Staten Island (AGB 5) - Naval Cruise Book

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' F x in H N A fp' QT A J' ON THE JOB: MARKS MR? 5-fveafmg over a hot lathe Cabovej whife CHAVEZ FN, WEEKS EN2, ROBINSON FN and HARRIS EN3 Crop righfb, goimed by VVILLETT EN3, MACH REDWINE and TOMES ENC below reassemblimg a repaired NO. 3 mam emgme MGR.-.'ef'. ,.H- 33 if 'F' L vs

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STRICTIY IN COMMISSION Perhaps the outstanding fact concerning STY1 EN IS- LAND on DEEPFREEZE IV was that there were no major casualties to her engineering plant throughout the operation which could not be repaired by the ship's able and ready crew. This borders on the unbelievable when you catalogue all the ditlieulties experienced by other ships in the land of ice and snow, when you realize the tremendous strains placed upon the engines by hour after hour of rigorous ice-breaking. Constant vigilance and preventive maintenance of uni- formly high standards was the key to this performance, and not enough credit can be awarded the men who are responsible in very large measure for the success of our cruise. But this was no one-man or single-department effort and our praise must be lavished over the whole of STATEN ISLAND's complement: To the Supply Department, who helped make things infinitely more comfortable for all hands, and whose astute planning omitted nothing and provided for every eontingencyg To the Operations Department, for providing up-to-date and valuable information in so many areas, and keeping us constantly in touch with the remainder of the task forceg To the Deck Department for consistently excellent watch-standing, quick and efficient handling of cargo and the thousand and one tasks that keep an ice- breaker seaworthyg To the Air Department for keeping its ln-los in a con- stant state of readiness and performing a variety of missions with great dispatch and not even the hint of a casualty. , f 'V' , Top right: COLEMAN EMI and OGBORN EM3 shown re- winding the tire and bilge pump motor in the Electric Shop. Bottorn right: A short break for the camera by MOELLER EM3, ENFINGER EM2, SVVANSON EM3, DERN EM3 and Ci-IELEC DUNHAM after re-insulating No. 6 Main Engine Generator. Bottom left: Progressive maintenance as ably performed by ROBINSON FN, HUBER EN3 and DACUS FN. If

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t . 1.,, , A, at +3 1:1 ' r' , Ir,-'.'-qua' .zygi-. . I I it -r' t 1- ' ' vv. :ah if - 'I' f t wi 5 -' E 5,1 ff xx 'gf D if A ' 'ci -A IM' L ,VVV 'LM L 5 S '1' ji . i , A- , .T 1 --,-t- - . ,. , t 1 1- . -- - I - M 'YZ .H f 'T 5 I . - All Q u '. .' rl :4 LITTLE AMERICA The new year began on an international note as STAT- EN ISLAND once more departed the channel, Lhig time to assist Her Majesty's New Zealand Ship ENDEA4 VOR whose destination was McMurdo's next-door neigh. bor, Scott Base. There was a special sense of satisfaction in this task for the crew of the icebreaker, since amid her cargo ENDEAVOR carried forty bags of mail from home. ENDEAVOR was berthed safely the same day, but there was no rest for the weary. On january 2nd the pride of the Service Force departed McMurdo for Little America V, along the massive Ross Sea ice shelf. With the thermometer hovering around zero and icy winds screaming in from the pole, STATEN ISLAND evacu- ated personnel and cargo, in a few hectic hours, as the historic site rapidly took on the appearance of a ghost community. No one awake for that night will ever forget the scene as the vehicles and sleds came rolling down the hill to the mooring site, a site which threatened at any minute to break away and head for sea. It was a race against time and the bitter cold, but once more the icebreaker emerged on top. THE HISTORIC site at Little America, established by AD- MIRAL BYRD, and here shown occupied by LTJG MC- KASKLE, LTJG SIRP, DENNIE AD3 and LTJG ROBERTS Uoplg and by CDR LEWIS, SIR RAYMOND PRIESTLY, and CAP- TAIN MCDONALD Cmiddlel. A CLOSE-UP shot of the Ross Sea Ice Shelf ibottom rightl from which giant bergs break off every year, and the ice- littered forecastle of STATEN ISLAND Cbottom leftl. 'Q