Dixon (AS 37) - Naval Cruise Book

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D-3 Division The maintenance and proper operation and handling of the DIXON utility boats is the primary concern of D-3 Division. The twelve boats assigned to the ship, as well as the boat deck where they are stored, must be constantly tended in order to ensure that they do not deterior- ate from the salt water environment. The utility boats are used daily to transfer weapons, supplies, and personnel. BMl Satterfield, Division Officer BM2 Brown BM2 Fleck SA Alhadi SA Black SA Byrne SN Castillo SN CoUette SN Fleury SN Freeman SN Fremont SR Hays SA Kinard SN Miller SR Mosley SN Nix SA Rosario SN Ruiz SN Saunders SN Shaw SA Wagoner SA Wells SN Wilson

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D-1 Division D-2 Division D-l is assigned the job of maintaining the ground tackle on the ship and participates in the anchoring and underway evolutions of the ship, as well as the tended units. When they are not engaged in these activities, the Boatswains Mates in D-l engage in the traditional and never-ending job of preserving the decks on DIXON ' S 01 level. While also assigned the traditional duties of the Boatswains Mate rating, such as shipboard preservation, the personnel in D-2 operate the ship ' s cranes to load weapons, stores, and other miscellaneous tasks. D-2 also has custody of the ship ' s paint locker and issues all the paint that is used on board. D-2 Division BMl Whitehead, Division Officer BM2 Arnel BM3 Garcia BM3 Peters SA Angelicola SN Brown SN Chase SA Covington SA Davis SA Ehrhardt SA Fausnaught SA Fletcher SA Hickman SA Horning SA Jarka SA Jones SN Molina SA Newson SA Olsen K SA Pratts

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