Porterfield (DD 682) - Naval Cruise Book

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BT's Ist Row: Sahedra BT3, Ramos FN, Summers FA, Hunt FA, Kelley FN, Stanford FN, Hicks BT3 2nd Row: Bighley BT3, Smith BT2, Burton BT1, LTJG Clevenger, Jensen BTC, Hulin BT2, Ford BT2 3rd Row: Washington BT3, Lucas BT3, Davis FN, Driver FN, Hoover BT3, Nance FA, Bailey BT3, Maxwell BT3, Kalakauskis FN, White FN Missing: Switzer FN, Gutzman FN, Plummer FA The oneigroup of men who have the dirtiest work and get the least credit is the Boiler- tenders. The ship is very dependent on all divisions and would be unable to effectively operate without each of them but without the skills and equipment of the BTS, this and any other steam ship would drift to a stop, a quiet hulk. Everything a ship is and can do starts with its source of power. Be it nuclear, steam, sail or oar, a ship is an object of movement and the men who give it that movement certainly are a primary group aboard. C255

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N MM's 1st Row : Burger FN, Litke MM3, Holliman MM3, Engebretson MM3, Dutton MM3, Foster FN, Frink MM3, Liddell MM3 2nd Row : Lewis MM2, Franklin MM2, Cisek MMI, LTJG Clevenger, Scott MMC, Whitman MM2, Herrick MM2 3rd Row : Jones, H.W., FN, Ovitt MM3, Hencheck MM3, Stark FN, Griswold FN, Bradbury FN, Pugh MM2, Blue MM3, Pifer FN, Freiheit MM3, Stout FN, Thomas FN Missing: Longworth FN, Polston FN W The Machinist's Mates have one of the most important and technical jobs aboard ship. p Basically, high pressure steam is received from the firerooms and admitted to the main t propultion turbines, but there is more to it than that. There are countless auxiliary ! systems that must all operate effectively or the entire plant will fail. Two of the most 5 vital services aboard the ship come straight from the engine rooms, electrical power from F t the turbo generators and fresh and feed water from the ship,s evaporators. A lot of work for a capiable group, the Machinistis Mate. gi ix 1 t c 24 n

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