Yellowstone (AD 41) - Naval Cruise Book

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Production Support (PS) MRCM Shawn Shaffer leading Chief MMCS(SW) Timothy Flournoy BTC(SW) Jeffrey Nowack MMC Wiliam Peed HTC Glenn Reichelderfer GMG{SW) Joseph Smith HTClSW) Kenneth Tanner SK2 Earlene Adams MM2{SW) Romeo Alba FCI Vernon Ash EMI Leigh Dyer SKSN Jory Kissinger STGI(SW) Ralph Hall MM I Stephen Harris HTI Christopher Hart wig BTI Steven Holloman HTI(SW) Karleen Kustaborder HT2 Scott Leverett BTI(SW) Kevin Morrell EN1 Kathleen Murphy GSM I Mtcluiel Phipps 1C I Dwight Sutton HTI luitry Wiliams IMI(SW)Kim Wndsor The mission of the Production Support (PS) Division is total repair management. Hull maintenance technicians, boiler technicians, machinist's mates, machinery repairmen, radioman, torpedomen's mates and yeomen make up the division’s five work centers. Ship's Superintendents track repair job status; ARRS MDCO documents all work performed by repair; Repair Admin prepares departmental correspondence and operational paperwork; Technical Library-supplies repair manuals, parts, lists and blueprints; and Planning and Estimating, plans and schedules repair jobs.

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I Repair Department MMQSW) Bobby Walker SN Angela Sliallon YN2 Rebecca Simmons YN3 James White Yellowstone’s Repair Department is manned by a very proud group of professionals. During the four month cruise, the repair department completed more than 3,400 jobs aboard Atlantic Fleet ships operating in the Mediterranean. The department not only has the capability to repair and fabricate hatches, but also calibrate electronic equipment, provide printing, and photography services, repair ship’s clocks, and provide hull and structural repair, both above and below the waterline. The Repair Department is the largest department aboard the battle tender Yellowstone and is comprised of 10 divisions, manned by approximately 700 men and women.

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R-l (Hull Repair) CW02 Stuart Phelps Division Officer HTCS(SW) William Drown HTCS(SW) Ralph Page HTCS(SW) Edward Thomas HTC(SW) Carl Delucca HTC(SW) Leo Dniar PMC Jeffrey Pickeral Ml.C(SW) James Stryganek HTC(SW) Jay Whilelaw Repair-1 Division’s primary function is repairing hull and ship structure, pipefitting, welding sheetmetal work and lagging. Using plate and light gauge metals, and bulkhead and pipe installations, R-l shops repair and manufacture strainer shields, ventilation ducts, and install lagging pads. They also repair shell plating and watertight doors and hatches. Customized work is their speciality. With thccombined efforts of the ships foundry, habitability, carpenter, lagging, pattern, ship fitter, sheet metal, pipe and welding shops, R-1 can tailor any job to any ship.