Chandeleur (AV 10) - Naval Cruise Book

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SECOND DIVISION We, the men of the Second Division, take great pride in being able to state a few words about the duties of our Division in this commemorative book. Being a deck division, we were responsible for the maintenance of the CHANDY LOU from the beginning of the superstructure aft to the stern, and from the top of the smoke stack down to the keel. We had many and sundry duties in this area such as painting, chipping pamt, swabbmg decks, loading and unloading cargo and ammunition, furnish- mg men for boat crews, gun crews, lookouts, fire and rescue parties, working parties, and handling lines when mooring or docking. When the Honorable Nip got a little sassy, we manned the 5 inch 38 and both 3 mch guns aft, and other anti-aircraft guns such as forty and twenty millimeters, to greet Nippo with the thing he hated most, American Lead Poisoning. In conclusion, we would all like to say, Good Luck, and may this book brmg many fond memories to everyone of you.

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f A DIVISION Palatable water for drinking, cooking, laundry and showers must be produced to the tune of 35,000 gallons daily from the sea water by the Evap- orator Gang of A Division— and the CHANDY LOU is noted for being a clean ship. An enormous amount of food must be stored aboard and thanks to the Supply Department, we have it. However, nearly 30 per cent of that food requires refrigeration and herein lies the duty of the A Division ' s refrig- erator gang. They must keep enough food chilled or frozen to ordinarily supply a whole city block of families with refrigerated food for a period of three months! And they must be on the job too, for spoilage would be dis- astrous. One item has its advan tages however — this gang also keeps the refrigeration units in order in the Gedunk Stand or soda fountain, and ice cream, you know, must be tested. The small boats ' engines must be continually kept in operation and this calls for repairs and overhaul jobs. Often with no spares on hand our boat repair crew must perforce resort to cannibalism of other engines, yet often the parts have to be manufactured by our machine shop gang, A Division. When a vital part for a PBM seaplane is needed by the Air Department and no spares are available the machine shop gang is called upon to manufacture those parts.