Toledo (CA 133) - Naval Cruise Book

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LTJO R. L. MUELLER THIRD DIVISION can truthfully be referred to as one of the busiest divisions aboard the TOLEDO, both in port and at sea. Our deck force personnel take care of all main deck space aft of turret three while the gunner's mates and strikers are responsi- ble for keeping her three main battery guns in firing order. Sounds like a small iob for the division's forty-two men, but that's not all. Our deck force is also responsible for the hangar deck where all the ship's boats, including the Admiral's barge and the Cap- tain's gig, are stowed. When flight quarters are sounded, members of the division lay topside on the double to assist in helicopter launching and landing operations. Each morning before turn to is sounded, THIRD DIVISION can be found topside, turning to on their morning scrub down. From then until knock off ship's work in the afternoon, the fantail and turret three is the scene of constant activity as blue- iackets perform their cleaning details. The THIRD DIVISION also operates the fantail crane which is always busy lowering boats into the water when entering, port, stowing them in the hangar deck or hoisting stores and ammuni- tion aboard. The THIRD DIVISION eager beavers believe their jobs to be so numerous that they cannot all be mentioned here ENS A L PEREIRA