Raleigh (LPD 1) - Naval Cruise Book

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DECK DEPARTMENT LCDFI Teasley x ,x X , X Q Boatswain's Gunner's Mate fGMy Fire Control Mate QBMJ Technician CFC! During the RALElGH's tenure as the mothership of IVICMGRUCOIWS minesweepers, First and Second Division were the backbone of the day to day support operations and Third Division kept the ship's weapons honed to a razor edge. Whether conducting the dangerous evolution of bringing a minesweeper alongside RALEIGH or the hundreds of hours of onloading and offloading stores and equipment, RALElGH's Boatswain Mates were always on the job when duty called. ln addition, they conducted innumerable wet well operations h O ' suc as peratlon Sweep Stakes resupplying the MSOs, receiving zodiac boats daily from minesweep- ers and the onloading of two 50 ton MKIII patrol boats in the well deck. Unable to steam at night because of the threat of mines, RALEIGH dropped anchor almost daily. RA- LElGH's Gunners Mates and Fire Control Technicians kept the weapons, consisting of two 3 !50 twin m t t P - - ' ' oun s, wo halanx Close ln Weapon Systems, eight 50 caliber mounts, two MK19 40mm grenade launchers and two 25mm chain guns in peak condition, 24 hours a d ay, seven days a week.

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N DIVISIGN img Dx miss FIRST ROW: QMSN Hayward, QMSN Payne, QMSN Young. SECOND ROW: QMS Davis, QMS Wright. THIRD ROW: QM1 Shoemaker, LTJG Opatz, QM1 Caple. Quartermaster QQIVU I' run: - FH-' .lr 91 Ev- -,L E flkianfg rN .14 r- gg .-: s,,,,.,, -.4 g., 13

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FIRST DIVISION a-fa' wi I 2 a.J FIRST ROW: BMI Kirts, SN Lebron, SN Riley, SA Soto, SA Longrie, SA Gardner, BMCS Lang. SECOND ROW: BM3 Hardin, SA Dicka, SA Harris, BM2 Smith, SN Pike, SN Policky. THIRD ROW: SN Briggs, BM3 Williams, BM3 Jordan, BM3 Mead, BMSN Hubbard. SECOND DIVISION ,. ' I1- FIRST ROW: BM2 Lewis, SN Howard, BMSN Wilkerson, SA Gatons, BM3 Bias, LT Manuel. SECOND ROW: BM3 Corriea, BMSN Jaokels, SA Tafoya, BM3 Masse. THIRD ROW: BM3 Pamperien, SN Sylvester, SN Marshall, SN Edwards. FOURTH ROW: SN Cook, SA Murray, SN Barsnioa, BM3 Dertinger, BM2 Stacey.