Chemung (AO 30) - Naval Cruise Book

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As the year progressed, CHEMUNG refueled just about every tjqae of Navy ship in the Far East. Each presented different problems of rigging. We had to be versatile. Amphib, Cruiser, Minesweep — all came to CHEMUNG, even a MIKE-boat from USS KRISHNA (anchored at a safe distance this time). Lube oil drums were in universal de- mand, according to the disgruntled storekeepers. V l iji ' ' ' t No, they ' re not depth charges, but we carry just about everything else for the discerning customer ship, from soda pop to jet wing tanks to toilet paper. Under Mr. Proffer. CHExMUNG became a kind of floating GSK. 7 S l » l» ' ' -». K fc ' ' (. «u ' »i, „. ' ■«- ' ' . ««L I . Il ¥..

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i Stretch! That ' s my boy. i The Admiral says somebody on the cargo deck forgot to inflate his life jacket. Big Brother IS watchmgus. Tis better to give. ...than to receive. From the grinning corpsman, who probably just remembered that you had some shots coming, to the sun-baked winch operators, everyone got into the act during UNREPS. Different ships and situations exercised just about every capacity of CHEMUNG.

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It ' s actually very simple and soon becomes routine: just UP and. ..UP. ..and. ..and... Somewhat quicker but no less dangerous is a VERTREP transfer; CHEMUNG ' S Helo Detail were all Olympic track stars before long. ...and (whew!) DOWN. Transferring personnel by highline is an all-hands evolution for CHEMUNG. The winchman is scarcely less tense than the passenger; there are few more crucial skills than his. as