Galveston (CLG 3) - Naval Cruise Book

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.,. . .. f'B DIVISION ff St , W'll Travel is the motto of the 75 Have eaXII'1ES'IION's Boiler Division. Although men in GAL I , their work usually goes unseen, the boilermen and machinist mates in the flreroom rest easy in the knowledge that no matter how accurate and depend- bl weapons system may be, it is still useless un- e a , less the means exists to move it to the-appolnted ttl This is precisely the mission of the field of ba e. O . Boiler Division: to help provide the SGPVICGS to put ' ' ' ht time with the ship at the right place at the rig the greatest possible speed and efliciency. The problems involved in placing the ship's main propulsion plant in good operating condition were, in many respects, just the reverse of those faced in other areas of the ship. The main propulsion ma- chinery had already been proved dependable and ef- ficient on other ships. The problems, then, were those arising from thirteen years of idleness and inactivity in a ship which had never left dockside under its own power. The past year has seen these problems solved one by one, resulting .in an excellent performance. Dur- ing 1959 not a smgle exercise was interrupted by CHECKING THE WATER LEVEL IN THE BOILER boiler or generat - Division are proiig iisfiiglejecgs ZLriI3ci1X?vElI:he Eigiler - con lnu to do their part to maintain the G ALVESTON e emclent fighting un1t and a smart ship as an -1

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E! RADM J. MC N . TAYLOR, COMCRULANT AND CAPT. SCOTT ON THE BRIDGE COMCRULANT PIPED ABOARD BY HEL.O ADM WRIGHT, CINCLANTFLT, CAPT SCOTT., AND CDR JOSLIN ES CORT KING HUSSEIN OF JORDAN ABOARD GALVESTON . ,JL 6