Philippine Sea (CVS 47) - Naval Cruise Book

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It all begins one morning when a large tanker maneuvers alongside all we have to do is make sure we're both going at exactly the same speed and heading in exactly the same direcn tion, just a few minor problems for the men in the pilot-house and the engine-rooms...to make it even more complicated, a destroyer pulls along- side the tanker too...hoses are pulled across the gap between ships, con- nected, and the transfer of fuel oil and gasoline has begun our ship's tanks hold 2,000,000 gallons of fuel oil and it takes a little time to H fill 'er up ... later that same day a cargo vessel comes alongside all hands turn to and we go through the same procedure huge cargo nets send supplies over by the ton...fit must all be stored in the hold quickly...and so it goes until the job is finished.

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Getting planes of and on the carrier is the big job of the ,AH department The Air Department Works Very closely With the personnel of the embarked air groups and the men in the department are the ones who respond quickly to the sounding of flight quarters, 'and equally as quickly, but far more happily' to secure from flight quarters , which sounds Wonderful after a long day and night of iybrk. 'j'You' hear the Air Boss' Voice on the flight ,deckf bull horn as he supervises from Primary' Flight 'Control, and it's his men that keep flight operations as efficient as can be. new H 6 Q9 6110711961 J Uflftlfben Row l: CWO JJ Egan, Jr., LT L R Marshall, LT G H Lee, LCDR McGinnis, CDR .IS Harris, LCDR GTA Parker, LT F S Coleman, CWO E L Serena. Row 2: R Disfassio, D O Nelson, R L Ward, B A Buehl.