Coral Sea (CVB 43) - Naval Cruise Book

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N THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT most of the divisions can point to one major work That is not the case w1th the A Drvrsxon In thrs division many rates are requlred to do the dlECI6I1E type of work which occurs in da1ly routme Three ratings are found takmg care of all of the auxiliary equipment and mak1ng repairs The rates found are Machinist Mates, Englneman and Mach1nery Re parrman Although each man has been instructed and trained for one specrfic type of work that does not mean he is not capable of being used in other jobs The D1v1s1on Officer LTJG Donald H Beu USN 15 aided by his junior D1v1s1on Officer ENS C R Pelley USN Besides these officers one other helps to lead the d1v1s1on He is CHMACH Clarence Jones, USN who serves as Division Station Officer These officers supervise all work done rn the d1v1s1on and are available at all times for the personal and business help of the men under them Of the eighty live men which compose the A D1v1s1on they are divided into seven groups The number one group has all hydraulic equipment to mamtarn, as the airplane elevators steering engines and deck machinery Th1s group IS under the drrection of Chiefs C S Brown, USN, and D N McCutchenson USN The group consists of all machinist mate ratings and their strikers The Machine Shop is the second group and 1S led by J S Bakanas MRl USN Thxs group has both MM and MR ratrngs and strikers to repair and replace the parts used to keep the ship in running order Workrng with the Machine Shop is still one other rate and that is lnstrumentman He repatrs office machmery throughout the shrp In charge of the Arr COI1d1E10l.'l1Hg and Refrlgeration gang which 1S group three 15 Chiefs E C Cable USN, and J A Richards, USN This group maintarns and repairs all an: conditioning and refrigera tion units on board The men with the Enmeman ratings are all found rn the four group which cares for all d1esel engrnes aboard Besxdes the eleven engines found in the boats they also have two Emergency Generators to maintain Chrefs 1 T Lacy, USN, and A L Fenaes, USN, are rn charge of thrs group Group five has the auxlliary machlnery spaces and IS under the leadership of Chlef J A McCann USN This gang has all hrgh medium and low pressure air compressors to maintain Laundry Galley Machrnety and Steam Heat Systems compose the sixth group The group under the direction of I F Riggs MMI USN, maintains everythrng mentioned rn their group name The seventh group takes care of all paper work rn the division, as muster 11st, watch lists, traimng work 1n the progress of enlxsted men and all d1v1s1on reports This group IS considered the Admin lstratrve group and 15 under the direction of Enslgn Pelley who serves as D1v1s1on Traming Officer Ensign Pelley USN, 15 assisted by Chief O Plecker USN lurst ron NX F Gxllland Nl H nron, G R Sch refer, E I Niles, 0 Plecker, H L Mehl seen If N Fruntuln, XV 1 ond 1-on K H 1Iorz'm, J 1 Richard Jr, C Q Browvny L! KJGI D H Beu, CXVO C Jones' I T Lacy, D R Mt'Cutclle0n I F McCann, F Cnble, A I Fen les Tlnirtl rnu J Pxlnu ski 11 Losko, P Suiatek Ir C Ilicllnu, I J Diolloy, R J 'Mulholland R D Pltterson, B L Ewerllart, R E Botlxuner I B Lancaster, W T Bundy Il J 'l'rell'l, C H Courtnew First ron N I Lhnmpnon C ll Nielmson, VV S 0st, I Slmrhng.. R A Iinowt ll G Grliliths C Drmolf, M ll Tuck Second ron H L Helton B lx Hiller J S Fowler Jr, I R llovle, M I! 01,don, 0 Qu nrh -s, NV Pnr: mek, 0 E Div, A L Mnrrlw li Nicll0lu,F I 'I'r0lI1 I S Jllfl I llurd ron f W fum. D Il Smith H B Preston R S Slum me, I L Pettit T' lt flllffy I lf' Riggs, R I Pun 'I' f 'lnrlm. R Robertson 11 N Ilnrtnumf 1 S Awer . . . , . . , , - - . . , , . . . . - ' , I , ' 7: w . . ,, ,, . .. . . . . - . . . , . , 1 , . . . , - . ' . . , . , , , . , . .- ': '. 4. . A - : . . : - . 1. . .4 ' l . . . - . 1 Y 1 , . . . . , Brutsuluer, R. I. Stare. . . . Sec- 'I - - L 1 1 r 1 - - 4. f .- 2 . 1- , '., A . T - .4 ' n 1 'I , , . . : ' . . ' . . , l. 1 . 1 - Q 1 1 ' ' ': '. r. ' : ' , . . r : . . '. .' . . ' ' '. - 1 . , . I --1 a ': . . 1 , . '. r ' f , . . . l , 1, - - - - if f . . . ' ' ' ': i. . . 3 ', .A . , w, , ,.. '. ' . . . . , - 3' . . . . : nw . -. . t' y l p A .

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.l ER ll HE LARGEST WARSHIP in the world, with more electronics equrpmenr than any other 1n the US Navy demands ft hrghly skrlled, techmcally framed organrzauon to marntarn, adjust and repair rts electronrc brarns Such responsrbrlrty falls to the Electronrcs Repnrr Drvrsron, a trghtly knrt unrt of three offrcers and 77 enlrsted men whose un offrcral motto IS The drfncult we do rmmedlately The rmpossrble takes a lrttle longer Comprrsed of three reparr groups, the smoothly efhcrent tech nrcrans are concerned with radar mstallatron and repalr radro com munrcatrons and gunnery radar frre control But to break down a multr skllled group of electromcs technrcrans rnto three statrc groups 15 unfarr, for each IS well versed rn all frelds because of an IUECDSIVC 42 week Navy school of electronrcs at Great Lakes, Illrnols or Treasure Island Calrfornra from whrch all have graduated Ad vanced schoolmg rn the vagarres of electronrcs has been the lot of many more of the drvxsron No longer a Navy of wooden shlps the Fleet to day depends more than ever upon the servrces of electronrcs techmcrans to marntarn IIIO in combat readiness the diversified equipment needed to point guns, track planes and gurde ships through the murkrest of weather Call rt 1 push button Navy rf you wrll but outstandmg men are needed to push those buttons and reparr them qurckly when OCCHSIOH demands A chref electronrcs technrcran rs the enlrsted head of the drvrsron, assrsted by three hrst class electronrcs men, each rn charge of a suborclrnare drvrsron Because of the abundance of rated men rn the unrt, there prevarls a feelrng of rndrvrdual specralrzatron not usually found rn other drvrsrons aboard a shrp For, only rn elec tronrcs, do the rdrosyncracres of the unrverse manrfest themselves so frequently callrng upon the technlcran to apply to a problem a knowledge not found IH books Responsrble to the Engrneerrng Department the drvrsron how ever servrces equrpment for the Operatrons and Gunnery oflices as we A small versatrle group, the Electronrcs Reparr Drvrsxon has about 1tself a compactness that makes for eflicrency C44 First ron J L Broun, D G Junsln, R S Owens, J S Bax ter Second run R G Kelis, WI C Ixumndrmxs, J M lxhmko, C F Pfelifer, Lt CJGJ C A An clreus, CHRELE L M Converse, R E Sins, L 0 Rows, J Q Swlfi, E A B1-unmn Tlurd ron R R Ll1VIxu'k,V E Hnpkn, R L Lvmuu, H L George, I L Patterson, N P Fuunce, 1 Veltl mmm, B M 0'NcnI, T S Muer Lhlllllll-, stormu reqlnrlg IIIIIIY lnnnls

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M . ,M I- First row: J. A. Phillips, R. E. Fudge, G. V. Cieale, NV. C. Anni- bnl .... Second row: 0. A. Di Michele, T. E. Hoesli, E. J. Froluu, Jr. Various activities in the ship's Machine Shop A Division personnel in the Aft. Auxiliary roolu