Duluth (LPD 6) - Naval Cruise Book

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Qclockwise from rightj YN1 Teddy Bolton and PN1 Stan Benson discuss the topic for an upcoming divisional training sessiong YNSN Barry johnson is happily reunited with his wife and son upon our return to San Diegog PNSA Steve VonPrisk reviews service record entriesg YN2 Robert Her- nandez, an unidentified Marine, YN2 Rick Bestone and SSGT Bonin, in the well deck during 1-Alphag NCC Larry Pitts discusses career planning with a crew member.

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, Airdales The primary mission of DULUTHs Arr Department is to provide a platform whereby combat-ready troops can be expeditiously offloaded to the area of assault Secondly the Air Dept provides DULUTH with a means to onload or offload supplies equipment and combat support troops i The Air Department is divided into three distinct but equally vital work centers The ABH's, or Aircraft Handlers, are responsible for safely directing landing and moving helicopters Qualified ABH s who guide helicopters while they land are designated LSE Landing Signal Enlisted A The ships GSE CGround Support Equipment 1S maintained by highly skilled personnel who are designated ASM's Aviation Support Maintenance Their responsibilities lie in maintaining all yellow gear heavy diesel equipment primarily used for moving aircraft electric fork lifts and all of the ships diesels The ABF s better known as fuelies maintain thejP5 fuel systems used by the helicopters and the JP5 fuel. They are also '- responsible for the motor gas used by Marine ground vehicles and it s associated systems. They must also test the fuel f constantly to ensure it s purity prior to being pumped into the multi-million dollar aircraft They also continually monitor the , 1 systems designed to prevent catastrophic accidents while handling volatile fuels such as JP5 and gasoline. . l DULUTH's Air Department is second to none, and they proved it during Westpac when they surpassed 18,000 accident- free helicopter landings since the ship's commissioning in 1965. lim QQ ' 77 . , . . . , o 7 7 ' A 0 Q ' 7 7 ' . , D . - 0 - C D . . . . H yy C . D . . , . 7 7 ' 7 If 77 ' 4 7 7 Q 7 , . . . . l 5 I 1 . A 41 3 15,1 l T 1 r iQY?g?bY ' , E , H , li LCDR NORMAN H. CRANE AIR DEPARTMENT HEAD fthru December 198111 LCDR RICHARD L DICK AIR DEPARTMENT HEAD ENS TONEY R. DOLLINS Q AVIATION FUELS OFFICER 0 N x.!, f f ABFC DAVID .ADKINS .LEADING CHgEF PETTY LE lQ1'gf1bl51IQfE12IV,1l4YE63?1fC15E ABI21 FRANCIS J. ALIOTO yi OFFICER R LEADING PETTY OFFICER p 5 1 thru February 1982,