Salem (CA 139) - Naval Cruise Book

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Engineering Department STEAMING DATA I MAY, I956 - 5 JULY, I958 Miles Sieameclz I25,000 Fuel Consumed' I5 000 000 Gal DR CHR Clllel Enqlneev' i ,,.x Days Underway 406

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T wsion is The smallesT division. n?EsTed men and Two piloTs The om in long hours To l4eep The adsl To go. 'ae sTaTT as l clo, my TanTail is Tram morning Till niqhT wiTh all ice my copTer has pulled piloTs es Tram The waTer, Tive Times iT odor on emergency missions To 1 3+ has made innumerable Trips gun spoTTers and personnel operaTion oT The FleeT. ghTx miqhT well be The MoTTo f Tor alThough iT is small, iT is and The SixTh l3leeT. LT HENKE LTJ6 MABRY

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My Engineering DeparTmenT has 300 men and I3 oTTicers. IT is divided inTo Three main secTions -Main Propulsion, Damage ConTrol and Elec- Trical. The Main Propulsion secTion is responsible Tor mainTaining and operaTing The boilers, Turbines, auxiliary machinery and Tresh waTer evaporaTors. The Damage ConTrol secTion runs all oT The shops ThaT are necessary Tor The uplceep and repair on TT e ship. The crew owes much oT Their comTorT - .o convenience on board To The shops in The Ergineering DeparTmenT. The ElecTrical secTion is responsible Tor all The elecTrical apparaTuses and machinery on board. They replace everyThing Trom Tlashing LT baT- Teries and declc winch moTors. Again much oT The comTorT oT The crew depends on These men. lvlany Times on This cruise smaller ships wiThouT my TaciliTies have run inTo engineering diTTiculTies ano yelled Salem T-lelpf The boys in The Engi- neering DeparTmenT have given Their Time and xperience To wind moTors repair valves and upply pare parTs This is all parT oT lceeping The Navy running lvly Engineering QTTicer LCDR Jaclc A Chris Tn is an old hand in The engineering deparT m nT oT heavy ships l-le has served on The USS PENNSYLVANTA TBB 38l The USS PENSACQLA lCA 341 The USS SAN JACINTQ TCVL 301 USS MIDWAY TCVA 4Il USS PORTSMOUTH lCA IOZT USS I-lUlXlTINC5TClNl TCI. lO7l and Thc USS BPETVTERTON TCA I3Ol Cn These ships he h s served as messenger ThroTTleman ChieT oT Th WaTch M Division QTTlcer A Divisiow QTTicer and lvlain Propulsion AssisTanT l-ls T1 voriTe sporTs are Tishing and gin rummy