Kiska (AE 35) - Naval Cruise Book

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tria JWI1 Q-.. -...- -- A - .......-.,. ,.,.1--.1--...Q-1-qq-.-v,.,....-. KlSKA'S main deck. Ol level and sides. home of the famous Kiska Deck Dogs , looked sharp and well preserved when the ship pulled into Hawaii. And Japan. And l-long Kong. the Philippines. Korea and Guam. lf appearances were any indication at all. the 2056 gallons of paint Deck Departments First and Second Division Boatswains Mates went through were put to good use. Throughout WESTPAC, KISKA received many fa- vorable comments concerning the appearance and seavvorthiness of her exterior and small boats. and the general knowledge of marlin spike seamanship on the part of her deck personnel. ln fact. KISKA earned the reputation as the cleanest ship in the Pacific Fleet thanks in large part to the efforts of KISKA'S Deck Department. Deck is by far KlSKA,s largest department. and for good reason - it was responsible for almost ev- ery aspect of underway replenishment. the ship's pri- mary mission. Beside the Boatswains Mates, who handled the on-station activity during the actual evolu- l SR Cline SN Coakley GMG2 Cochrane hong BM1 Daoust BM2 Dare MM1 Dayrit laypoci sa Fam FN Felipe I, tion lin addition to their normal arduous watch and work schedulesi the department also employed a diviw sion of deck 'snipesj' in Rase Division. These specially-trained Electricians Mates. Ma- chinists Mates. and a scattering of Boatswains Mates. handled all corrective and preventative mainte- nance on the unrep gear: equipment such as fork trucks, unrep and donkey wenches. ram tensioners. transfer heads. boat davits. capstalns, ordnance elevators. the anchor windlass . . . the list continues. Unreps often lasted eight hours and more on WESTPAC, but for the Fox Division Gunners Mates and Fire Controlmen. the job was just beginning when the last lift came over, These were the men KlSKA's crew counted on to inventory and safely store the ordnance taken on during unrep. Using fork trucks and elevators. the GMS and FCs transferred the am- munition from the main deck to the various cargo holds. where they often worked long into the night se- curing it for sea. SA Cotton BM3 Crews SA Croll SR Dukes BM2 Dunlap SA Ellington F N

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