Badoeng Strait (CVE 116) - Naval Cruise Book

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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

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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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Pancho Martinez and his favorite cargo fuel oil pump (note the covetous look). T fefc.-- r S • % Steam for propulsion, for cooking, for electricity ; steam for pumping and pressing — whatever the use, they furnish the steam. They are the Boilers Division. They have for this job eleven boiler-tenders and twenty nine firemen. In- port they scrape tubes and clean bricks ; they chip and paint ; and they carry out the innumerable tasks that modern seamen perform. At sea, B division carries out routine tasks, and stands its steaming watches in the firerooms. The frequency of those watches admist the heat makes the job a tough one, but they do well because they like their job. When we take on fuel or water, or when we refuel other ships, B division does the pumping and gauging. They also keep the ship on an even-keel by some more pumping . . .whenever the Air Department moves their planes, B Division moves its oil and ballast (those air-dales can sure move those planes around too! I. Oil, bricks, metal, water boiler compound and people (the basic ingredient) make up another sharp and efficient division of the Bing Ding. ' Anyone got a light? Sloan and Switzer cut burners in and out on 4 boiler. Pick up your feet ! I ' m baking a cake behind 1 boiler