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ENGINEERING Engineers are a strange breed, a race apart. It is hard to explain how a man gets to be one, and since they appear to be unable to explain it themselves, the matter remains shrouded in mystery. The normal human beings who inhabit the pure air of the upper decks re- gard them, when they occasionally emerge from the depths, with amazement and curiosity. For though they look and move like other men, they are distinctly differ- ent. Their eyes blink continuously in the unaccustomed light of day. Their skin, when visible beneath oil stains, has a curious pallor like that of some ancient cave dweller. Their walk, too, tends to be stooped and shambling, suggesting an earlier and less attractive stage of evolution. And as for their uniforms . . . So runs the opinion of uncouth Deck Apes. But operating and maintaining the Engineering plant of a destroyer is not a matter of opinion. It is the primary job in any steam driven ship and even more essential in a destroyer. For a destroyer must not only be capable of high speed. Destroyers, more than any other ship in the Navy, have to be ready to go at all times. They are the race horses of the fleet who are also the work horses. And the responsibility for keeping them going, whether they have to shoot, chase submarines, patrol a harbor entrance, or deliver guard mail, falls entirely on the Engineers. If they fail, everything stops; all motion through the water, power for lights, radars and coffee pots, guns, pumps for fire mams, etc.; the ship, though still afloat, effectively dies. Which is not merely an Engineering Officer ' s nightmare. It can happen. In this connection it may be interesting to note that the Larson has not failed to meet any operational commitment how- ever small for the past two years. And that her Engineer- ing spaces have been the showplace of the ship at all inspections. Perhaps the Engineers do seem a mite strange to topside idlers. They just happen to be busy with making the ship run most of the time. l v T
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