Santa Fe (CL 60) - Naval Cruise Book

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An expert turns out a joh on the lathe in the machine shop. The .rhip'.f whalehoats as well as the Jlzip require an engineer to keep them operating--a full time job in every port. ee ! l HE Auxiliary Division keeps the SANTA FE in tip- top shape. Daily its evaporators produce 40,000 gallons of fresh water for the ship's lighting crew and mighty boilers. They preserve food by refrigeration even in the heat of the South Pacific. Wlhen the SANTA FE finds something broken, the machine shop men are on the job, repairing or making entirely new parts. Catapult gears, breech blocks for 5 guns, anchor windlass shafts, laundry driers, and all types of pumps arejust a few of the varied articles on which the versatile machinists have been asked to work. The steering engine is another heavy responsibilityg careful maintenance has resulted in no steering casualties for the ship. The anchor engine, the airplane crane and even the heating system are cared for by these men. Last of all, the Able Division men keep the engines of the motor whale boats running to transport the crew ashore to happy hours of liberty. Both men and boilers require plenty cyffresh water, whieh is eonstantbf turned out by these carefully watched evaporators.

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Division men work in the machine shop far into the night to make and repair parts for the equipment of every division. The Hreroom personnel, of-ten laboring where temperatures reach HO or 150 degrees, produce steam for the rapacious main engines. Carefully regulating these turbines, the hi Division always speedily delivers the turns called for by the bridge. The E Division provides light and the necessary repairs for the electrical instru- ments of the engineering spaces. lyorking together, the men of these divisions have kept shipshape the gear required for a first class, hrst line Fighting ship. The Engineers, situation during action was a tough one. Stationed below decks with tightly dogged hatches block- ing every exit, maintaining contact with the outside world only by public announcing system and battle ofrzzsmn of Jlezzming 200,000 nziles .rinre r0mmz'.v51'oning'-26 months earlier. phones, they heard the war rather than saw it. They missed the color and thrills of action. They could hear the guns firing and only guess as to whether the target was far or near. In this respect, the six or five inch Wasn't so badg but When the 40's and finally the 20's took up the cry, the Worrying really began-the heat became more stifling and the spaces' more crowded. Hearing That 'fish' is coming right for us,,' and then no more but the yammer- ing ofthe guns added to the gray hairs ofthe men remain- ing steadfastly by their posts down in utorpedojunctionf' They were all proud to be engineers, though, and while they did not always like their job, they labored at it unsparingly. Like all Americans, with their loyalty, courage, and love of country and family, they could not and would not have done otherwise. Anrwerlng bells, :hacking the lurns, and watching the gaages keeps 61 tlirotfleman busy at tlzr conlrol board Q' earl: engine. f fi boiler reqizfrer zz lol of nwzring at the .rkillsd handrof llze waterlenders I0 keep it aperrzling forrfctly at all Innate. 141 ZOLZQ ff

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Nxt SF Q- it F X N HE bo1lers of the SANTA FE have accumulated a total ol -16 908 hours under hre s1nce COH11T1lSS1OI11I1g and were overhauled five t1mes each durmg the per1od of twentx eeven montha when the Qh1p was operatmg almoet ent1relX 111 the forward area B DIVISION men repalred bmckwork, metal, and msulatlon 1n order to keep the engmeexmg plant operatmg A total of 2-1 609155 gallons ol fuel o1l have been burned and 10 OOO 774 gallons of dmtllled water have been ueed to generate steam for the fL1I'b1Il6Q, generators, pumps, and blowers, to furmsh Qteam lor cookmg, and to provlde heatmg for the sh1p In operatmg the plant, watch1ng that no smoke IS made to betrax the shlp to the enemy and always Cl1CClC1I1g fuel o1l burners and keepmg o1l properly dlstrlbuted requ1res close attent1on to busmess The men of the Baker D1v1s1on are largelw responslble for and are r1ghtfullw proud of the fine steamlng record ofthe shlp Cleanzng and polzxhzng lzpx orfuel oz! hurnew 15 a dazly roatzne for tvalerlenders .vorkzng In the oz! kzngs Jhack f f 1 N 'W' N 1 4 .vc lx e. 3 up-,usnxy Q hfifsm 1 1 ' s i l l yi wi cg, pp A holler gels needed repazufrom SANTA? FE 5 hozlermakezs Pai! of the sailor 5 home ahoazd .vhzp zs hz: hunk where he catrhes up on hw Jaffe time when watches and work are over is ltr 41 4-Q... ,J