Duncan (FFG 10) - Naval Cruise Book

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Underway Replenishments No less difficult than flight ops, nor less dangerous, is refueling. When two ships w eighing thou- sands of tons each are steaming together only 100 feet apart, there is no room for error. Refueling pro- vides a challenge to the refueling team as well as conning officers. If a span w ire w ere to part, it could do unbelievable damage to ship and men. This is why the BM ' s closely supervise every step of the rig hook up and break. Providing the bulk of the manpow er is the Combat Sys- tems department who w ork together superbly generating a nat- ural rhythm on the line that seats the probe every time. Finally, the Engineers actually take on the fuel as quickly as possible allow ing Dun- can to separate as quickly as possi- ble. Refueling; a very difficult evolution but absolutely necessary to give Duncan her legs . Duncan in her final approach stage i BM3 Willis supervises the rig hook up STG3 Burke and STG2 Law provide manpower The probe, just before it seats

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Flight Ops An SH-3 on final approach Landing a helicopter on a pitch- ing, rolling deck that is cruising along at 20 knots is a very difficult task. It would be nearly impossible without a skilled and trained flight deck crew standing by. From the landing signalman to the hosemen on the fire party, each man is hand picked for the job. It is no wonder that helo squadrons request Dun- can ' s flight deck to complete their deck landing qualificatiosn and why Duncan was selected to work on the CNO project for landing SH- 3 ' s on FFG ' s. As in almost every other aspect of naval warfare, Dun- can has established her flight deck as one of the best in the fleet. hovering over the flight deck BM3 Clarke inspects the placement of chock and chains

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Towing The ability of a ship to tow or be towed is one of the most important yet least practiced skills of Navy ships. This year, during a Selres training w eekend, Duncan teamed up with USS Bolster to practice a towing evolution. Planned well in advance by BMCS Little and his gang, and thoroughly briefed, the towing went exceptionally smooth. To an outside observer, it would have appeared that Duncan did tow- ing evolutions on a routine basis! BM ' s and deck seaman formed up on the forecastle As Bolster clears the bow, towing detail haiils in shot line Waiting for the shot line to come over