Hull (DD 945) - Naval Cruise Book

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x . L 5 A ' f , , A Q E , 1 if l iii? f- S ! 4 , i X ' it . sg fi Nolan, BT3 Richard Halderman, BT1 Harold Terry. SECOND ROW: Qnleft to rightl FN john Locarnini, FN Harry -' ROW: Qleft to rightj BT1 Cornelius Ren1z, FN Arthur Bouchon, FN Bill Murray, FN Jim Nash, BT3 Robert Benfer, began landing in the Water close by, it Was up to them to produce the power that Would enable the ship to maneuver quickly and avoid the incoming rounds. In addition :fly to keeping the boilers on the line and operating, the BT's are responsible for taking 511 on fuel oil. They received over three million gallons of the black liquid during the V deployment . 125

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XWQQ S W, in FRONT ROW: Qleft to rightj FN Edward Smith, BT3 John Zwigart, BT3 Jim Henson, BT2 Homer Mason, BT3 Joe 1,3 Knowlton, FN Larry Holliday, FN Dave Brown, FN james Gunn, FN Danny Persinger, FN Anthony Donell. THIRD will BT3 Alden Pierce. A ' I-IULL's boiler technicians as a ou k , gr p, are nown as B Division. These men are lem responsible for providing steam at 1, 200 pounds pressure to drive the ship's main :Wd engines. This is a hot job. At times, temperatures reach 1200F and more in the fire- me rooms. It requires long hours. When the equipment breaks down, repair work con- gm, tinues until the casualty is corrected. Often this means very little time for rest. dim, While in WestPac, the performance of these men Was superb. When enemy shells 6 5 124

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Q-f . L 1' FRONT ROW: Qleft to rightj DC1 Dwight Brown, EN2 Marvin Gibson, FN Bill Combs, DC3 Floyd Tutt1eI1I1C3 lim Talley, MM1 George Aiberteni, FN Jim Stewart, ics Carmen Muni, SN Ken Kieek, FN Mike Pegel, F thlefw Olivo-Cordova, IC3 james Robinson, FN jerry Stultz, MR3 Lee Stein, DC3 Wayne Ritz, EM2 DQUHY For P R Division is divided into several repair groups or shops. Each shop is manned by skilled specialists Whose job it is to repair Worn or damaged equipment. Sh1P' fitters, the Welding experts, were kept busy during the deployment repairing gulf H parts Qmostly hydraulic linesj and structural damage caused by gun shock. The .A gang CHA fOr auxiliariesb was called upon numerous times to repair the ship S elf 126 i clfnpb l Shaw, + ill TQ lair. t- ll l0I1s te' glrculli lim 'K u I T I E