Waldron (DD 699) - Naval Cruise Book

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REFUELING AT SEA Time for an average destroyer refueling at sea runs about three- quarters of an hour or less depend- ing upon the amount of fuel to be taken aboard. Fuel is delivered to the ship via hoses which are brought over both fore and aft from the oiler. Once the hoses are secured in the fuel trunks, the oiler commences pumping. We can take aboard ap- proximately 50,000 gallons in a half hour. During this operation, mail is usually delivered to the ship being refueled, so there are many high spirits aboard immediately prior to and following the operation. Another important function is performed here--the exchange of movies. The bag carrying our movies is sent over to the tanker by high line and they return the bag carrying dif- ferent ones. It is always interesting to compare what we received with what we sent over, however, the movie goers seldom pass any up. Action on the Main Deck l

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RETURNING A DRONE Bundling Up the Body Watching It Go Across One day during an anti-aircraft ex- e, WALDRON was designated to pick up a target drone. After making the re- roceeded alongside the cruiser USS NEWPORT NEWS QCA-148i to make the transfer that you see on this ercis covery we p page. ff X ,age I1 34 Away the Wing s I si i I ,Q,gs.,..d., ,... xiii 1' -- 41- ,, .. .- N h t ' 5 g x k it me . t.,,t X. A ' H Q.. - , ' N, . -. mx, . Q 1 gay- X W 1- 5 va. -K M X. to so wjtxxgiga it in XX f L In ' Q -.. t it A it-- g XXXNY COrr1p1eted . . Back to Station