Badoeng Strait (CVE 116) - Naval Cruise Book

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Hoflf and Ratley make sure the motion picture projectors are in good shape for the next movie. The Ready-Kilowatt E Division is in charge of everything that sparks and glows. During those long at sea periods, the movie operators are the crews ' favorites. Besides sometimes show- ing three movies simultaneously, the division keeps a 24 hour watch in the electrical shop for any emergency whether it be a burned out light bulb or the failure of a turbo-generator. Other responsibilities include the inter-communi- cation circuits, lighting, ventilation, and the four tubro-generators. Last of all, these men keep the Bing Ding on course with their ever impor- tant maintenance of the ship ' s two gyro compasses. The master gyro compass is given a through shakedown by Bannister, Smith and Hughes. A shocking situation

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1 In the heat of the after engine room, Garrison, Nehbert and Veach check the gauges on the high pressure air compressor. .»- 4 y s 1 1 ' V iC ' f 4 it MTO Front row : Second rov Third row P. C. Ferneau, L. C. Rose, LTJG M. L. Richardson, P. R, Dase, J. R. Harper, E. J. LA Doux L. A. Nunes, C. L. Heckland, E. W. McKinney, J. H. Engle, R. C. Barnette, D. A. Himes, J. S. Baumgardner H. R. Lyons. G. E. Martin, W.J. Stewart, J. E. Kleinfeld, D. R. Clark, D. T. Torgersen, D. W. Reed

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Rewinding motors is just one of the jobs of Grieve and Hardy. .,j V N k - ' ' mMM Front row. R. E. Clark, B. E. Rook, ]. D. Grieve. R. C. Boyd, CHI I EC V.M. George, ENS C. R. Fleishman, B. W. Sabin, W.C. Leonard, I.E. O ' Donnell, W. D. Dix Second row : R. W. Thompson. C. W. Smith. W.J. Cure, H. R. Huches, T.L. Bannister, C.G. Lovett, N.R. Stanford, C. Franks, T.L. Smith, G. L. Farr Third row: J, K. Bullard, O. E. Blevins, J. L. Berg, E. W. Fuller, J.J. Guercio, A. P. Maddox, L. D. Bailery, J. D. O ' Neal, A. G. Ratley, J. D. Johnson