William V Seiverling (DE 441) - Naval Cruise Book

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Guxmery. L to R. - McNeil GMC, Trammell, Costello, Hopkins, Mellick, Carley, Luce, Wyant, Woodard, LTJGMadden. Inpicture at left: Gleaves and Moubray. 'Man your battle stations' A call to battle stations is the signal for quick thinking and fast action. A11 the fighting gear must be in perfect condition to obtain maximum performance essential to the life or death of ships in wartime. The gunner's mates, fire-controlmen, and sonarrnen are responsible for the maintenance and effective operation of guns and ordnance equipment. Sonarmen. L. to R - Runk, Plank, Mohr, Sims SOC, LTI G Gauerke, W. C. Harri- son, Culwell, Fischer.

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ai,....-.-. I 'Ji Deck. Standing - LTJG Myers, Grossman, Barbour, C. L. Little, Lewis, Wooten, Callicoatte, Wilkinson, White, Nevel, Ferrell, ENS Tom. Kneel- ing- Riggins, Faustyn, Yearout, BM1, Smith, Fontenot, Stawarz. Not in picture are Bird, Rose, Dominguez, Cheek, Mouton, Howard, and Judd. 'Deck division stand b to handle lines to port' Deck seamanship is basic training for all rates in the Navy and most new seamen spend time in this Division before striking for other rates. Responsibilities include care and handling of boats, ground tackle, sides, decks, and most topside bulkheads. Removing dirt and old paint and spreading on new paint- that's the Deck ForCe's never-ending battle against rust. HAIL I i H W 6 M

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W.. 1,......-v- I 'The smoking lamp is out ...while taking on fuel' Engineering Department. Standing- LTIG Hubbard, Pelos, Spatola, Deal, LTJG Stocking, Boies, Kepler, Whitt, Henry, Tison, Hamlin, Rig- ter, Pitts, Chief Quinn, Alstrin, Chief Sheppard ibackj, Chief Mannion. Kneeling - LTI G Horrocks, Collins, Beadle, Bowlds, Friedrich, McCor- mick, Weaver, Wood, Pender, Edwards, Graser, Kish. Top of page left. Standing - Wall, Oleary, Edwards, Angelo. Sitting - Perldns, Long, Jacso, Rigter. Top of page right. Standing - Collard, Hendricks, Vozeni- lek, Beadle, Funk, Roop. Kneeling- Nolan, Sanchez, Lanik, Arrowood, Emley. Not in pictures: R. L. Harrison, McCraken, Richardson, Sanders, Jones, Woffard, Gandy, Douglas, Carl, Gilliam, Wood G. G. Brown, Burlsworth, Hargraves, Hilsabeck, Kunzik, Trotter, Miller. Operation, care and maintenance of all propulsion and auxiliary machinery and control of damage are the main jobs of the Engineering Department. This largest of ship's organi- zations employs over seventy men including firemen, machin- ists, electricians, shipfitters, damage controlmen, carpenters, internal communications men, and others. These men provide the light, the heat, the electricity, the motive power, and ac- complish internal repairs and construction work. Thus, the Engineering Department is truly the backbone of the ship, it