Gridley (DLG 21) - Naval Cruise Book

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The most feared band of ruffians that ever roamed the Tonkin Gulf. Our Main Man, best steamer and hardest worker with his techincal assistant. Man, look at all that Beef! They want to swap! Going home? Yoko? Never happen ! 15

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The loved ones we left at home ! While we slaved away ? ? We built muscles of iron from all that hard work. And we got skinney ! We served our idol the finest chow in the fleet. Our Habbi sear ches and prays for a fine libertj ' port. Our own l remier C ijening of the Nashville Rebel . 14

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A R DIVISION Machinist Mates operate and maintain thepropulsion turbines, i-eduction gear, condensers, air ejectors, and such miscellaneous auxiliary equipment in the engineering spaces as pumps, air compressors, generators, evaporators, valves, oil piu ' ifiers, oil and water heaters, governors, and propeller shafts. Enginemen operate and maintain power plants used to operate ship- boai-d auxiliai-ies, and to propel boats and ships. In adcUtion to working with internal combustion engines (diesel and gasoline), enginemen nuist know how to operate, maintain, and repair many kinds of ship- board avLxiliary equipment. Such equipment includes refrigeration and air conditioning systems, pmnps, air compressors, and various kinds of hyth-aulic equipment. Shipfitters plan, supervise, and perform tasks necessary for fab- rication, installation, and repair of metal structures. They install and maintain shipboard and shore base plumbing and high and low pressure piping systems. Sliipfitters organize, supervise, and train personnel in maintenance and repair duties. Damage Controlman are qualified in the techniques, skills, and use of eciuipment of damage control, carpentry, firefighting, and nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) warfare defense. Damage Conti-olman ai-c responsible for maintaining and repaii-ing damage control eciuipment and preserving watertight integrity by such means as adjusting dogs and renewing gaskets on watertight doors, hatches, scuttles, etc. Machinery Repairmen make all types of machine shop repairs on shipboard machinery. This work requires the skilKul use of lathes, milling machines, boring mills, grinders, power hackaws, drill presses, and other macliine tools as well as aU handtools and mcasiu-- ing instruments usually foiuid in a machine sliop. ' Hie job of restoring machinery to good woi-kijig order ranges from the fabrication of simple pin or link to complete rebuilding of the highest order. Often, in the a)3sence of a dimensional drawing or other design information, a machinery repairman must depend upon his ingenuity and know-how to succcssully machine a repair part. 16