Topeka (CLG 8) - Naval Cruise Book

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Damage Control Assistant Engineer IVIam Propulslon Assistant l-T G P Neyman Lcdr HF? Fiaynls Lt IVI Wemer Nlam Engnnes Maternal IVla1n Engines Offlcer Boller Officer Officer Ltjg C C Brooks Lt Q N Saracmo Ens J E l-lllgers B Dlvlslon Junior Officer Electrical Officer Auxlllary Offncer RGD-ali' OfflCG'V Ens. PLE. Castater CWO-2 DD. Wilson WO-1 DR, Beebee WO-1 A.G. Cafella

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NGINEERING DEPARTME Standing on the very end ofthe ship, on the Fantail, looking I where TOPEKA has iust been, The wake boils up, scarring the sea where we have passed. The incredible power that caused that twisting of the waters is almost a Forgotten tacetof the warship's capabilities. Incredible power, enough to push the huge ship up to thirty knots, whether the sea flails against the hull, or is lake smooth, enough to generate The electric power to light the entire ship, as well 'as power machinery from pumps and blowers and motor-generators toa complete machine tool installation, to the tens of radar and receiver-s and transmitters, To the barber's clippers. For all this, without which TOPEKA would lie dead and useless in the water, the m-enlot the Engineering Department labor in hot spaces deep in the hull where incredible power means con- stant noise and heat, or range about the ship, ,maintaining The machines or the smallest lamp or light socket that must be kept operating: The smallest' lamp To read an urgent message just received by, to the immense hydraulic push ofthe rams so that the rudder moves over and the ship Follows the Formation's sud- den maneuver. Now the warship is usetulf T '

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1OO Division Chief Haney, SFCQ J. Waffefb erig D. Berry, Does. R Division Officer WO-1 A.G. Carella J.H. Birine, D035 FR. Toews, DC3g D.D. Gordon, DCC-35 A,E. Gregg, SN.