Robert E Peary (FF 1073) - Naval Cruise Book

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i lt 1 1 l The deployment began for the engineers on .lain- uary 23 with their routine light oll at 1900 lor an underway time of 1000 the following day. No light off is ever quite routine, but this one went smoothly and the 'Bob E' was ready to go on time. Peary has the distinction ol being the only ship in Pearl Harbor in recent memory to light off the night before a major deployment. As the Chief Engineer told the Commodore when he asked why Peary had not steamed for a week alongside the pier like the others, 'We worked hard, passed OPPE, and guarantee the plant is ready to go.' Pretty strong stuff, but there was no doubt the engineers were ready to deploy for four months. All the divisions had been stock- piling spare parts and rechecking equipment. Finally the wait was over. The engineers always supplied enough water so that while the rest of the squadron was on water hours, we had water fights! We kept our 'cool' in spite of the fact that numbers one and three air conditioners had tried to eat themselves. Thanks to ingenious 'razzle-dazzle' by the HTs and A gang, number one was restored to full operation, but, alas number three was damaged beyond hope. The only humor there was when NAV- SliA suggested that we order all 750 or so parts and repair the afc unit ourselves. Ha ha, The snipes kept steam to the galley and laundry and lights on for 128 days of continuous steam: ing. lt meant port and starboard duty days in port. but what a record for other ships to shoot lor. ln Sydney, the 'Bob 11 played the role of destroyer tender when it supplied USS Coch- rane and USS Roark with steam, feed water and electrical power for over a week while they were shut down for urgent corrective maintenance. Later, when Peary picked up the 448 refugees, the HTs built toilet facilities and ran fresh water tothe fantail while the liMs built an incubator forthe new born infant. The BTs kept us moving and the MMs kept the water flowing so that even with 720 people aboard we never ran short of water. Finally, on the way home, we learned how to UNREP feed water to USS Cochrane so we could all arrive in Pearl Harbor on time. What an incredible journey. 35,000 engine miles, a million gallons of fuel and over 3600 combined boiler hours without ever shutting down. It Lieutenant Wes Schmidt, Chief Engineer

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BTl Lucky llaver BTI George Walls BTI Frank Carlu ul. J BT2 Andy Nauroeki BT2 Dale Sanders BT2 Leroy Smith ,i. .. 11 -wif , L J ff -ts law.. We love port and starboard l,,,.f-fK ' 'H'zi w U. r' ,.,,- .+ Z' Pezzry steams the entire deployment without securing her plant, while often providing services to her less able partners, USS Cochrane and USS Roark. Senior Chief Nehl is constructing the 'AD IO73' flag to advertise Pea1Qv's readiness l Q1