Canisteo (AO 99) - Naval Cruise Book

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R Division The men of R Division ore nnasters of many trades. CANISTEO ' s hull technicians are the house experts on everything from fuel analysis to plumbing. The R stands for Repair Division. CANIS- TEO ' s hull technicians do most of the welding and brazing jobs throughout the ship. They ensure the ship has a continuous firemain pressure, and they maintain that system and all other major DC gear onboard. They repair all commodes and urinals. They even ensure that the ship ' s sewage is properly disposed of. As leaders in the damage control orga- nization, all HT petty officers are qualified on- scene leaders, members of the At-Sea Fire Party and members of the Helo Crash and Salvage Crew. As cargo fuels specialists, the HT ' s are re- sponsible for the safe transfer of JP-5 and DFM, and they guarantee the quality of CANISTEO ' s seven million gallons of cargo fuels. When the ship unreps, the HT ' s rarely transfer less than several hundred thousand gallons in a day. Manning the console board in Cargo Control and the discharge valves at each unrep station, they direct the flow of fuel throughout the ship and off to our customers. Deck Department Deck Department has a greater impact than any other department onboard when CANISTEO sails forth to meet the rest of the world. The boatswain ' s mates ' rating is re- knowned for the proportion of work they perform maintaining and preserving a ship ' s topside spaces and gear. They carry needle- guns and knucklebusters as their sidearms of choice. So great is their task, that by the time they finish chipping, priming and laying a fresh coat of haze gray to the sides and weather decks, it ' s time to start repainting the ship all over again. These men are the stage crew. Their stage bears witness to all who come alongside. Deck Department has other BM ' s also, as well as enginemen, electricians, and machin- ist ' s mates who operate, maintain and repair all the equipment for each of CANISTEO ' s un- rep stations. When CANISTEO produces, these men 28 SA B, A. Powell SR D. Dickerson SR W. P. Ranger SR L, C. Robinson DIV. LT(jg) E. A. Dejesus Division Officer GMG1(SW) B. J, Wyatt GMG2 S. W. Phillips GMG3 S, M. Bailey Leading Petty Officer

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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

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GMG3 J. D, Moore GMGSN P- M, Walters SN A. J. Chatman SA E. D. Pierre RASE EMC (SW) A F Abidog Leading Chief Petty Officer MMC (SW) D Q. Deiogrange Leading Cfiief Petty Officer 3M2 M. A. Wilkerson BM3 M D. Culver BM3 J- Deleon BM3 R. S Neff BM3 O, A Negronrivera 29