Washburn (AKA 108) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1968

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M DI VISION This story is intended to inform you fthe type of work and the daily rou- Sine of the non-rated and rated Ma- chinist Mate as it was performed on USS WASHBURN during a cruise to Vietnam in 1968. The duties of the Machinist Mate assigned to the M Division were to operate and main- tain the ships main engines and as- sociated equipment such as: pumps, distilling plants , compressors , valves, oil purifiers, heat exchang- ers, governors, reduction gears, main shaft, and shaft bearings. A routine day started out at 089595 and everyone raced down the ladders to ambitiously turn to . Being that our air conditioning unit for the engine- room was permanently out of order, we happily started repacking pumps and scrubbing deck plates, etc., etc., until our supervisors thought that we had had enough for the morning Darn! I cut it in two. 05.541 4 U L P' ' '1 --H Allllllw o.,.,. ,W X Sf 2 Z 5 Mfnxxxi V 5 - V if H! , L f -A ' 6 LJ 7 ' 4 F tin vi ' 73' f- f' Standing: ENS J. Garrett, Wills, D,J., Aschittino, M,J,, Schibelle, H.R., Jackson, R.E., Hendricks, W.P,, Hartsock, W,M,, Ekstrom, W.H., Touchet, F.J. Kneeling: Nelson, T,A,, O'Conner, D,L,, Howell, E.R,, Schwisow, E,l-I, and let us go up to lunch and hit the rack for an hour. When 1309! came, everything was the same as morning. Some of our more interesting jobs were tearing apart pumps, especially the famous 4,I5QQ5's . At one time, this was a daily job but then the pump parts were replaced only once a week due to the fact that the 4,QIiJQ5's' ended up running only 24 hours a month. It seems funny that AX Division twhich became extinct!! didn't take a cutting torch and cut a hole through the bilges, permitting the fabu- lous 4,0QJ'0's to go to the bottom of the ocean where they belonged. I We really looked forward to upkeep periods in port as much as the Boilermen did. It meant taking the three condensers apart and cleaning out all the dead fish, clams, snails, etc., that get lodged in the cooling tubes. It

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also meant going bathing in the main lube oil sump. I'll never tell who the fortunate one was to do those last two jobs! Our watches were stood in the engineroom and were stood by six people per watch. These people were: Engineering Officer of the Watch who made sure everyone stayed awake and alert. The Top Watch who made sure the Officer stayed awake and alert. The Throttleman who kept the propeller moving. The Lower Levelman who slept under num- ber two auxiliary condensor., The Evapora- tor watch who makes potable and feed water, and finally last but not least, the Messenger or gopher . Yes, here was the star of the Show! 1 , t92fG2 2- i' Xslgft 1' lh,, by 7 v, , I 5 Y A fl , ,Ru Jjw S V, .,....-f Q . f 1 A5 Y 3 t i V .. li .r ' H any i ,, T H kgs' 'Qi' I Q t I'll get you - you little puff of steam, Some one was always asking him to gopher this or gopher that! He kept every one well supplied with cigarettes, gedunks, coffee, bug juice and such, all watch. He also kept a constant and alert eye out for the trouble throughout the engineroom and scurried from forcastle to fantail to take water soundings and made sure that shaft alley didn't become the shaft alley swimming pool. I Such was the life of a Machinists g Mate in WASHBURN in 1968. 6 EDITORS NOTE! lt is interesting to note that the gopher who wrote the above story, threw a potato hitting an albatross when the cruise first began. The major calamities that befell him following that error in judge- ment included being fined 350, three times in a row at Captain'S Mast, being hit in the head by a line-throwing gun projectile, and having the Gig lowered down On his hand.

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