Canisteo (AO 99) - Naval Cruise Book

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RDIV LT(jg) EC. Cenizal Damage Control Assistant ENS L. G. Cordero Liquid Cargo Offi cer HTC CM. Stone Leading Chief Petty Officer HT1 (SW) ID. McCroy HT1 S. R. Leading Petty Officer Fenstermocher (ER01) Leading Petty Officer (EDC1) HT1 M. G. Hill HT2 D A. Delsigrxxe HT2 P A Mendez HT2 G L Troglln HT3 T. I. Fisher HT3 J. C. Lewis HT3 R. H. Loucks, Sr. HT3 J. E. Thayer HT3 L. R. Thayer HTFN S. A. Cotfels HTFN K. L. Klinedinst 25

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Who would believe that it takes thirty people to boil water? But how many people boil water with pots and pans with ainnost four thousand square feet of heat transfer area per pot? And how many people have to clean the soot off of one side — and the chemical buildup off of the other side — of every one of those four thousand square feet on each of four such pots? Three or four times a year? Boiler techs indisputably make up the hardest working division on the ship. They (along with the machinist ' s mates in the en- gineroom) are the original hull snipes; if it wasn ' t for the sun coming down through the outer stack, they ' d never see the light of day, But when the burnerman inserts the torch and lights the fires, BTs bring life to the heart of the plant. (Who would believe that with all the wa- ter that they boil in the fireroom, CANISTEO ' s BT ' s have the coldest space below decks on the ship in the wintertime?) These men boil water, and CANISTEO goes. And as long as they have a cigarette lighter, these BTs will guarantee that the ship will go anywhere. Anytime. FN B. J. Brammer FN W, J. Bryant MRFN E, E Nickle MMFN W, L. Wheaton MMFA J, T, H, Hakes FA B, K, Smith 24

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M Division Make one mention of water and lube oil in the same comment ... or Mutter a slight murmur about cloudiness . . or maybe Whisper a barely perceptible suggestion that perhaps water is seeping from some- where into the precious main engines . . . . . . and you will immediately draw glares from the machinist ' s mates of M Division. These men are the ones who claim real- ly to drive the CANISTEO, These are the men who put the steam to the engines and moke the shaft go around. These are the men with the Notorious, Cloudy, Lube Oil. Certainly lube oil was a highlight of everybody ' s year. It ' s a safe bet that their oil caused more worry and discussion through- out the ship than perhaps anything else on board. After a lot of purifying and even more sampling, the MMs finally kept both the lube oil clear and the Propulsion Examining Board onboard long enough to finish OPPE. In the end, ECCTT and the watchstonders had trained each other so well that after PEB gave drill sessions for all three wotchsections, CANISTEO returned to Norfolk flying brooms from the yordorms, representing a clean sweep in the OPPE after all. The rest of the year was cake. Well, ex- cept for the gland seals on the main fe ed pumps, and the oil seals and the gland seals on the SSTG ' s, and the LP drain line (which one this time?) with the elusive hole, and the salty condenser requiring the quick-tear- down-plug-hydro-flush-and-buttonup- while- underway adjustments, and the evaporators not quite up to snuff, and, of course, not the least which was the dreaded crab ambush from the aux circ overboard valve. Flush and fill which sump? Again?! But the important thing was: the MM ' s took care of it all. DECK DEP. LT(jg) K. A, Perrone Division Officer BMCS R. A. Seda Leading Chief Pefty Officer BM2 R. W, Suhr BM2 W. R. Counts BM3 A V, Frank BM3 T, J, Gill BM3 P, M Minor BM3 J. A. Rannos 26