Gunston Hall (LSD 5) - Naval Cruise Book

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FIRST DIVISION Left to Right: Nooner, (kneeling), Parkings, Johnson, Bently, Back, Spinks, Lake, Williams, Coons, Boyd, Hayn, Hora, Ritz, Reeves, Hart, Frazier, Johnson J., Slatton, Hastings, Good, McBee. (Absent) McGuire, Miller, Novosad, Overby, Interbitzen, Martin, Shakelford, Ballard, Kilberg. 18

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Wonder what this valve does? ' It was a posed shot! SNIPES! A-B-E-R-M DIVISIONS The M-Division cares for the main propulsion and the related equipment . . . The B division tends the two boilers which furnish steam to drive the ship ' s vital gea r; and they still have time to rate outstand- ing on every inspection . . . R division, the repair- men, besides handling the complicated job of ballast control, are always on the job building and repairing to give us a safer, more comfortable ship in which to live . . . A division maintains all auxiliary equip- ment and keeps our boats ready for operations, (get- ting that liberty party ashore! !) . . . The repeat calls over the P. A. for the Duty Elec- trician furnish ample evidence of the vital function E division performs in keeping our ship going. These five division make up our Engineering Department. ' Mi God ' s gift to Hollywood. I did it and I ' m glad! Wacky welder. 17

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FIRST DIVISION DECK APES . . . they are called, but they are the ship ' s housekeepers. They keep the forward portion of our ship clean, free of rust and painted. At sea they are the lookouts and phone-talkers, and man the high- lines . . . Being on the Deck requires many skills such as knot-tieing, boat-handling and special handling of small landing craft during Docking and Undocking. You hold it while I watch. You caught my linger — ycu OAr! Button. Button, W.-.c ' s got Ine Button? Real hard workers. 19