Flint (AE 32) - Naval Cruise Book

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(ABOVE) Taking a break from the heat in the air-conditioned Enclosed Operating Space, the control center of the hole. (LEFT) Standing evaporator watch to keep the fresh water coming. (BELOW) Getting in close to take a look at the problem. A machinist mate works with complex, precision machinery. 23

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(STANDING) MM1 Arthur Whitton, MM3 Fransisco Ril- lamas, FA Haywood Molette, FN Richard Vaughn, MM2 Gary Kaiser. (KNEELING) FN John Howard, FA Patrick Kennedy, FA Robert Lutomski, MM3 Dan- iel Montoya. Division (STANDING) FA Mark Munns, FN Timothy Haley, FA Ricky McElmurray, CW02 Thomas Hair. (KNEELING) MM3 Josefino Estores, FA Leonard Bright, MM3 Alvin Van Winkle. The Machinists Mates keep the engine room ticking the way a jeweler tinkers with watches. But that ' s where the resemblance ends. An MM works with pumps and fittings that can be as big as a man, using wrenches the size of a tennis racket and, sometimes, a ten-pound sledge is the only way to knock some sense into a frozen nut. Tearing apart a two-ton pump in the hole is like working in a steam bath. But it takes skill and patience to work with heavy equipment which has to fit down to the last thousandth of an inch. Machinists Mates also provide the ship with fresh water, distilled from the sea. 22

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m6 • « ■ - lU (BACK ROW, left to right) EM3 Thomas Wood, IC3 David Metzler, EM3 Joseph Johnson, EMFN Steven Strong, IC2 Scott Clark, IC3 Richard Mortimer, EM2 Manfred Brantley, ICC Ronald Runkles. (FRONT ROW) EM2 James Frayne, IC3 Rodney Sala, EMFN Jeffery She- pherd, IC2 Paris Doss, IC3 Edward lerardi, IC3 Casey Mann. Pictured here on the flight deck, where E Division musters for Quarters. ii E ' Division Checking out a sound powered phone on the bridge. The Electrician ' s Mates (EM ' S) and the Interior Communications Technicians (IC men) who make up E Division are responsible for maintaining shipboard electrical systems and internal communications and alarm circuits. For the EM, that means maintenance of the ship ' s battery charging station, without which FLINT couldn ' t use her fork trucks for instance. Underway, they stand watches in the Enclosed Operating Space (EOS), riding herd on the ship ' s generators to funnel power where it ' s needed. The IC man is tasked with keeping the ship ' s sound powered phone system in opera- tion, maintaining the 1MC, or general address system, and last but not least, for insuring that alarm systems are functional and dependable. 24