Porterfield (DD 682) - Naval Cruise Book

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W Standby to evacuate. Lower level. Thankless Tasks The work of the engineers was com- monly taken for granted. As long as there was sufficient Water to avoid water hours, electricity to keep the lights on and the air conditioners run- ning, and steam available for cooking the food, operating the laundry, and propelling the ship, few non-engineers took note of the day to day tasks per- formedby engineering department per- sonnel. Yet it was no easy task main- taining these conditions. Long hours and poor Working conditions were the rule for most, yet they Went about ac- complishing their many, often tedious tasks without complaint. Rebricking . Z 7 k ' Z ff ,X f X 3 , 2 A snipe at home

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B Division LTJG R. MCDONALD B DIVISION OFFICER NOT PHOTOGRAPHED Robert Bergstrom john Bouman james Campbell Billy Engle Troy Fletcher David Templeton BTC F. MANSFIELD BT1 H. Gillson BT3 B. Bumbalaugh BT3 R. Delsordo BT3 M, Dillefeld BT3 E. Hicks BT3 D. Nyquist BT3 M. Schuyler BTFN E. Beckett BTFN R. Dickson BTFN E. Mosley BTFN j. Richardson FN M. Becker FN j. BOw man A FN' J. Bosler FN R. Elenhaas FN G.

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HAPPY NEW YEAR! Logging about 44,000 miles during the deployment, PORTER- FIELD was often assigned the difficult task of keeping up with the fast attack carriers. With only two of our four boilers on the 11119, We simply did not have the steam to stay right with CORAL SEA when she put 10 of her 12 boilers on the line and conducted flight operationsat 30 knots. But if occasionally we fell back just a bit, we could be proud that our engineers always gave us better speed than their counterparts gave the newer destroyers with whom we frequently operated. During the cruise PORTERFIELD burned close to two and a half million gallons of fuel oil, distilled two million gallons of water, and produced and distributed over 15,000 kilowatts of electricity daily. 60, 59, 58... Dig those ivories