White Plains (AFS 4) - Naval Cruise Book

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'Q 4 F if A Back row QL-RJ LT-IG Kelso 5 Q Q, t , lDivision Officerl, SA Thomas, SA ff' ui AM' 5 Oliver, SA Mitchell, SA Riecke, SA I : v ' Sullivan, SN Schloesser, BMI 1 I f - Pickenpaugh. Front row QL-RJ SA 1 wx Wadlington, SN Sanchez, SN fr Stockbauer, SN Peat, BM3 Sullivan. Second Division, consisting of forty boatswainmates and deck seamen, is responsible for the cleaning and preservation of the after half of the ship, maintenance of the ship's boats, and the operation of the ship's paint locker and First Lieutenant's storeroom. During underway replenishment evolutions, Second Division personnel operate stations 7, 8, 9, and 10. At General Quarters they man the after gun mounts and magazines, repair parties and various bridge watch stations. Under normal steaming conditions at sea, they stand lookout, helm, leehelm, and Boatswainsmate of the Watch. ln port, Second Division personnel stand quarterdeck watches, roving patrol, and for the Petty Officers, Shore Patrol. Line handling, tending cargo nets, chipping paint, sweeping down. . . hard work is the trademark of the seamen in Second Division - Second to none. 1 . A ' W cmgfann Back row KL-RJ BMC Weaver, SA Landry, SN Moore, SN Mason, SA Lt-may, SA Evans, ENS Davidson lDivision Officerj. Front row fl.-RJ SN Kerns, SA Haggerty, SN Grayson, SA Gaines, SN Baer, BM3 Merciez. ' 'L - 2nd - M

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Department Heads LCDR Wilmont N. Shellenberger CWO1 Thomas T. Logue D Deck Department , , f Aw, fr!! ' , 2, ,Q .f 'liop to bottom fl,-Rl SA Edmonson. SA Nichols, SN Bolger, SA Klee, SA Lopez, SA Coronado, SA Stinchcomb, SA Forbes, SA Obenland, SN l,t-tourm-au, SA Coffee, SA Hardt. SN Gloriani, SA Aranzanso, SA Banks, SN lfscohcr, SN -loncs, SN Moore, SN Harrell, SN Mouzon. SN Taylor, Bhfll Hendricks. BMS Town, SA Chin, SN Martin, SA Levine, BKI3 Vllhite, ENS Yamamoto lDivision Officerl. 32 W 9 'f f' 1st . First Division, the Can Do division on thi? number one AFS in WESTPAC. The men of FirS'f Division are responsible for the cleaning and maintenance of the Forecastle, forward winch deck, M . am Deck foward of the Superstructure, and the foward and Starboard sides of the Superstructure- D . urmg Sea and Anchor Details, they are fCSP0f15lble for dropping the anchor and handling -thenforward h spring line and mooring lines. First Division mans t C F oward Gun Mounts and ready service rooms during General Quarters. Cn the line the men of First Division workedl0I1gh hours operating transfer rigs and handling cargo f.Of T C Fleet. Never missing a Commitment, First Division lived up to the name ofthe Can Do division on the WHIT E PLAINS.

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3rd T X ,I , S L-R SN P ,FTG3 C1ink,FTG1 Weber, be f Q l1'TClSN wiigrros spidie, SN Fisher, ENS Landry lDivision Officerl. fi ta 5 Third Division is made up of the FTG fFire Control Technicianl and the GMG lGunners Mates Gunsl gangs. The men in these two highly technical rates work hard to maintain two MK 56 Gun Fire Control Systems and four 3-inch, 50 caliber, rapid fire gun mounts, in addition to an armory full of small arms lincluding .45 caliber pistols, M-14 Semi-Automatic Rifles, M-60 Machine Guns 12 Gauge Rio-Type Shotguns, and the 12 Gauge Shotguns that are used for Recreational purposesl. These same men also help in the support ofthe ship's main battery. There are two of these men on each station in their red safety helmets and shirts. They are there to shoot the shot line over to the ship that is coming alongside, which they do with amazing accuracy regardless of weather conditions or distance. As soon as that line gets across they pick up their phone set and keep the ship alongside informed of what is taking place. ln case of an emergency breakaway, they man the high velocity pole cutters in order to cut the highline in just seconds if it becomes necessary. 4 As our motto says: We put 'Combat' in 'Combat Stores Ship'. . - 3 CSeated L-RJ SN Heacox, GMG3 Lovett, SN ' M ' T' M 1' 'L Rippard, GMGC Massey, fStanding L-RJ GMG2 Makamson, SN Mason, GMG3 Taylor, ENS Landry fDivision Officerl, GMGI Martin, ,..--e GMGSN Ritzel, SN Morris. gffinlalf, -V f 3s,T7i I 1 , K .