Salem (CA 139) - Naval Cruise Book

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ii by PHA DIVISION My Alpha division can be Iound from bow Io IanIaiI and Irom Ihe O5 IeveI Io Ihe 9Ih deck and iusf abouI any space in beIween. This division is responsibIe Ior mainIainino and operaIing aII machinery on Ihe ship, pIus Ihe air condiIioning sysIem, pIus boaI repair, plus aII dieseI engines. II Ihis isn'I enough Ihey run Ihe machine shop and are oIIen caIIed on Io make parIs we don'I have in s'Iock. Very Iew of Ihe 32 ships company will Iorge+ Ihe 'rime Ihe ice machine broke down and Alpha made a iury rigs unIiI parjrs arrived from The U.S.A. In porI, Alpha is responsible for upkeep operalrion of all vehicles in Ihe ships mofor II you Ihink Ihis is. suIIicienI' Io keep Ihem Iook in 'rheiIiberIy Iaunches. The boair Iha+ Iake you 'ro Ihe beach are from where Alpha!!!

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BRAVO DIVISI The source oT all my power is derived Tour Express Type boilers The re rnainTaining and Tiring These boilers Bravo division Firing The boilers requires The regulahon ef arnounT oT oil, Teed waTer and air enTerirrq boiler. During TacTical exercises This requires guiTe a bir oT hand worlc and Tion changing burners. Every 600 sTearning hours in each boiler if necessary To clean The sooT and carbon Tiresides. This resolves iTselT inTo being a dirTy w S IT is accomplished by means'oT sTeam or aTer I800 To 2000 sTeaming hours IT is clean waTersides. A boiler has 2970 Tu ' is each one musT be cleaned individually air driven wire brush. A very irnporTanT parT oT The Bravo The oil shack. The shack is headquarTers oil kings who are responsible Tor The TransTer oT 90,000 gallons oT Tresh waTer, gallons oT feed waTer and 754,000 oil. Bravo division is The division ThaT Truly me on The go. lances, scraping Tools and elbow grease. ' ' be