Washburn (AKA 108) - Naval Cruise Book

 - Class of 1968

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Repairing transmissions , straight- ening bent screws and refueling boats we did while we were resting. ln looking back on the cruise as a whole , we got a lot of publicity While we were resting. Our Auxiliary Division jobs were varied and de- manding, but with our leader LTjg Hediger leading us and Chief En- gineman Sales n telling us and En- gineman Second Class Campbell doing quite a bit on his own and that 1MC prodding us, We in the 'A-Gang' kept most of the boats and equipment up all of the time. It still doesn't work?? C rats again. Engine, Engine 4499 .,, fr ...CB '- v 1-XS L0, im! C f Z- 5 Cz 2251-9 4.8 .F -f Q 0 I ,ITT 6 :M aff' , f 10 1- ' t -I C K-5-XM 1 f ' ' e 'J 13 ng g gg W f S 4 g 5 d fl-i fi

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A DIVISION Steering casualty. After steering take controll, Mr. Hediger, your presence is requested on the bridgeI , Chief Sales lay up to the bridge! or Where's Campbell? The hydraulic line on the fork lift in lower four just broke. These were frequently heard phrases during the cruise. We in the Auxiliary Division were also responsible for the forward and after fire pumps, winches, davits, capstans, anchor windlass, fantail diesels and the emergency diesel generator. Several of our 'A-gang' were noted for odd characteristics and some for distinguishing tattoos such as the formidable 'A-Gang' Skeleton tattoo a few had, and the 'OIL HERE' tattoo over Benjarmin's Belly Button. Another odd thing about the 'A-Gang' was the publicity we kept getting over the lMC . Our men Cosmopolitan- - Us? ' it 'Y ' .B W r X ' . - ig.. ,L Standing: Whitaker, L,II,, South, T,W,, Burrows, 'I',G,, Whitham, L,E,, Boyd, R,P,, Wright, RJ-',, Keller, ILL., Durham, C,W., Weisner, S,R,, Purcell, R,R,, LTJG Hediger. Kneeling: ENC Sales, Jones, T,B,, Rudnik, T,L,, Cambell EN2, Latting, W,L, Lf . were personally called away on the lMC , more than any other division. Some examples of our publicity are above, others were the en- gineer to Mike 8 man your boat and the engineer to Papa 12 man your boat , and the engineer to the L-Boat man your boat . We sure had a lot of people noticing us! But we did play a vital role in the operation of the ships 16 assault landing craft. We were the engineers and kept the boat engines and ramps operating all the time. It was a major task because the boats were often run- ning for many days straight, right around the clock. lt was not an ing a whole engine in a boat, or small stuff like salt water pumps and ramp clutches. ' 7 1 infrequent sight to see our engine- men at H200 in the morning chang-



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