George Washington (CVN 73) - Naval Cruise Book

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Repair Division HTC(SW) Robert Bissett MR1(SW SCW) Richard Leopold HTI(SW) Ronald Rose HT1 David Simmons HT1 Steven Townsend Repair Division consisted of five work centers responsible for various maintenance throughout the ship. The shipfitter shop performed structural fabrication. An example of their work included the brackets in the squadron ready rooms for flight deck monitors. The shipfitters shop also manufactured a towable target for the pilots to sharpen their attack skills. The carpenter shop manufactured numerous plaques for distinguished visitor embarks and repaired the insulation on piping systems that kept the crew safe and cool. The nuclear weld shop performed repairs to aircraft equipment such as spotting dollies, tow bars and vital sections of piping used for the jet blast deflectors. They conducted emergent repairs to firemain piping and to steam cut flanges in the main machinery rooms. As part of the battle force IMA, they performed emergent repairs to the USS Kalamazoo and the USS Thomas S. Gates. The pipe shop responded to trouble calls 24 hours-a-day. By doing so, their work helped maintain critical quality of life systems such as the showers. The machinery repairmen manufactured a variety of parts from blueprints and samples by using the different milling machines, lathes, and drilling machines. Their work in support of the battle force IMA consisted of manufacturing shaft and wearing rings for several electric motors on battle group ships. They were also the ship’s engravers, who made name tags and engraving trophy brass for plaques. The locksmith repaired numerous locks, including safes, and replaced door locks. MR2 Mike Cantlon HT2 Victor Freeland HT2 Shawn Gavin HT2 Keith Sapp HTI(SW) Jeffrey Wimer MR2(SW) Steve 390 Engineering

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rhe 3M Office was the ship’s preventive maintc-[coordination center, working with each tment’s 3M assistant to provide the support it id to maintain George Washington’s many com-lystems. The 3M Office was responsible to the jtive Officer for coordination and direct supervi f all administrative facets of the ship’s 3M n. Newly developed PMS procedures were faulted for distribution to work centers, and guidance and clarification of applicable instructions and policies was provided to all departments. Work center feedback reports, FBRS, were reviewed for accuracy, approved, and sent to the type commander for incorporation to the 3M system. The quality of the ship's 3M organization was evident during the COMNAVAIRLANT 3M evaluation, when the program received the highest grade assigned to an Atlantic Fleet aircraft carrier. LCDR Petor Stromann MMC(SW) Norbert Lonczak DPI David Taylor DP2 Mark Miller Engineering 3-M Division 389

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MR2 William Steiner HT2 Mario Trevino HT2 Robert Vaughn MR2 Marshal Waddington HT3 David Baker Jr. HT3 Jesse Brewer III HT3 Damion Carpenter HT3 Thomas Chambliss HT3 Lawrence Cortright HT3 Stephen Costello MR3 Scott Gainey HT3 Jon Jones Engineering