Coral Sea (CV 43) - Naval Cruise Book

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Davison C Conners D. Finley WB DIVISION Burr, D.C. Duncan, Hanna, W.E Hast, R.A. Hoyt, D.r. Martinez, Menke, M.L Moore, G.A. Price, H.R. Roberts, M.

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l i ENGINEERING ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT Around the clock, inport and at the sea, the Engineers are on watch, ensuring .CORAL is alive. From operating her twelve boilers to repairing a leaky water faucet, scarcely a function of life at sea isn t affected by the men of Engineering. l ' . I The Machinist Mates and Boiler Technicians of M and B divisions operate andhrepair CORAL SEA's boilers and propulsion machinery, that drive her at speeds better than 30 klwff. The Machinist Mates also 'operate and maintain the ship's service turbo generators which produce all the electrical power required by the ship, while the Boiler Technicians operate the ship's distilling plants making fresh water from sea water. for the crew and feed water for the ships boilers. The steam from the boilers is used for aircraft catapults, for main engines and ships service generators as well as cooking in the galley and heating in berthing compartments and laundry, to name but a few uses of the roduct. The technlfcians of A Division operate and maintain CORAL SEA's auxiliary equipment. Auxiliary services can be described as air conditioning, refrigeration, compressed air, oxygen, nitrogen and the capability to build machine parts. A Division is also charged with maintaining miscellaneous steam systems such as the catapults, the ship's laundry, sculleries and galley equipment. They also maintain the the dry cleaning in proper working order. Finally, they provide the ship with a source of emergency electrical power by maintaining the two ship's emergency diesel enerators. g The Hull Technicians of R Division are the ship's firefighting and flood combatting experts. They maintain the ship's installed firefighting foam systems, the firemain, and the damage control equipment located in 10 main repair lockers and 32 unit lockers, and in selected locations throughout the ship. The Repair Division also maintains CORAL SEA's fresh water and plumbing systems, performs structural welding repairs and welding repairs to piping everywhere, manufactures sheetmetal items in the sheet metal shop, produces crates and hand crafts specialty wooden items in the carpenter shop, and provides locksmithing service and duplicate keys. Another of R Division's responsibility is the maintenance of the CORAL SEA's fire department, the Magnificent Flying Squad, a crack professional unit composed of 23 hull technicians, two electricians, a hospital corpsman and a Dalmatian named Thermite. E Division is the Power 81 Lighting Company of the CORAL SEA. The Shop's Service Generators can produce enough power to light up a city the size of Spokane, Washington. The life support systems of the ship as well as the combat systems of the ship are dependent on the Electric Power generated by the Steam Turbine Driven Generators. Electrician Mates also maintain and repair all the lighting of the ship, from Flight Deck special lighting for night flight operations to the lighting in shaft alleys and storerooms. All electrical components of the Aircraft and Weapons Elevators, and ventilation motors and the all electric motors for Firepumps, chill water pumps and reefer compressors and all electric gear associated with 115 volts and 440 volts needed for the catapults and all 4ooHZ Distribution Systems. In summary, from the bunk lights to the O2N2 plant to the Anchor Windlass, the Electricians of the CORAL SEA make it happen. Another vitalusection of E Division is the IC gang. They repair and maintain all of the Interior Communications Systems, which include the Ship's Gyrocompass, Dead Reckoning Equipment, the Underwater Log, all Indicating Systems Such as fha Ensmf Gfdef Telegraph, Rudder Angle Indicators etc. and all Alarms of the ship from the Ste-ctgity Alarms to alarms for the boilers and catapults, the announcing systems, including 2-way intercomms and I C ' v ' - - ' metal Announclnb 5Y5femS- The IC men also maintain Sound Powered Telephones with over 700 jackboxes zgdlthe Ship's Service Telephones. The life of the CORAL SEAMAN is affected daily by the silent work Of E ivision. I