Canisteo (AO 99) - Naval Cruise Book

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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

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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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SN E Axson SN J D. Alston SN S, R, Boggs SN E. M Mesquiti SN J R. Pratt SN T, J, Pratt SN J. G. Beer SN D L Crespo Nonrated Sailor of ttie Year SA B A, Cribbs SA C A, Madrid SA R, C Garcia How A Eo s ' NrAf re rriRa +lS Co f fee BM1 D. H, Hanson BM2 M P Sciocca BM3 K, A, Myers Leading Petty Officer SN J, D. Hill SN P A Jardine SN J W, Mobley SA J. F Dilts SA J, M. Marctiand 27