Navarro (APA 215) - Naval Cruise Book

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BOTTOM ROW: CANNON MMI, REYMER MM3, ROBINSON SIAS MRFN, BARNEY MMI, BICNER, MRI, HERZOG MM3, BIGLOW MMI, ATKINSON MM3 , HERRINGTON ' MM3, ELEK MM3, MUNN FN, DUROSS MM2, BRODRICK MMFN, O'BRIEN MMFN. BACK ROW: REFUERZO MMC, MM3, ENS B.L. HOLMES. M DIVI I0 M Division can best be described under two general areas--the leading Petty Officers and the performance of the machinery. The division is led by Machinist Mate Chief Jose P, REPUERZO, called Joe by his men. He is a young, dedicated, knowledgeable chief with ten years of Naval service. He has by example and teaching installed a pride of doing a good job into his men. The engineroom is led by First Class Machinist Mate Dan BARNEY. BARNEY is thought to be very demanding at times by his men, but each will admit that no matter how hard he works them BARNEY will spend many more hours on the job than do they. The evaporator gang is led by First Class Machinist Mate Pat CANNON, CANNON is a dedicated, career-motivated Petty Officer who takes great pride in his work. He took over the evaporators shortly after deploying. During the cruise the re- quirements have been extremely demanding, but in every instance the Happy Nav water department has met the challenge. While serving as station ship in DaNang for sixty- two days, over two and one-half million gallons of water were made. A discussion of Petty Officers wouldn't be complete with- out mentioning Pirst Class Machinery Re- pairman Jake BICNER, Time after time he has been given difficult jobs to do. Many times, working around the clock, he has turned out important parts of high workman- ship to keep vital machinery operating. As one walks into the engineroom, it becomes quickly evident that long, hard man-hours of work have gone into getting the space into the material condition that it is. Keeping the machinery operatingis a never-ending job. The nineteen men in'M Division are proud of the fact that during the cruise there has not been a single, major machinery casualty. We th1nk.W6 have the cleanest, most dependable engine- room and evaporators in the squadron. Our performance has proved it.

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BoTToMRow:s1MMERs SF2, GRAM sR2, MCFARLAND SR3, BACK ROW: FULLER SF3, WILLIAMS 3122, GORE SFC, BROBERG DC2, ENS R. J. SAGE. REPAIR DIVISION The Repair Division is composed of men from the ratings ofDamageControl- man and Shipfitter. Their job is the main- tenance and repair of., the ship, it's hull and hull fittings, such as water-tight doors and hatches. The many hundreds of feet of piping that make up the damage control systems are the fire main, main drainage, ventilation, fresh water, and the plumbing drains. The maintenance and upkeep of the many types of fire-fighting equipment is a never ending task, plus emergency and special equipment in the damage control lockers, such as radiac equipment, special clothing, and protective mask for N,B.C. Warfare. The Damage Controlman is the ship's carpenter, and his duties require the main- tenance and repairs of the many Wooden hulled LCVPQ landing craft. This includes the caulcing, renewing of planking, and making battle repairs, such as the install- ation of soft patches for quick efficient repairs as required in times of emergency. The Shipfitters are the ship's skilled Welders, plumbers, sheetmetal Workers and layout men, and are kept busy with requests for repairs from the open bridge to the engine room, Where the acid like salt air and sea water vent their malice by constantly eating away at the metals and piping with rust and corrosion to A make work for these men. There is also the battle of the unseen enemy to be fought-the battle withqembarked personnelj to keep the health and comfort services open and free-flowing to provide the ship's community of men with all the free conveniences.