Downes (FF 1070) - Naval Cruise Book

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and we are otta here 99 LSS Gushing, with COMDESRON 31 embarked, leads the way to WESTPAC LCDR Selberg observes his last passage under the San Diego Bay Bridge aboard the DOWNES MM3 White gets one last look at home See ya later, San Diego!

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The Last Few Weeks . . .

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ENGINEERING npnqn Electrician ' s Mate (EM) Machinery Repairman (MR) Hull Maintenance Technician (HT) Boiler Technician (BT) Interior Communications Electrician (IC) M Machinist ' s Mate (MM) Engineman (EN) The Engineering Department, head- ed by LT Jim Steigerwald, are the guys who keep the Frigate From Heir on the move. No engineers, no lights and no wake, that simple. There are four divisions in engineering. M Division takes care of the main engine and tons of other equipment. B Di- vision is responsible for making steam in the fireroom. A-Gang takes care of an incredible amount of auxiliary equipment. E division is the caretak- er of the electricity and internal com- munications. Lastly, R Division welds it all back together and fights the unwanted fires and flooding. The engineers are often overlooked in the journals of history, but without them, no ship ever steamed away from the pier and into battle and therefore into history. DAHAGE COJJTROLfiAN (DC) Cheng with both BTC ' s Cheng on watch? No way! Really? . . . Come on ,