Fanning (FF 1076) - Naval Cruise Book

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B DIVISION To drive any conventional steam powered ship you need one essential ingredient — su- perheated steam. There is only one place to get this steam — in the Fireroom from the Boiler Technicians. The BT ' s have their finger on the pulse of FANNING and their hand on her mechanical heart, the two 1200 PSI boilers. The boilers generate the life ' s blood of a con- ventional steam powered ship — superheated steam. Without steam there ' d be no power to drive any of Fanning ' s three 750 KW electrical generators. Without steam there ' d be no means to distill salt water into fresh drinking water. Without steam there ' d be no force to power the turbines to turn the ship ' s screw. And without Boiler Technicians there ' d be no steam. The Boiler Technicians work under the har- shest conditions aboard — in the hole, where the average temperature is close to 100 degrees and the average working day is long and hard. B Division is headed by LT Gruta and BTCS (SW) Benns. The BT ' s: they like it hot! | LT Daniel I. Gruta Boilers Officer San Diego, CA BT2 Grady L. Anderson Corpus Christi, TX BT2 Mario D. Andrade Olongapo City, RPI BTCS Michael L. Benns San Diego, CA BT2 David A. Bockrath Redding, CA BT3 Kevin W. Borecki Wilmington, DE BT2 Kevin M. Bruns i OR