its structural members also fall under the division 's re- sponsibili ty. Repair Division is made up of Hull Technicians IHD and Machinery Repairmen IMRQ. The HT rating has been in the Navy in various forms since the begin- ning of the Navy. ln earlier times H T's were known as Carpenters Mates who worked for the ship's Carpen- ter, later they became known by other names such as Damage Con trolman, Metalsmi th, PipeHtter and Ship- Htter. Eventually all were merged in to the H Trating in 1972. The MR rating has been in the Navy since WW ll. Prior to that the machine shop skills were within the Machinist Mate rating. Today, MR's perform duties that include grinding, milling and lathe work. Along with MR 's, HT's maintain and manufacture anything aboard ship from metal, pipe or wood, and give cre- dence to their motto that they have the talent to weld anything but the crack of dawn, a wisecrack or a broken heart. Above center, H T3 Nelson and H TCS Dickerson check over sched- uled PMS: at left, a basic skill for HT's, are welding. , J... . ? lL- Y

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W 7 YY Q ' ' I'! 'I'1! ' -1 ' as-4-V l 3'57'FZWf1'9fKE'?EfS ?S5-'F5ZE?f1-F?7leW':E7?' 55:E3vH'JLqZ3!l?iJ'f.5ygyj' E Division EM 's Front row, left to right: FA Belmont, EMFN Combs, EM2 Manalile, EM3 Rodriguez, FA Lacidonia, EMFN Hensley, EM1 Docuyanan. Second Row: FA Mays, EM3 Landwehr, EMFN Van Curen, FN Francisco, EMFN Slayton, FA Benefield. Third Row: EM3 Benner, EM3 Lee, EMFN Krieger, EM3 Watt, EM3 Espe. Fourth Row: EM3 Perrier, EM2 Henning, EMFM Orndorff EM1 Moralde. Fifth Row: FN Ryan, EM3 Williams, EM2 Brugal. Sixth Row: EMCS Baur, EMC5 Louk E Division is composed of Electrician Mates IEMj and Interior Communications Electricians UCI. The rate of EM was Hrst established around july, 1940 during the expansion of the Navy and the establish- ment ofa two-ocean Navy. Schools for this rating were set up in colleges across the country and their teachings were based upon the theories of men such as George Ohm, Alessabdro Volta, A.M. Ampere and james Watt. The EM 's aboard NASSAU are responsi- ble for the maintenance and operation of the ship 's Service Turbo-Generators, the re- pair of motors, maintenance of ligh ting and small craft electrical systems. E Division personnel may be found working on the navigational Iigh ting on the mast or on the high-level alarms in the low- est bilge pocket, in the anchor wondlass room or in after-steering gear room, or vir- tually anywhere in between. At left, EM2 Brugal and EM3 Espe work on repairing an electric motor while EM3 Lee checks work on an- other.