Essex (LHD 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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IM' 55 1 ENS B. SHAEFFER GO Division PYLARINOS Sir, would you mind Ufl grab a few of those peaches before we move lhose pallets to the Hangar Bay? BMC P. FAHEY BM1 R. JOHNSON BM1 W. POWELL BM1 K. SMOULCEY BM2 P OBREGON BM2 J OMEARA BM3 B BECK BM3 J ILEY Some of the hrghlrghts of the SIX month crurse rncluded more than 250 launches and recoverres of LCACSILCUS and the movement of landrng force equrpment As the prrmary pornt for gettrng the embarked mannes off the slnp and to the beach departmental personnel spent many long days rn the well deck ensurrng all personnel and equrpment movements were conducted safely In addltron to 1ts well deck accomplrslunents the department also conducted more than 20 underway alongside replemshment evolutlons enablrng ESSEX to remarn at sea in support of the many exercrses rn whrch we were partrcrpants Many trmes the schedule requlred us to go alongsrde two drfferent dehvery shrps on the same day Desprte thrs taxrng schedule all personnel performed at peak effrcrency as we took on more than 400 pallets of fresh and frozen food and more than srx mrllron gallons of dresel and jet fuel To put that mto +1 1. f w a s l if 1 ., ,. 1 ew .- fl 'ft-. lfifgaffm, l +1 e - - ' ' X ff . BM2 R. JONES BM3 J JUMP perspectrve srx mrllron gallons of fuel would allow you to put 20 gallons of gas rn a car once a week for the next 5 769 years Exercrse EAGER MACE requlred us to anchor ESSEX more than we care to remember In all ESSEX anchored 10 trmes mooredfunmoored erght trmes and manned the RHIB to provrde over 250 hours of ready searCh and rescue CSARJ asset durrng flrght quarters Dunng the few well deserved port v1s1ts wlnle the rest of the crew WZS on lrberty Deck personnel Calong wrth selected 1nd1v1duals from other departmentsj remarned busy wrth Slde Cleaners Workrng port and starboard shlfts the srde cleaners detarl kept ESSEX looking her absolute best and enabled her to return to San Drego looklng just as good 21S the day she departed srx months earlrer Bravo Zulu tO everyone rn Deck Department on a well executed and professronal deployment s 9 i - 1 l s , 9 . . . l 7 9 a ' ' ' . ' 66 ' i . . . . . . n . . . . ' , ' 1 , . '-gl-'T ' I v V ii i AW-ir' Vi F PM