Gearing (DD 710) - Naval Cruise Book

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ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT The Engineering Department is made up of several divisions, each descriptive of the type of work its members do. All the 'divisions include Firemen QFN'sj, the equivalent of Searnen in the other departments, who later become designated specialists in one area. E i . u Some become Boilermen QBT'sj, and belong to ' ' B d1V1S1OI1- Their work is in the hot firerooms, tending the fires, watching water levels and steam pressures, and providing the initial power without which nothing else on the ship would work. Others become Machinists Mates fMM'sj, in M Division. They take the steam produced by the BT's and convert it to propulsion power in the two enginerooms. MM's look after tur- bines, reduction gears, propellers, and similar equipment. The rest of the engineers tor Snipes, as they are known to the Outside world? belong to UR or Repair Division, later divided into R and A QAuxiliaryj divisions. These include the Damage controlmen QDC'sj, who learn to patch holes, fight fires, and generally control damage, Electrician Mates QEM'sj who provide electrical power using some more of the BT's steamg Internal Communications Technicians IC' C SP who work on sound-powered telephones, intercom and general announcing systems, computer and indicator connecting cables, the ship's gyro, and sometimes the Ship's Entert ' ainment Sys- tem, and Shipfitters, specializing in pipe fSFP'S, and Sheet metal 'fSFM'sj manufacture and repa.ir. .All-in-all, the engineers often find themselves working out of sight and even out of the minds of the rest of the crew. When seen, 'they are usually covered with fuel oil during replenish- ment at sea, or? with soot as they crawl out a boiler or Stack They blow tubes all over everything and everybody' or dro the eleCU1Cal load during a crucial communications eicercisep.Binr they can do wonders fixing a 23 year Old plant with sealing Zcgggglnd' Chswmg gum, balmg Wife, and a few well-chosen ' LT EDWARD A. MONACO Engineering Officer l ll LT HOWARD V. WEST ENS ROBERT J. SCHWEQIZEN, Main Propulsion Assistant Damage CUHUOI Assls +1 ,,...... 5

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EXECUTIVE OFFICER Lieutenant Commander Ronald P. Zwart, USN, became our Executive Officer in -September, 1967, bringing with him a wide range of experience in nearly ten years of active service in the U.S. Navy. LCDR Zwart received his Bachelor of Arts degree at Dartmouth College where he was a member of the Navy ROTC program. Further education following his commissioning as Ensign, USN, in 1958, included the Defense Intelligence Course in Washington, D.C., and study in the Arabic language at the Defense Language Institute, also in Washington. The latter prepared him specifically for a two-year assignment as Assistant Naval Attache at. the United States Em- bassy in Cairo, United Arab Republic immediately prior to reporting aboard GEARING. At sea, LCDR Zwart has served aboard USS FAL- GOUT CDER-3243, homeported in Pearl Harbor, where he was successively Communications Officer, Com- bat lnformation Center CCICQ Officer, and ,Operations Officer, and aboard USS SOLEY CDD-707j homeported in Norfolk, Virginia, as Operations Officer. LCDR Zwart holds the National Defence Service medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary medal, and joint Services Commendation medal. In addition to his duties as Executive Officer, he also acts as the Ship's Navigator aboard GEARING. Originally calling Darien, Connecticut his home, LCDR Zwart now lives in Newport with his wife, Renate, and their two daughters. . AS Executive Officer, much of LCDR Zwart'S time is SPC? Slffmfi through stacks of correspondence, instructions, notices and 1fCCf1VC that are so Vital a part of any naval command. LCDR RONALD P. ZWART, USN

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MMCS J. Dunivant MMCS D. Long MMC J. Anderson MMC A Rudolph MMI T C t - . ons as MM? D- Berry MM2 C. Clarke MM2 J. Neuman MM2 H, warms MM3 J, Baxter ovoni are often found hard at Work MM3 R. Butts MM3 R. Cameron Shipfitters Wagner and N repairing some irritating problem. - 2 k Q 'if . .. FN P' lon L ' ' + of I addition to their other duties, lC's run the 31495 21 turn at the big board in Main Lontrol. H projector for the irreplaceable nightly movies.