Gridley (DLG 21) - Naval Cruise Book

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R DIVISION SFM2 DANIELS Jh J SFM3 leisciinp:r SFM3 JOHANN DCKN MIINOZ The R Division is responsible for maintaining the watertight in- tcgritj- of the ship. The R Division consists of t he shipfitter, damage controlman, and the machinery repairman. If you were assigned to this division you would work in the machine shop. All damage control and firefighting equipment aboard ship is main- tained by the R Division. Much of the training of personnel in damage control is carried on by R Division personnel. SKPKN HAPTISTA ij tre+ ■V-Ka ' f ' c FN LAHSON FN WESSMAN FN SAMCIIEZ 17

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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

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A DIVISION MR! KEYSER MMl COAKLEY EN2 COX MM2 BARNES MM3 SPAIN Persomiel of A Division operate the refrigeration plant, air com- pressors, emergency fire pumps, emergency cliesel generators, and the ventilation and air conditioning systems, the ship ' s steering engines. If you were assigned to tliis cUvision, you could be stationed in the aiuxiliaries spaces or in any other part of the ship where the auxiliai-ies imder A are located. The refrigeration plant, similar in many respects to home refrig- eration, preserves the supply of fresh foods and provides ice for general shipboard use. The air comijressors supply compressed air for pneumatic tools, for cleaning parts of machinery, for diesel engine starting systems, and for various other pui ' poses. Tlie equip- ment assigned to the A Division is located throughout the ship. MM3 SHOEMAKER MM. ' ! VALLrMON ' T ENFN ACOSTINEI.U FN TREMAINE FN HEUMISER FN KADERLIK