Gearing (DD 710) - Naval Cruise Book

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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.

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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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MM3 J. Gasiorowski MM3 R. Leslie MMS D- Mickels ln. MM3 R. Shillington MM3 F- Sl6'ViSOI1 tk an FN Hancock findsa few minutes to get that letter Written. A A MMFN C. Mumford FN 5. Biozmoki FN A. Chapman QS. MMFN J- Hughes FN D. Lutz FN T. Myers wa . FA S. Stirewalt FA M. Pion FA M- Newman FA A. Hancock FA D. Gordon