Canisteo (AO 99) - Naval Cruise Book

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EM3 F. E, Andrekus FN J. M. Evans FN R, T. Geis FN M, N Herrera EMFN P- Javarone FA L, N, Lagliva EMFN S- C, Moody IC1(SW) J. R, Jackson Leading Petty Officer IC3(SW) B, E. Irish IC3 S, H, Baker FN J. C- Durol ICFN T. L, Jeffries FN G, D, Johnson Hey, Boats! The captain wants to know if these guys want regular or unleaded. 21

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Administration Dept. How can you sum up the professionalism and great customer service provided by CANISTEO ' s Administration Department? If you had a little fever or a sore body, the corpsmen were always there to help out. Thanks to the postal clerks, the mail al- ways got through, whether we were in St. Vincent or the Aegean. If you had a question concerning any- thing in that mysterious service record, the personnelmen were always glad to interpret an answer, if it existed, And if you needed a letter typed or a last-minute power of Attorney drawn up, you knew the yeomen would have it in their typewriter that very instant! These were their good points . . . They were warm in the winter and cool in the summer. Their hands never got dirty unless they had been tangling with carbon paper. They used their brain power instead of their brawn in the execution of their du- ties, and even in the execution of the annual physical fitness test. Like the old saying goes, It ' s a tough job, but someone has to do it. A Division They keep the freezers frozen; they keep the ovens roasting. They make ice cream and hot water. They make sure that the boatswain ' s mates can heave around on the anchor, and they make sure the quarter- masters can shift the rudders. They ' re sup- posed to keep the ship cool in the summer and warm in the winter (and they usually do.) They run diesel engines that are three times bigger than the average automobile, and they run them on jet fuel, The A-Gangers take core of every piece of engineering that is not associated with underway replenishment or main propul- sion. For this reason, there ' s hardly a space on the ship that the enginemen and machin- ist ' s mates of A Division can ' t claim some ownership within. They have a lot of equipment, and a lot to be proud of. They point out that they kept all of their machinery operational all year long, and that the SADGs didn ' t run out of gas a single time in 1987. Now if only they could make shore steam as reliable. MM3 A. W. Powell MMFN D. J, Ekdahl EN2(SW) B, F. Luke EN3 M. F. PIcciano EN3 t, E. Stewart ENFN E. J. Freiwald EDIV. EMC(SW) J, A, Millete Leading Chief Petty Officer 20 EM1 A. A, Alemelor EM2 B, S, Alexander EM2 G, S, Steimling Leading Petty Officer

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Canisteo Power and Lighting Whereas the HT ' s work with metal, and the YN ' s and PN ' s work with paper, the EM ' s work with electrons. Electrons are too small to see, but they work hard for you. Your electric razor, the ship ' s lighting and our CHT system all depend on electrons. While inport you can usually find electri- cians doing PMS on the many equipments we use day-to-day. While underway you will find them doing more PMS, standing switch- board watches or answering trouble calls throughout the ship. They maintain all the motors, generators, controllers and lighting that we take for granted. When we pull into port, happy to see our girlfriends, wives and families, the electri- cian stays behind to pull shore power. Then you still have ail the conveniences of home, even while inport. The next time you listen to your radio, watch TV, get a cold drink of water or read a book by your rack light, think of the electri- cian working hard and long hours to give you that power. CP L — We light up your life. Tlie ICMen They make the IMC work, and if the IMC doesn ' t work, then the IMC makes them work, . . . likewise with the sound-powered phones, and with the dial telephone, and with the steering control system, and with all the alarms and warning systems, and with the salinity indicators,and with CCTV, and with the gyro (Oh no, not the gyro!). The IC-Men enjoy the habit of assuming responsibility for things that are fairly small, but which stretch throughout the ship. This means that once they ' ve found the prob- lem, they can just put it in their pocket and carry it back up to the IC Shop to tinker with. Until they ' ve found the problem, that is. The problem could be in one place, or it could be on the other end of the ship, or it could be somewhere in the middle. It ' s all part of a day ' s work, they say. The causes are varied. Sometimes it ' s be- cause the sound-powered phones weren ' t stowed properly, or because somebody plugs their phone into the wrong circuit, or, as is frequently the case,the batteries simply go dead. BDIV ENS N. W, Schley I Boilers Officer BTC (SW) P. L. Schild Leading Chief Petty Officer Ship ' s Oil King BT1 J, P, Crute BT1 D, A, Ivy BT1 T, G, Ryder BT1 R. S. Ames BT2 J, L. Burgreen BT2 (SW) D, J, Hanson 22