Harold J Ellison (DD 864) - Naval Cruise Book

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D. A. On the other side of the boiler is BT1 Tiny Bottger who appears to have his foot loosely planted on the face of BT3 Hopson. B. BT3 Duniven tries his skill at regulating a soot blower valve. C. Changing burners in B-3 is BT2 Harvey. D. FN Tanwangco gives IVIIVIFN Woodall a hand with the ,snipely artof bilge cleaning. E. FN Poppie shifts evapor- ator discharge tanks.

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B 81 M DIVISIUN C. 30 A. A. Ensign Dan Wolfe watches in- tently as lVllVl3 Pingry tests feedwater for salinity. B. Adding much needed packing to a valve in B-3 is BTFN Whitlock. C. BT3 Reese and BT2 Harvey pull the cores oft the boilers to start one of the grimiest jobs on board - clean- ing firesides. X84

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A sg vi. A. In B-3 BTFN Brunner changes thenflex in a steam drain line. B. Answering speed changes from the bridge, IVIIVIFN Barkley stands the throttle watch in lVIain Control. C. BT3 Steve Walton stares down a mainsteam valve while cross- connecting the plant. D. FN Tanwangco is engulfed by machin- ery as he bleeds excess condensation from the turbines. E. Cigar-puffing IVIIVI1 Smith acts as Chief of the Watch to coordinate the operation of the engineering plant. E. 32