White Plains (AFS 4) - Naval Cruise Book

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M 9 0 R Division, the Repair Division, is full of necessary men skilled in the repair of the ship's hull, fire main system and special part production performed skillfully by the Hull Technician and Machinery Repairman of R Division. The Hull Technicians are skilled in metal cutting, forming and welding which is very much needed aboard ships in the Navy. The Machinery Repairmen are skilled craftsmen that fabricate useless metal into precision parts that are vital for other machinery. The Necessary Division . These men are also trained in damage control and fire fighting, and qualified in the use of special fire fighting tt ff Ji -C K, 'E X E Hr'-ur f Back row QL-RJ LT-IG Chell lDivision Officerl, HT 3 Speed, HT2 Anderson equipment' FA Fife, I-A Kam, HTFN Hocurr, HT3 Bi.-fn, Front ww LL-RJ HTC I .-Xlderman, MRI lVilliams, FN Guzman, HT3 Sherwood, HT3 Murphy HT 3 Viterna, HT3 Meyers. ,'ff QX Stream - The Magnificent Seven , Holiday for the crew routine for Stream , ST.RE.A.M. Standard- Replenishment-Alongside-Method. Stream team is responsible for the maintenance of all electfhyd, UNREP winches and their associated equipment. This consists of 26 winches, 8 rams, 9 sliding blocks, 8 H.P. air manifold stations, 4 cargo drop reels, and all electrical controls. lL-RJ MMI Dennison, MM3 Smith, MMFN France, MM2 Calhoun, EM2 Harley, EM3 Gagne, MMC Bigham.

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ff fs .gf 1 X. My ff f '91 sf, 1 'li Back row lL-Rl MM2 Raley, MMFN Jones, MM3 Miller, FR Goit, MMFA Yates, MMFN Stevens, MM2 Souza, Front row KL-RJ MM3 Hope, YNSN C I . . ardona, MM3 Galvez, MM3 Op1n1on,MM3 Angeles, MM3 Van Winkle, MMFA Harmon. sum! Working with other divisions in Engineering, the Machinery Division maintains the Navy's first automatic propulsion system, turbine generators, and reduction gears, distilling units, air compressors, and other related auxiliaries. Allin all, its a heck of a lot of 5 work, without which the ship could never operate. V nifkl Q A . KEELRDEPNDQTI I on qgfge D .VJ Ns. ,Z Dx.. 'Nii' '31 2 3 r KL-RJ MNICS Yalclich, lNfllVll Lippe, CVVO3 Nlunson fDivision Officerl.

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.5 5 I Standing IL-RJ PN2 Bowman PN1 Brennan and SN Brantley. Kneeling QL-RJ PN3 Ragan YN3 Miramontes, and SN Hernandez. KL RJ PC3 Barnes PC2 Costuhs SN Hire I 1 Z 5s f . ' x , , i l IL-Rl MMCS H H -v ale, YNI Shea, and SN Sampson, X Division The Executive Department functions as th arm of the Executive Officer, Commander Strickland. Under the active supervision of YNC Guzman, the men of X Division, who make up the Department, perform a variety of tasks and services for the ship. Working from a collection of semi dependent offices, the most diverse division aboard ship publishes the Plan of the Day, organizes college level courses for the crew, broadcasts closed-circuit television programs, keeps tabs on all of the crew's service records and many other jobs of high importance to the ship and her crew. The Ship's Dffice handles the administration and accountability of correspondence. This includes reviewing all outgoing correspondence and processing all official incoming mail received on board. The ship's master set of instructions and notices is maintained and kept current by Ship's Office. The Yeomen of Ship's Office process and record all reports and dispositions of offense, act as Mast Yeomen and initiate all administrative service record entries required as a result therefrom. They also maintain all officer's service records and are responsible for their upkeep. The Personnel Dffice keeps busy with an array of tasks relating to the enlisted men of WHITE PLAINS. Correspondence, leave requests, orders, both TAD and permanent transfer, special requests of administrative nature, changing information in any one of a number of service record pages, checking in new personnel, and providing career counseling are just a few of the many jobs the Personnel Office is tasked with. And even beyond office hours, emergency leave can occur anytime. What the Personnel Dffice does in business every day the. Post Dffice must match in volume during the few momentsjust after mail call is sounded. The most important commodity of all-the letter from home. just because of that one item. postal clerks must survive hundreds of e administrative WHITE PLAINS QUCSt1ons each day.. Will there be mail today? How much did WC get? Any letter mail? Where's my package? How comel didn't t P gf? any mail- Af? You selling money orders today? Still, the. DOSDTHI ClCfkS, Datlently work to transfer incoming and outg01f1g mail to the right people, The Master-at-Arms force incorporated in X Division is fEISlC.Cd.Wltl1 maintaining high standards of order and Navy d1SC15Jl1r5C throughout the ship's crew. Everything from ha1rCUf stain ar s to the most serious sections of the UCMJ are theirs t0 en orce. 0VlffT.all, X Division is a team with a foundation of Eefsaflllfybafld Dfofessional expertise. Their hard work and long ours ' are enefited from by each member of WHITE PLAINS-