Porterfield (DD 682) - Naval Cruise Book

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Have a 'gar. The Christmas Spirit Got his B.S. from Clarion U. 4 ff' wr X f I, . Haley and his

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BT1 Detlefsen airing out on the main deck. What duckling? 1 Here come the judge. i - HER Forward Fire Room taking a breather There was rarely a ' 'slack day in the life of the engineer. The job of maintaining the 25 year old plant never ceased, under- way or in port. For the boilermen there were always firesides or watersides to be cleaned. Similarly the machinist mates had plenty to keep them busy. A casualty to our number one ship S service turbo-generator in December was the only serious casu- alty suffered in the engineering plant during the entire cruise, yet there were always valves, pumps and other equipment whwll required considerable attention. Nor did .the repairmen enjoy thfrlf full share of liberty. Between repairing air conditioners. KGGPIF8 abreast of the stacks of work requests, and doing routine maln- tenance, they too were kept constantly on the go. Working in the hot humid spaces below decks, where tclnpefa' tures often rose above 120 degrees, the men in engineering Con' sistently proved their desire to keep PORTERFIELD in t0P 0129 ating condition. Whether repairing the generator or performing routine maintenance, through their combined efforts they dQIn0H' strated a pride in their work clearly reflected in the cleanliness of their spaces and the operational efficiency of their eqlllpment'

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