Essex (CVS 9) - Naval Cruise Book

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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I i I I I I 1 I I Commander Thomas K. Ives, USN ENGINEERING OFFICER ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HoIiday RouTineI The announcemenT brings ioy To The IargeST C500 sTrongT, weaIThiesT Qmore Than I,500,000 PGSGTUS spenT each auorTerj, and meanesT QThey reiecT iob orders by The dozensj, deparTrnenT aboard. .A lv The ship is anchored in safe waTers. EIecTricians swarm over The TIighT deck, up The masT, sTringing The essenTlG Med I.ighTs , iusT iTching To reTurn To ThaT rewind iob Tor DD-I8O. Enginernen ready The essenTiaI IiberTy boaTs, PGY' ing iusT a wee biT more aTTenTion To The Gig and The Barge. InTerior CommunicaTion EIecTricians f IC'S T0 UII Secnov guesTsT husTIe around Iike anTs fixing such insigniTicanT iTems as The gyro, ship's Telephones, engine order TeIegrC1Ph5 or mending maior emergency gear such as The sTandby movie proiecTor Tor The Wardroom. In The deeper recesses of The ship, Boilermen clean boiIers and sTeam boilers, pump oiI and burn oiIg disTiII waTer and TesT waTer - aII in a com- TorTabIe 130 degrees pIus. MachinisT MaTes and Machinery Repairmen corraling The I50,000 hosses , repOiYIV1Q Pumps' manuTacTuring parTs and more imporTanT - making brass name pIaTes Tor VII3's. . The Tiushing is gushing over The accomodaTion Iadder. A ShipTiTTer To The rescue Che can Tinish welding ThaT THGIVI STC-20m Iine UVIYTIUTGD. The CDG innocenTIy asks why The ship has a IisT and The Damage ConTroIman Tloods a void T0 compensaTe, Thinking I should have Told him we were parked on a hill , I-IoIiday RouTine in The Engineering DeparTmenT. WiTh hoIiday rouTine like This, who needs a rouTine work dGy'?

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R. Coffey, SN C. Brown, SN If neoresf iond isn'T friendly, vvnof good wi ii Tnoi do US? G' Gaim' SN F. Maudhuit, SN D McDermott, SN D. Reynolds , SN I wish he'd Tell me where vve're going T. Neverdousky, SA Winding The clocks A. DeRosa, SA A. Ricci, SA

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Y LCdr. R.Y. Ott Lt. E.A. Sechrest Lt. D. R. Geddes DAMAGE CONTROL ASST. MAIN PROPULSION ASST. ELECTRICAL OFFICER LCdr. G.P. Timoney Ens. J.S. Carty A.E. Bolduc, MMCS Relieved LCdr. Ott ENGINEERING ADMIN. ASST. AUXILIARIES MATERIAL DAMAGE CONTROL ASST. I Skill GT mofor revvinding