Delta (AR 9) - Naval Cruise Book

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WELD SHOP SL QUALITY EVALUATION LABORATORY s- 13 5' 'V 5 A W w by . - ic, lst ROW:MLCSL,R,BUTNER3SFM3 MCCOY5 SFM3 BLEICKg SFC A. B. ST. GERMAINE. 2nd ROW: SFP2 NEALISg SFl BARTON. WELD SHOPLAND QUALITY EVALUATION LABORATORY The Weld Shop is comprised of four men. The shop has one high pressure Welder, tW0 intermediate Welders and one apprentice. The Weld Shop does various types of Welding Wlth the most modern equipment available. lt has a high frequency unit that is used for all tyTpeS of heli-arc Welding. It also has a Westing Arch Welder which is used for Aluminum Weldlhg. The shop accomplishes repairs on high pressure steam lines and valves up to and including 1250 pounds of steam pressure. . ln addition the shop does Welding on replacements of hull members and structural plating. Brazing is also done by its personnel. There are old castings to be brazed and build up fO1' machining. Boat screws, valves, and valve seats are repaired by this shop. The mission of the Quality Evaluation Shop is to check and. control the qualitY Of Work that is done on ship's .equipment Which are used Kunder strain or high pressure. We have four different methods of checking Welds, valves and many items for cracks, discontinuitieS, 211151 material flaws that might cause failure in an operating part. The four tests are the Magnetlo Particle Method, the Liquid Penetrant Test, the Ultrasonic Flaw Detection Test, and the Gamma X-Ray Camera Test. All these methods andafew more make the equipment safe to Work With, and a safer ship to Work in.

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DIVE RS of V117-if X X X X 1 x x XX R X X K X X N X syn, xx FW- lst ROW: MLCS L. R. BUTNER5 SFI GILSONg SN WEINTZg LT. L. RODRIGUES. 2nd ROW: LIC W. COPELANDg MMI BELSHAQ ML1 ROE. DIVING LOCKER There are three first class divers, two second class divers, and one scuba diver and the diving officer attached to the Diving Locker. The diver's work consist mostly, of making underwater hull inspections, underwater repairs and searching for lost articles dropped over the side. Most of the work is accom- YY plished with the use of scuba gear, although the divers are qualified in using Jack Brown and Hard Hat fDeep Sea Diving Geary. The divin locker is equipped with sufficient equipment to accomplish most underwater E repair work. The diving boat is equipped with three volume tanks capable of holding 3000 pounds of air in each tank. Two divers dressed in Deep Sea suits can work from the diving f k boat for a reasonable amount of time, depending on the duration and type o wor .

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R- DIVISION LIGHT MACHINE SHOP t. ' of ww, f y E w 1 i i lst ROW: MR3 FALLONQ MR3 ALESSI3 FN BAKERg MR1 STEVENSONg MR3 HEATHg MRFA THOMASQ MR3 BURNLEYg FN CHERRY, FN ANDERSON5 FN DLOBIK5 MRFN BRANNONg FN BARTHOLOMEWg FN OVERDIEK3 MRI FAIRg FN MCMURRYQ MRFA LANGEQ LTJG E. B. MIGLIORINI. FERGUSON. 2nd ROW: MRC L. E, BELLOWSQ MR2 LIGHT MACHINE SHOP The Light Machine Shop is one of two machine shops aboard DELTA, The Light Machine Shop is capable of handling most of the small and intricate machine shop operations. The various operations performed on the 37 machines include slotting, boring, milling, turning, facing, shaping, balancing, cutting gears, threading, knurling, broaching, and when using a hammer, chisel and file, small miracles are also accomplished. The maximum diameter of a piece of Work produced is 60 inches. One other function of the shop is the maintenance of a central tool room, which provide tools, not only for the shops in the division, but for customer ships as well. Shop personnel take pride in that a job has never been turned down for a lck of experienced personnel, thus keeping DELTA's can do motto flying high. '