Duncan (FFG 10) - Naval Cruise Book

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Counter-clockwise from above (1) Lube oil samples necessary to track equipment status (2) A hand held radio . . . vital when mooring (3) Parallel rulers and dividers ... as old as the Navy (4) Barometer used to predict weather changes (5) A sharp knife . . . the most used tool in the Navy

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An aledaide is used to accurately measure bearings Tools of the Trade- Modern Navy w arships are highly complicated platforms with many complex systems aboard. It takes extremely intelligent technicians with years of training and hands on experience to keep Duncan ' s equip- ment functioning correctly. Addi- tionally, it takes the right tool to get the job done properly. Interest- ingly, though, many of the tools of today ' s Navy have not changed sig- nificantly in many years. On these pages are some of the tools used on a frequent basis by Duncan sailors working hard.

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A Day Aboard Duncan Many Crew ' s Books dwell on the interesting and unusual evolutions that ships go through, but these represent a small percentage of the hours spent aboard ship. Countless hours are devoted to training, pre- ventative and corrective mainte- nance, cleaning, preservation and paperwork, paperwork, paper- work. These are the jobs that have to be done day in and day out in order to effectively and safely con- duct the more glamorous shipboard evolutions. Although cleaning and paperwork can often be quite bor- ing, Duncan sailors put the same energy and enthusiasm into these duties as they do in the more enjoya- ble tasks. This is the reason that Duncan does so well in her inspec- tions and continues to set standards for future inspections. So, w ithout further delay, Duncan sailors in a typical day aboard ship . . . ICl Anderson and ICFN Womack perform maintenance on the gyro FTM3 Hoffman in the cooling room 58 EN3 Wright fine tunes his compressor