La Salle (LPD 3) - Naval Cruise Book

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MM3 Geipel at the Controls for No. 1 M DIVISIO MMCS B. Stogner MMC D, Rhodes MMCS C, Hazelgrove M Division manned and ready for sea detail , and in all cases we are always manned and ready in any situation that confronts the LA SALLE, It is the hard and tedious task of M Division to keep the LA SALLE's main ' ' ' engines in tip top shape. We control a great deal of the ship's vital functions such as the fresh water supply that is consumed daily from our two evaporators, maintain and operate the LA SALLE's turbo-generators, control the flow of steam t th ' - o e main en gines from orders from the Bridge, and supplyneeded steam t th ' o e laundry, and other parts of the ship. Most of our re- pair work pertains to the pumps, and related machi ' nery in our spaces which are vital to the ship's engines. During the cruise, LA SALLE consumed 1 980 393 gallons of boiler feedwater and 5,566,345 gallons of fresh wat er. M Division produced it. Our hours are long and hard and M Division like to play hard also. We work together as a team, since most of our repair work and engineering functions require team work to get a job done right. The main engines on the LA SALLE are our babies, and it takes a high caliber of men to See that they are running, and to operate the complex machinery in our engine rooms. M Division makes up just one part of the Engineering Dept- aboard the LA SALLE, but we like to feel that it is M Divi- sion that makes the LA SALLE always dependable and rough 'n ready,

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MM1 Dilley takes a breather. MM1 R. Dilley, FN W. Camper, MMFN W. Carr, FN R. Fellows, FN W, Finney, MM3 R. Geipel, MM2 J. Holden MM2 J. Hooker, FN L, Hoover, MM3 P, Mariani, MM2 J, Mefford, FN G, Oliver, FN J, Poirier, MM3 J, Procaccino FN A. Reid, MM3 H, Schantz, FN K, Skelly, MMFN D, Sommer, FA J, Stumpf, MM3 J, Simons, MM2 T, Tenney 63