John Stennis (CVN 74) - Naval Cruise Book

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m I The 200 men and women of Weapons Departmen stow nearly 4 million pounds of ammunition and expk sives in 88 magazine spaces to support CVW-9 and ship ' s self defense requirements. This vast inventory includes air-to-air missiles, laser-guided bombs, torpc does and state-of-the-art GPS guided Smart Weapon which must be assembled in the magazines and trans ported via Weapons Elevators first to the hangar ba ' then to the flight deck for issue to the airwing. The D partment proudly maintains the elevators, forklifts, hoist and Weapons Support Equipment to support thii task. Additionally, Weapons Department provides an array of small arms and machine guns for self-defens

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