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Deck Department The Deck Department ia responsible for deck seamanship as well as the operation of the ship ' s boats and the handling of assigned weaponry. The GEORGETOWN is equipped with two nylon stockless-type anchors and all merchant type anchor gear. The anchor windless and capstan, unlike m o 6 t of those in the Navy today, is steam rather than diesel powered. The ship is supplied with all nylon lines and has an experimental nylon towing hawser. The ship has two five-ton capacity cargo booms as well as a bathythermograph boom. The three ship ' s boats are of the latest fiberglass construction and consist of a 33-foot personnel boat and a 33-foot utility boat each with acapacity of 45 persons and a 26-foot motor whale boat with a capacity of 16, The ship ' s 21 self -inflating rubber life rafts have a total capacity of 315. Firepower is not one of the GEORGETOWN ' S primary attributes; the ship is equipped with two .50 caliber guns mounted on the 03 level. These guns, however, are presently b e in g replaced by three . 20 millimeter. Ji ENSIGN J. A. FLACK FIRST DIVISION OFFICER First Divlsbn A. Cai-r, SN E. Covington, SN W. Enyart, SN W. Frazier. SN R. Graff, SN A. Jewell. SN L. McCandlesB, SN F. Saccente, SN W. StooU, SN L. Wood, SN L. Jeffers, SA ' WTS,,:,, ■ Will, a
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EXECUTIVE OFFICER MI ■ Ui first ■N iitiellSS ,(iieli|iiwii I I Lieutenant Commander James J. BLOEDORN, U.S. Navy, was bom in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was graduated in 1956 with a BA degree from Carleton College, Northtield, Minnesota. He was commissioned as an Ensign in 1957 at the Navy Officer Candidate School, Newport, Rhode Island. Lieutenant Commander BLOEDORN served in Operations on board the USS HENRY W. TUCKER (DDR-875), as Engineer Officer of USS VEGA (AF-59), and as Repair Officer aboard USS FOR- RESTAL in the Gulf of Tonkin on 29 July 1967 when fire and explosions engulfed the ship. For his action in combating the fire. Lieutenant Commander BLOEDORN received a commendation from the Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet. He has served ashore at the U.S. Naval Station, Treasure Island, San Francisco. Lieutenant Commander BLOEDORN is authorized to wear the American Defense Service and Vietnam Service Medals. He and his wife, EUena and daughter Karin reside in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
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Second Division M M 1 ni n - B 1 KmI ENSIGN G. L. NELSON SECOND DIVISION OFFICER Maintenance and preservation of the ship ' s boats is an important job of Deck Force. J. Waters, SN J. MuUikln, SN
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