Dahlgren (DLG 12) - Naval Cruise Book

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B DIVISION Known in the days when ships were fired by coal and black oil as the Black Gang, the BT ' s were always good for a hard day ' s work. The DAHLGREN ' s Boiler Technicians were no exception on the 1974 Med deployment. Being responsible for the operation and maintenance of four 1200 psi automatic combustion con- trolled boilers required extensively trained, highly skilled and motivated personnel. B Divi- sion was called upon to perform in all states of readiness from independent steaming on one boiler to four boiler operations during the Cy- prus crisis. B Division ' s continuously demon- strated high level of expertise contributed sig- nificantly in the effort which won for the DAHLGREN DESRON TWO ' s Engineering E for 1974. The BT ' s were the first to begin stand- ing full underway watches whenever the DAHLGREN prepared to leave port and the last to secure after pulling in. The BT ' s pro- vided steam to power the ship ' s propulsion plant and electrical generating system in order to cool the DAHLGREN in summer, heat her in winter and move her from place to place. The impressive list of the DAHLGREN ' s accom- plishments during this cruise is directly at- tributable to the BT ' s ability to steam the plant. They took great pride in the knowledge that they transformed the DAHLGREN from a cold piece of steel into a completely self-sufficient, highly effective combat unit.

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•TT ' ft«V H 1 BT3 R.D. Diffin 2 BTFN H.W. Helms 3 BT3 D.R. Clinedinst, Jr. 4 BT3 D.M. Wood 5 BTFN E.S. Bell, Jr. 6 BTFN D.C. Swisher IV 7 BTl M. Ghrigsby 8 BT2 R.L. Nowlin 9 BTFN B.S. Graves 10 BTFN D.W. Hubbard 11 BT2 S.R. Bronschidle 12 BTFN J.K. Durig 13 BTFN D.R. Cosper, Jr.