Hamlin (AV 15) - Naval Cruise Book

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KE 1 GMU TY When The seoplone crdne of one of The Tenders vvos puT ouT of working order by ci suicide oTTo1ck, iT vvcis necessory To devise o rneons oT uTiIizing ThoT ship's PATSU uniT even Though plones could noT be puT on her sedpldne deck. Thus, The seoplone borge vvos born, o TlooTing workshop upcn which vvos ploced o seoplone in need oT repoir ond The men To do The job. Propelled by Two gionT, ouTboord rncTors, This borge enobled The crippled ship To moinToin flighT schedules vviTh good dvo1iIobiliTy of seoplones. The HAMLIN ossisTed by doing The hoisTing of pldnes from vvoTer To borge ond bock oigoin. CREW S sm ysilwffria' :Nw i 1 5 .K Q 4 .1 1 T 2 'E I i . , T . . , f -- --we -f' ,rw .Q H . , A B k Am

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fl -erm l -ma...-' r4....' iid- M PLA ll HA BLING DETAIL, LAY AFT T0 THE EAPLA Ii IIEUK Behind the flying personnel, keeping the plones ofloot ond in the oir, is the Potrol Service Unit, o ship-boord ground crew. Every doy during the gruelling months ot lwo Jimol ond Koromo Rhetto brought heovy work for men of PATSU, Engine overhoul, mode frequent by corrosive solt sproy, repoir of empennoge domoged by heovy seosg ond potchwork on shropnel-riddled fobric were problems confronting the oirdole mechs ond metolsmiths. To give the P. Boots both bite ond bork, the ordnoncemen ond rodiomen serviced mochine guns ond rodio equipment, essentiol items of oeriol worfore. The photogrophs on these two poges depict the first operotionol hoisting of o PBQY CORONADO by o tender of this closs.- The CORO- NADO, though of less spon ond fuseloge length thon the MARINER, weighs in ot o ton ond o holf more even when stripped ond empty. Now, one of our sister ships is utilizing the results of this test hoist in c-perotion of o QY squodron. CREW Q

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Wl G' cw IIAVIE Jllill DespiTe The capabiliTies of our plane handling crews and rescue parTies, There were TacTors beyond our abiliTy To conTrol. The weaTher was one of These. During a rough sea aT Chimu Wan, Okinawa, The bow of This flying bcaT was ripped open and waTer rapidly Tilled The forward secTion of The plane. The rescue parTy aTTempTed To Tow The plane under The dangling hook of The seaplane crane buT sTrong cUrrenT and a cross wind made The maneuver impossible. WiTh The weighT cf waTer The Seaplane nosed over unfil The aTTer fuselage made a fcrTy-five degree angle in The air. All crew members had by Then been removed and from The TanTail of Th HAMLIN we waTched The olane gradually seTTle inTo The sea. IT was ThroaT-lumping To see The Tail secTion, poised Tor an insTanT, Then slide quieTly below The waves. Page 43