Whetstone (LSD 27) - Naval Cruise Book

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.ti E DIVISIO During the cruise electrician's mates and IC electricians of E Division stood Watches on generators, switchboards, and control equipment: maintained and repaired power and lighting circuits, fixtures, motors, generators. distribution switchboards, intercommunications QICJ systems, gyro compass systems, amplified and un- :1 mplified voice systems, alarm and warning systems and related equipment. They also maintained motion picture equip- ment and showed movies. While Xllietstone served as boat haven in Da Nang and Qui Nhon, E personnel participated in the maintenance and repair of IC and electrical equipment nd IC men on seveiil occasions weie called upon to icndti tcchnicil assistance to merchant ships in the uei who weie experiencing 0' bxio ind electiic 11 cisuilties The electl ic shop ilso fixed hidlx needed electiical equipment toi the Holy Family Hospital it Qui Xhon Realizincf the im o1t D p ance of moi ies is 1 moi ile lJOOStG1 E Division personnel did then utm tt Division of emhiiked hoits. Ells a in: moi ies foi the ciew They helped othei Xiu ships in Da Nang and Qui Xhon hx exclunging mot ies whenever re quested . .lid r l Back row, 1-r: H. Davenport Klaus, D. Graves F T31 ' 1 ' yor, Crenshaw, R. Denuse, C. Alqueza, M. Johnson, LTJG Bartolo. Front row, 1-r: H. Baggs, M. Woods Z Carrell, L. Follick R M. Sills. , . Camplfeul I ill PTY. , lllh K 1' I 'I ' 'iiwlfl XXXWW I' . Q . 4 I L L . X u. r 1 . 1 L x , , ' A '3 1 3 ' L L ' ' ' 'W . i ' I Q 1 v 5 y- ' ' Z 1. g , . n . s' . 1 . ' 4' I Q K , 1. L c , ' 1 ' '4' Z f -' , v ' - L ' ' 1 s 4 ' ' , ,. 5 A n .. - ,- L ,L 1' 4 . . . 1 , I ' os o acquire out- , stand of -' 5 - - 7 S ' ' .1 ' g A - it N ' .' L ' r' I - . . -s .Q

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Q, ij- i1 . 'E --.i 'gt' i -Y -1- c c W., ii i gg gi gh '0-.4 R -fi i ii is-5 V A 3 F Back row, 1-rr W. Wells, P. cox, ' K. Hatfield, J. Kitchen, ENS , 1 i 5 Smedstad, D. Rehagen, J. Hamilton, -' ' by K ,c . R. Bingham, W, Walas. Front row, I-r: R. Woodruff, E. Dykas, S. poster, W. Dianoski, R. Salisbury, J. Guerrero, R. Thien, R. Moen, E. i ' 1 NE, ,NVQ ' ll P ilir 'L Nelson. n 4, 'd l ' 1 R Division's shipfitters and damage con- trolmen spent many long hours ballasting Whetstone to take on boats while the ship was fulfilling its missions as boat haven in Viet Nam. Once the boats were aboard, R Division provided much of the man power and nearly all the valuable technical skills of welding and metal forming for the boat repair force. In addition to boat haven operations R Division was called upon to provide fire parties for helicopter operations and underway refueling details. They also Completed routine repairs on the ballast SYStem, the piping and plumbing systems, and the hull and its associated fittings. As the tour of duty in WESTPAC neared the end, many divisions ran short of qualified Watch standers. R Division, being more for- tunate in retaining most of its personnel, volunteered to assist ,B and M Divisions by Providing personnel to help fill the watch blll. This exemplifies R Division's attitude of hard work wherever needed that helped U13-ke this cruise successful. R DIVISIQN

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