Delta (AR 9) - Naval Cruise Book

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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. '

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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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HEAVY MACHINE SHCP ' Q M 5 7 Wa! 7 . fa ,V 5 , , . . H L. A 1StROW:MMFNCOVINGTONgMR3 GOULD3 FN E.W.ALLENgMRFN WIGGINSQMRFAHARKLERCRAIEH BALDERSTONg MM2 ZICKERT3 MR3 MALLARDQ MR1 BAKERg MM1 FAULHABER3 MM1 MORSE,I-IFN MMFN VLIETQ MM1 RILEYg MR3 HALVORSENgMM3 MILES5 MM1 BEECHg MRFN DUGGANg MMM3 WEISSMANg MM1 COURTNEYg MMFN SCHIERKOLKg PETERSQ MM3 THROOP3 FN MAC LNNIS, I MRFN WINGROVE5 MRFA AMICO. 2nd ROW: MRC BURNES5 MM3 CHADWICK: LTJG E. B. MIGLIORTN - HEAVY MACHINE SHOP The Heavy Machine Shop is one of the most important shops in the Repair Department, as it deals primarily with the propulsion segment of our customer ships. The Heavy Machine Shop is divided into three smaller specialized shops. The first is the Valve Shop which handle all kinds of valves from regulating valves to gate and globe valves. The second speCi211tY Shop 15 the Pump Shop, which as the name implies, handles all types of pumps. Many 10113 hows are spent in the Pump Shop to bring our customer ship's pumps up to specifications. The third, ani very important shop, is the Air Conditioning Repair Shop. With the tropical temperatures O WE STPAC, it's understandable that air conditioning is important for the morale Of OUT customer ships. , Another facet of the Heavy Machine Shop work is the repair of large machinery that ls much too cumbersome to be delivered to the shop. These consist of deck Winches, Cranes' and other steam operated deck equipment.