Belleau Wood (CVL 24) - Naval Cruise Book

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TOP ROW: ChElec. G.Bzii'nes, Lt.. tjg5T. C. NVitte. ChMach. A. G. Ed- wards. Lt. ijgl R. B. Rathbun. Lt. tjfxl R. B. Tyler, Mach. D. J. Brussard. BOTTOM ROXV: Lt. tjgl B. NV. James. Lt. H. B. Vincent, Lt.-Cmdr. C. XV. Tippett, Jr., Lt. O. L. England, Lt. ijirb R. K. Reich. The Engineering Department is made up of four divif sions: A, B, E, and M, with a total wartime complement of about 230 men. These machinists, electricians, metalf smiths, watertenders, and their firemen strikers make up the third largest department aboard ship. The engineers' operational and maintenance duties range from the steer' ing engines aft to the anchor windlasses forward. The real job of the engineers is to keep the screws turning--operating the boilers, turbines, and auxiliaries that provide the main propulsion power of the ship. They kept the ship going during the two and a half years of wartime service, accumulating a mileage record of some 230,000 miles of steaming-over ten times around the world. In midf1945 occurred our longest cruise, a 72fday stretch in which the screws never once ceased turning. Over fifty percent of the original Engineering Depart' ment had never been to sea before. Few were qualified to take over the new watches they were required to stand, but the few experienced hands aboard taught their lessons well. The end of the war found these same ex' civilians holding down the top positions of chief, first class, and second class petty ofhcers. They are now the old hands who are passing their hardfearned knowlf edge on to the latest group of newcomers. N M ff ff x . ef as f-is 1, 'K .51 , .Y Y,,, , t -1 .I H ' 'H' f ' X, ,,.4, 1 :l..--.,.. . TOP ROW: Lt. A. E. Schooley, Lt. K. Shoemaker, Lt. N. S. Stafford, Lt. Cjgb R. W. Cummings, Ensl T. J. Scalese. BOTTOM ROW: Lt. fjgl W. C. Kenney, Jr., Lt. fjgj M. W. Hjalmar- son, Ens. M. Such, Mach. J. R. Martin. Mach. M. F. W. Donlon. 1 49

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