Lexington (CVA 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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, , ,,f ff W' f f,,Wf,Wffff,wff- fron? row KI. To r.l: michon e.c. fn, woolam j. a. fn, blas r. p. fn, kincaid m. T. ll fn, middle row: courson h. I. bT3, healh r.i. bl3, homier w.e. bT3, klein r.w. b'f3, hayes i.w. bT2, brooks g. b'rl, valentine w. 1. bT2, burnefl I. r. bT2, ward l. m. bT3, edge i.c. b'r2, denl a.i. bT3p back row: hughes k. r. fa, morlord l. r. fn, higgins r.e. fn, reed r. l. fa, cross d. h. fa, baker r. e. fn, wingale d. h. fn, Tunison l. e. fn, koonlz e. p. fa, ferry a. r. fa, bilbo T. d. fn. number one fireroom number four fire-room squatting QI. To r.J: marti r. fn, gadson l. d. blfnp fron? row: williams g. e. bl3, owens a. i. b13, salller I. a. bT3, daughfry c. m. bl2, Thomas s. e. bfl, gilley d. m. bil, sparks r.h. bl3, bennel h.w. bT3, whaley d.c. bl3, mccrimmon c.h. bT3g back row: flynn d. b. bT3, Camarillo d. a. fa, arnold r. d. fa, Toll i.f. fa, wilson I. e. fa, wilburn r. m. fa, carley d. blfn, delorm d. a. fn, johnslon k. w. fn, alexander a. g. fn, hammons f. I. fa.

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, ,,.,,, . .v,4.,.- b 0 o Q dlVlSl0H Eight boilers, producing steam at 600 PSI and 850 degrees Fahrenheit, are the main responsibility of l55 men in Boiler Division, the largest division on ship. This commodity is the life fluid of the ship, steam is used to turn turbogenerators which heat, cooking, and is fighting force from the the main engine turbines, produce our electricity, the energy used to hurl flight deck into action. the the for the for our The men in B Division, assigned to the oil and water testing laboratory, have control of all water and black fuel oil aboard. One of their major duties is the re- sponsibility for efficient underway refueling from the AO's and the transferring of fuel to our DD's. The BR's and BT's in the boiler repair gang assume the endless preventative maintenance and repair of all boilers and associated machinery. Few men on board work under as strenuous condi- tions as the Boilermen who average eight working hours a day, underway, in the T20 degree temperatures of LEXINGTON firerooms, but these men have a pride in their work that is second to none. boilers BOILER REPAIR front row mg g r davis r e brc bowlen l sph2 back row n I T veerkamp l O in I h ltjg ream division officer

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chief robbs chief swclclley chief claws OIL SHACK ens byrd front row: hohmcn g.f. bT3 lloyd I. I. b'r3 mccleve k. 1. b'r3 swodley r. C. bfmc word c. e. bil hodges i. p. bfl zowodnick r. I. bf3 back row: ries r. a. fn brown g. r. fn pryfz T. a. b'f3 pclmer e. I. b'r3 iohnson l. e. fn hunt I. cm. fn