Chikaskia (AO 54) - Naval Cruise Book

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hzgilfcerizrg Department MQ W '14 K' .af f W - gm 'ir x Zf3..1'Sva! .f . i -i eggs LT ADCOCK CHIEF ENGINEER 1.1 LTJG W.H. CHRISTIE , ASS'T ENGINEERING OFFICER ln the beginning. . .we left Craney Island with high hopes and rebuilt boilers. lt wasn't long before one: engineering casualty after another kept the Snipes burning the midnight oil for days on end. Throughguyt 7. ship, the work and skill of the engineers was evident. ky Boiler tubes were replaced and repaired by the BT's with a highly efficient operation supervised by-.,. ' 'ef Cooper and BTl McLeod. Chief Fish and MM1 Barnes were constantly guiding their MM's in the finer pd' ts of turbo-'generator repairs while still maintaining a hot plant with close cooperation of the BTS. Ihe efforts of the first months finally paid off. Number 2 Ship's Service Generator and Number 2' Bbiller came off the Out of Commission List and again contributed to the Cl-llK Can Do spirit. A Division, with MMC Green, MM'l Birr and MM1 Chambers at the helm, sweated over brokemwrnches and bent U-boat screws, as well as a sticky whistle. R Division's shop often rang with hammer blows and smelled of acid welding smoke, only to be deserted for the well-deck, as Chief Stahl and SFT Ferin supervised the transfer of fuels from our tanks to CHlKASKlA'S customers. The department's purpose was further pursued by E Division with Chief White covering ship to ship tele- phones and movie transfers, while EMT Shivers kept a wary eye on the electric pumps for AV-GAS. In their sparetime. E Division personnel maintained an awesome complex of wires, fuses, and switchboxes. V The administration of the department was handled by LT Adcock, Chief Engineer, MMCS Fish, MRA: LTJG's Christie and Stephens, MDCfPMSg.Ens Mason, DCA: and VVO-1 Johnson, auxiliaries. The personnel assigned to the Engineering Department have been dubbed the names Snipe and Black Gang. Theirfeelings, however, can be summed up in an old railroader's poem: l'm not allowed to run the train, l'm not allowed to shoot off steam, Or make the whistle blow. Or even clang the bell. l'm not allowed to say how far But let it jump the G damn track, The railroad CGVS Cali QO- Then see who catches H I l l

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-1,-111i-W, Give him four gongs. Need any more help? ,Who has the watcll? They cancelled PMS. Prepare for Shock Wave 3 Does it use Water?

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V4 k 5 Div! ian 0 main 'L' LTJG Grable D. Stephens, USNR AUXILIARIES OFFICER MMC W. W. Green WO-1 Harvey G. Johnson, USN AUXILIARIES OFFICER MM1 K. W. Chambers MM1 C. L. Birl' , MM2 M. L. Reid ICC D. H. White