Trenton (LPD 14) - Naval Cruise Book

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Boat Division The sailors of Boat Division operate and maintain the Captain's Gig, personnel launch and the motorwhale boat. In addition, they operate the B8:A crane. Boat Division sets the standard and leads the way 1n accident free crane operations during this cruise. BZ! SN Travis Birdsong BM3 Norman Black BM2 Albert Funk SA Walter Green SN Scott Ippel BMSN Ellis Iackson BM3 Ioseph Kelly SN Gregory Miller SR Iames Ninni BM2 Douglas Reynolds SR Joseph Rueda SN Iustin Williams SN Theodore Wolanin V . R Ship s Company 61 s

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2nd Division i SR Iames Abell The men of 2nd Division operate and coor- SA Donnie Bales dmate the well deck evolutions on TRENTON. They stand ready to receive or discharge a variety of boats and equipment at a moments notice. BMC Iames Craig SA Terrance Davis BMSN Fred Farmer SA Peter Farmer SA David Griffis SA Eric McKenzie BM1 Davy Page SN Todd Pederson BM3 John Sullivan SN Iohn Wojtasik SR Al Charlot 1 60 USS Trenton ,I s

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REPS When at sea for extended periods, provisions, supplies, weapons and aircraft parts must be replenished. This is done through the art of UNDERWAY REPLENISHMENT QUNREPSJ. By Vertical Replenishment QVERTREPJ, helicopters transfer cargo, usually in nets suspended beneath the aircraft. Connected Replenishment CCONREPJ requires an intricate series of lines between ships to transfer fuel, supplies, or people. i UNREPS are the life blood of deployed ships. During MARG 2-92 they occured in rough seas and calm, day and night. '