Whetstone (LSD 27) - Naval Cruise Book

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C. B. Johnson Caldwell examines Capt. Ahern's arm C li. Johnson Change ol' Command ceremony. Smith and Lalln SICK BAY ll is for llospitalmen. and Health. and Ilow-good-can-a-racket-get. The H Division is composed ot' the corpsmen: these are the boys who hatch our health. giving us periodic shots. which ue all loxe. binding up our minor wounds. and sending us to shore hospitals when we'rc in serious trouble. They can even be pursuaded to gixe the boots sea sick pills on occasion. .l..l. Lalla. who was a familiar character aboard the Whetstone for many months was recently reliexcd as leading eorpsman by Smitty Smith. who is also a baseball enthusiast. Oswald holding held day on the Sterilizer Lalla the ballplay- er. with liquid APC 1, C. B. Johnson

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Standing. left lo right: Sherwood MMC. C. T. Sanford FN, K. L. Sorenson MMI. If. C. Tucker MMFN R. L. Hashman MM3. D. A. Welke MM3, lil. .-X. Jenkins MMI. .l.C. Meismer MM3, Poses' FN R A. Parent FN, J. E. Wood MMI, G. P. Walker MMI, C. li. Mathis 51513. P. i'iI'Cdl'iCL50lI Mtsiz and MACH E. H. Rego. Kneeling: .l.W. Conover MM2. ILS. Spratt MMS. RW. Smith FN. D.W. Howell MMFN, W. T. Wilkinson MM3, R. Ii. Murphy MM3 and li. P. Bama-, FN- No, Mmm: R. D. Laird MMI, S. A. Gfabbs tvtsttw, E. tt. Esteban t-N. 1. fx. Pineda t-N. w. tt. Jones t-N, tJ.G. Watson MMFN D. G. Getman EN3. Rt. Beck Mm. Aa. tat Matz. to. mite Mm. A.w. Lee MM3 ' M DIVISION M is for machinery. main propulsion. and muscles. The M Division operates the muscles of the ship: the steam turbines and associated equipment. Besides keeping the ship moving. M Division men operate and maintain the distilling plants. the ship's generators. and the main ballast pumps. The M division men stand watches in the engine rooms. spaces not quite as hot as the firerooms. the temperatures often being as low as IZOO. Under the eagle eye of the otlicer of the watch. the M Division stands a three- section watch underway. consisting of four men in each engine room. The throttleman maintains the exact speed of the ship as ordered by the Officer of the Deck on the bridge. But his responsibility goes far beyond this. He must keep a constant eye on a mass of gauges which give an overall picture of the functioning of the entire engineering plant. Down in the bowels of the engine room the lower level man keeps a watch on the main lubricating oil pumps. supplying oil under pressure to all main turbine and main reduction gear bearings. The messenger takes pressure and temperature readings. sounds the feed-water tanks and keeps the coffee a-making. Our never-failing supply of fresh water is the result of M Division work. main- taining and operating the distilling plants. . I As Jan Conover maintains, the ballast pumps are part ofthe shtp's mam battery. He and other MM's keep these huge pumps in running order.