Badoeng Strait (CVE 116) - Naval Cruise Book

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ad St h T| o N LCDR R. E. Hamilton, Engineering Officer. The Engineering Department is in charge of the operation, carel and maintenance of all propulsion and auxiliary machinery, the ' control of damage and the accomplishment of repairs beyond the capacity of other departments, radiological safety, machine and repair shops, the hull, refrigeration, heating, ventilation,: water, boat machinery and the care and storage of fuel oil and lubricants.

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ssary and Bonner, the masters ' if the milling machine at work, lepairs! Repairs! Repairs! Able Division, better known as Old Ever- ready spends a large share of time keeping the rest of the ship ' s crew happy. Among some of its efficient services are ice machines which provide ice for all the messes and also cold storage. This same crew also provides the only cool areas on the ship with their air conditioning units in CIC, the ready rooms and sick bay. The diesel gang has the job ot playing nurse maid to some 10 different diesel engines throughout the ship and the boats all of which receive as much attention as a week old baby ; then comes the machine shop gang who are the real masters of repair. You name it and they make it, from precision parts to trophy stands for the Captain. And last but not least the steam gang who handle all the auxiliary steam piping throughout the ship and the 101 odd jobs that come up 24 hours a day. Lemons, Moersch and Whitten tune up the big one. And then there was light. K I 1 H f.KS., ... . ' § ¥ 15 iJuf ' L r v X wV lllll The OOD says he wants her for the next liberty run. Front ro : J.J. Rv.in, A. A. Lindbo, LTJG R. A. Wenzel, J. E. Ford, H. R. Albiso, T. A. Downey Second row : J. W. Brown, E. A. Ortiz. G. R. Ward, W. D. Nicholson, H.R. Wingate, P.E. Armstrong Third row: H. Kotler, A.J. Shaw, P. D. Lemons, W. L. EsSary, G.J. E. Bonner, D. R. McLeod, D. W. Jacoby