Wasp (CV 18) - Naval Cruise Book

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provisioning means work. Bear a Hand in unloading this net Full og boxes. In Yolosuka we have rest and recrea- tion on the beach... whiie some og us paint.

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Ugh...careFul with this thingl The ordnance crews work long and hard during Flight ops...espe- cially when we have 120 sorties per day. Une hundred pound Glys get heavy towards the end of the afternoon ...these will go to Los l:railes...or -l-orishima. A carrier uses tre- mendous quantities orc Fuel oil and gasoline...Q0,000 gallons orc Fuel oil duringa day ot Flight operations... plus 50,000 gallons orc Fuel For our planes. Qercueling is a regular occurrence at sea. The smoking lamp is out throughout the ship while taking on Fuel. WASP storage tanks hold over a million and a hall: gallons of Fuel and aviation gas.