Nassau (LHA 4) - Naval Cruise Book

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V -4 Division i,,, .. fx s E.. p vm: 'WLT '!l ' Members of V-4 refuel a helicopter on Nassau's flight deck. V- 4 D1'v1's1'on Helps Keep Aircraft Fueled They're called grapes because of the purple shirts they wear on the flight deck. For the men of Aviation Fuels Division CV- 4j, the nickname is a compliment. Aviation boatswain's mates Cfuelsj and their Marine counter- parts are the only ones who wear purple shirts. This distin- guishes them from other people wearing different colors and manning different specialties on the flight deck. The division is responsible for fuel, from the time it comes aboard from an oiler during UNREP until it's pumped into whatever type of craft or vehicle that uses it. To insure that fuel meets or exceeds purity standards, V-4 runs several types of tests, some on a daily basis. Before fuel is transferred from storage tanks to service tanks, it passes through a centrifugal purifier which removes both water and sediment. The fuel also passes through filters and other purifying processes before it is pumped into an aircraft. 'Ill T' AN Ken Estes takes a fuel sample to make sure it meets purity standards.

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