Randolph (CV 15) - Naval Cruise Book

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'ERS X X Y v s ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT The Engineering DeparTmenT commenced iTs organiza- Tion and Training aT The precommissioning cenTer in New- porT, Rhode Island, and laTer aT The shipbuilding yard in NewporT News, Virginia. Several weelcs in advance of The remainder of ships company, The engineering personnel were senT To The NewporT News shipbuilding yard where The Randolph was being fiTTed ouT, To allow The officers and men an opporTuniTy To become familiar wiTh The inTricaTe engi- neering planT, and To seT up The necessary organizaTion for running iT. The engineering compIemenT aT commissioning was approximafely five hundred men, of These abouT 80 per cenT were green and inexperienced. IT was only Through numerous insTrucTion periods and Tours of The pIanT headed by The old Timers, and hard worlc and sTudy by The new hands ThaT The deparTmenT was able To Take over wiTh no sTrain. Long hours were spenT by all hands in sfudying The planf, delving inTo machinery prinTs and insTrucTion books, and worlcing on deparf- menTal organizafions. The officer organizaTion on board for commissioning was: Engineering Officer, E. W. Wolfenberger, Com mander, USNRg AssisTanT Engineering Officer, J. M. I-lill, -

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