Badoeng Strait (CVE 116) - Naval Cruise Book

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3-'qv'-Jr,-'iz-'df T 'ag i Left to right kneelmg J C Spettel J E Murray G T Cannon J D Stewart R A Amolette R C Watson P R Austin R A Kash Standing H Alexander F V Estoch C S Carpenter A F Dombus W C LarS0l1 G A Clark W C Hlle E H Vande Hel L H Oglesby B L Wallace J E Ward R C Goodrum E A Bauer G N O ens L K B k G L Som rs G J Smith R C Da One of the busiest departments of the farm A is the beehive-where the workers are in G constant churn of activity. Sunday on the farm is just like any other day to these workers, and, on the Bing Ding, Sunday is often like any other day to the men of the A Division At any hour of the day, this division is evidenced by the hum of the ventilation system. This active division is divided into four groups. The ' conditioning and refrigeration gang keeps the ship's huge refrigerators and air cond: ' - 'ng units functioning properly. If spare parts, not available from the storeroom, are nee , mcchme Shop 9009 is called upon to produce them. The steam gang keeps the steam I Valves loulslde Ol the engine rOOmsD in repair and is responsible for the care of the ste riven deck machiner l All th b the diesel gang. ,- l Y G OCIT Ohd shipboard diesels are kept in operating condition ' 0' ,, e-- 4l54B sal' f --rj ix- il'

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W AL A., ,.',,A, tw.-,iq -:,,hf.,,-.,qm, '...l.,-at .V-:gig .....9,. L, -,V A ', -, X1 z L lv. ,f' ,,f4W..' . Y linking .1 i.,,,,,,T'f, - 1, hm: 5 ,1,,,k4r A ., 4, 1 ,r .. V -' H f- ' 1- -'-1' 1'-'--4'--aw-L 't Wba- -. '1'.-f---'44-44s. .. Au.....1 .xza-4 4' ... K- HM 'ff ' '1f ' ' - ?89U'!ar-:bww 1-nws'!':.6---gg The doys of the oxen ond the horsepower on the form ore post-gone with the wind like Golleons ond Clippers which long ogo soiled the Seven Seos. The former hos progressed to mechonized forming-with more selective ond skilled knowledge in the constont tilling of the soil ond bottling ot the elements. So too, hos the Novy progressed, ond with the progress hove come the boilers, tur- bines, ond ciuxiliories thot power modern ships. The Bing Ding Engineering De- portment whichis chorged with the core, mointencince ond operotion of her en'- gineering plont is composed ot very speciolized ond thoroughly troined techni- cions. Just os the former must be dependent upon his combines, troctors, etc. ond upon the skill ot the men who ope rote them, so must the Skipper depend upon the Engineering Deportment to keep the ship in operoting order. Tis love thot mokes the world go 'round -but it is the Engineering Deportment thot mokes the Bing Ding go 'round.-The men work together os o well co-ordinoted teom-combining their mony skills into o smooth, efficient ond outstonding depo rtment. K , A 'l ,. ' L - ' 'J ig ' ' ' 4- ' ' 4 -

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f by y. H v , - '. 'A ,'....-.1A,. . 4 Ht. .V ,bg 1' ft if l i l. l ,V l ,i S, i l, L. 5. ,. P. rf L Left to right, front rank: R. C. Kretzer, C. J. Scott, F. C. Mantei, J. H. Radford, C. R. Buckle, M. B. Emmons, J. R. Toothaker. Center rank: H. R. Ridge, J. E. Batterton, C. C. Comeaux, H. C. Trotter, W. R. Swank, J. E. West- gate, H. R. Johnson, E. T. Keating. Rear rank: A. A. Wentzel, L. C. Sharp, A. F. Hartman, L. R. Curtis, B. F. Hodge, N. Y. Getchell. On a Sunday evening on the farm, a young farmer might be heard telling his B little son the old and beloved and un- grammatical story of this is the maiden all torlorn that milked the cow with the crumpled horn-that kicked the dog, that chased the cat, that ate the mouse, that lived in the house that Jack built. On the Bing Ding, it a man were to tell his son a story of the B Division, he would probably tell it like this, This ship is a carrier, the steam section its heart, and these are the skilled men at the Boiler Division that tend the boilers, that make the steam, that turn the turbines, that turn the shafts, that turn the screws, that propel the ship, and the Bing Ding is under way. l 2 l lf I I ,. l ,. i. I l l I L I 55 I i il. g. lt . O., if Y . 3 1 l lm l.. i i 1-X l. r l. Lx Vs if rf r r 5. Lx s , ,. s Y l v. V, , . t l L l. in pl r ri lv 5 li I, l r 5 l l , L ,, 1 4 lk .2 .V 'X wi i