Toledo (CA 133) - Naval Cruise Book

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LTJG V C ESHELBY CHMACH C. E. FINCH ...the Baker bird makes a lot of steam . .. BAKER stands for Boilers--the heart of the TOLEDO. Except for a few flashlights and two emergency diesel generators, nothing runs on the TOLEDO that is not basically dependent on her boilers. Even the normal lighting and electrical power on the ship come from turbo-generators driven by boiler steam. Everything, from the Boatswain's electric razor to the ship's main engines, depends on the boilers and the men who operate them. I There are four of these boilers, each as big as a small house, and each occupying a separate fireroom. Besides the boilers, the firerooms enclose dozens of pumps and other auxiliary machinery that come under the care of the division. BAKER DIVISION is the largest division on the ship, consisting of some eighty men. Their ratings are boilermen, machinist's mates, and firemen. They perform some of the grimiest yet most important tasks on the ship. Though covered with soot they emerge from a boiler, knowing that their vital equipment is ready for service. In addition to the men who maintain and operate the boilers, there are two other significant gangs in the division, the machinery repair gang and the oil and water kings. The machinist's mates of the repair gang operate the turbo-generators and air compressors in the firerooms, and are responsible for the repair of the auxiliary machinery belonging to the division. The oil and water kings control the TOLEDO s 7'l7,000 gallons of fuel oil and I3l,0O0 gallons of water. Deck hands have their complaints against BAKER DIVISION. During fueling opera- tions at sea, oil may drip on the holystoned decks, a hard bell may bring black soot drifting down from the stacks, but without the men who pump that oil and make that smoke the TOLEDO would be as silent and as dead as a ship in mothballs.

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LTJG G. H. DORMAN ' . . .and the Mike bird uses it up... ' MIKE stands for Main Engines-the big turbines that drive I7,000 tons of steel through the water at speeds up to 32 knots. Here is where most of the vast amount of steam put out by the boilers is used up-producing as much as I20,000 horsepower in the TOLEDO's four screws. Each of the four main engines, the propeller shafts, the screws, and all of their associated equipment are under the cognizance of MIKE DIVISION. A pair of engines is located in each of two enginerooms, which operate as separate units. If necessary, all four engines can be operated independently of one another, so the division is ready to give its utmost no matter what damage sea or foe may inflict. And the men of the division ? Machinist's mates and firemen-some spinning throttles, some operating pumps, some keeping records, some repairing valves, all fifty-five helping to keep the Big T moving. Distilling the ship's fresh water is a collateral duty of great responsibility. The men of MIKE produce 40,000 gallons of fresh water a day from the salty ocean I All from two big evaporators, and enough to feed the boilers, boil the potatoes, clean the laundry, quench the thirst, and give showers to all hands. When one steps into an engineroom for the first time, he is overwhelmed by the sea of dials, wheels, cranks, valves, indicators, pumps, evaporators, and other machinery which seems to cram every available space. But this is the sea of which each MIKE DIVISION man must learn the rocks and shoals and the best and safest passage, for to operate the main engines of a heavy cruiser at their optimum efficiency and effectiveness requires a high degree of technical knowledge and skill. CI-IMACI-I W. P. ROSKO