Essex (LHD 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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The V-4 division onboard ESSEX operates and maintains the aviation fueling system from the seventh deck to the flight deck. The flight deck workcenter has the hazardous mission of fueling and defueling all aircraft and ground support equipment, while maintaining a quality assurance lab responsible for the testing of all aviation fuel. Flight deck repair ensures the preventive maintenance and - repair of flight and hangar deck refueling stations and defueling equipment. The belowdecks workcenter is responsible for the receipt, stripping, transfer, purification and pumping of fuel to the flight deck. This involves numerous hours of training and maintenance, through the knowledge of a complex array of piping, pumps, valves, gauges and motors. . l a 4 LT HENDERSON ABFC PORTILLO ABFC DELACRUZ ABF1 BERGADO ABF1 LEAUANAE ABF1 MALCOLM ABF2 BAKER FEED EM' FUEL... TOP RIGHT: Aviation Fuel's Boatswain 's Mates give new meaning to the phrase 'When you gotta fly, you gotta fly! ' as they quieklyjuel a helo and jump back into the catwalks along the flight deck. ABOVE: Keeping the fuel clean and ready to use, requires the reliability ofpurgiers and the personnel to keep them operational. V'X ,,E m 'JD'-..A 'Liz- -Wss, .W Vi. .V E, f' 9 ' :eral fig? 'Un Ei

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