Isle Royale (AD 29) - Naval Cruise Book

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R-4 DIVISION i » s » ' ' V ft: ,rf.tffr ' f ' f y ' Front row: Anders, ETR3 ; Dame, RMl ; McDonald, RMS; Lang, ENT3 ; Porter STG3; Koronkiewicz, ETR3 ; Katz, ETRSN; Maatta, ETRSN; Marino, SA; Humbert, ETRSN; Shipman, ETl. Second row: Whitehead, ETCM ; Cziskowski, ETR2; Stone, STG2; Wilcoxon, SA ; Cutler, ETN3 ; Koza, ETRSN ; Page, ETR2 ; Richards, ETN2 ; Sylvester, ETR2 ; Arnold, ETN3; Planchet, ETR2; Pugh, ETR3; CW04 Jefifers. Third row: Ollis, ETR3 ; Rynberg, ETR3; Miller, ETR3; Parsons, ETR3; Stewart, SA; Wilcox, ,ETR2; Corse, ETR3; Erickson, ETR2; Hazen, STG2; Kornele, ETN2; Dice, STG2. Located on the main deck, a little forward of midships, is a space filled with blinking lights, buzzes, whirring noises, and bubbling of the coffee pot. This is R-4 Division, commonly known as the ET shop. It is here that they repair everything from a crystal radio to high power radars. A piece of equipment must perform three main functions before it can be considered repaired. First, when the ON-OFF sw itch is placed in the ON position, it must light off, take off, fall off the bench, or do whatever it is designed to do with the switch in this position. Second, with all knobs in their operating positions, the equipment must perform its intended function, whether it be receiving the local Ditty Bop show on 750 KC or serving the the ET ' s coffee during their 0900-1 100 and 1400- 1600 coffee breaks. Last but not least, when the ON-OFF switch is placed in the OFF position, the equipment must cease to function. They have found equipment that will run all day until it is repaired with a properlv placed swift kick. Electronic Repair Inc. also has four branch repair groups. These are Tele- type Repair (TTY) , Crypto Repair, S onar Repair, and the Electronics Standards Laboratory (Cal Lab). The TTY shop is located below decks in the forward section of the ship. In this shop there are two radiomen who repair those large metal boxes with all shapes and sizes of moving parts that never seem to go anywhere except haywire. The Sonar Repair gang is without a shop ol their own. They are usually found in the ET shop playing ping pong. There ' s no trouble at all keeping a sonarman happy. Just keep him well supplied with new ping pong balls, coffee, and skate kevs. Last but not least, the Calibration Laboratory is located in the little shack directly behind the foward gun mount. This is where all the test equipment is taken that doesn ' t function properly, is due for calibration, or has had an internal hemorrhage caused by an excessive voltage applied to its delicate inputs. When a piece of equipment arrives, the Cal Techs dig out their screwdriver-., wrenches, and twelve pound tuning tool and attempt to bring the test equipment within fleet calibration standards. For this procedure, the Cal Techs u.se pre- cision equipment previously calibrated by a lab, and then again by the five inch mount located a few feet in front of their cage.

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R-3 DIVISION S Jfe iJF . ■ ,:f»t ' ? M,.f; ' i i rjf 4 Bottom row: McDonald. ICl ; Blakelv. FM-i; Vestal, FN; Johnson. FA; Dixon ENl ; Wagner, ICFN Adams. ICl and LT Dickinson. Middle row; Kelly. ICCS; (Jratcl, EMFN ; Nail, FN; Steffens, EM3 Hatton, K ' 3 ; Emersen, IC3 ; McGee, EM3 ; Brown, EMCS. Third row : Lee, ICFN ; Coombs. ICFA Hilmer. EM3 ; Kalac, EMFN; Shirk, EM2; Herrera, IC3 and Earll, EM3. Rewiwd Shop

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