Vesole (DDR 878) - Naval Cruise Book

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Divisizflfz FIRST ROW: MOORE, R. L., DC33 STAPLES, N. E., MM25 IULIUCCI, C., FN3 KEEVER, E. W., SF2, PAWLOSKI, S. M., FN, DUFFEY, B. E., MMI, BOURGET, N. V., MR1. SECOND ROW: LTJG M. P. MULLER3 CORBIN, W. P., ENI5 NORTON, T., EN35 GALVIN, J., FN5 WAITE, S. D., FAQ DUKES, G. J., SFI, GUMKOWSKI, R. M., SFI, PORTER, EN 3, GOODWIN, H., DC2, WHIT- AKER, J. J., FN, RICHARDSON, A. T., MMCS. R DIVISION IS COMPRISED OF FIVE RATINGS, ALL OF WHICH ARE NECESSARY TO KEEP THE SHIP IN FIGHTING TRIM. INCLUDED IN THE DIVISION ARE MACHINIST MATES, EN- GINEMEN, DAMAGE CONTROLMEN, SHIPFITTERS AND THE MACHINERY REPAIRMEN. THE GEAR WE KEEP UP IS TOO VARIED TO LIST, BUT IT CAN BE FOUND FROM STEM TO STERN AND FROM THE TOP OF THE STACKS TO THE BOTTOM OF THE BILGES. A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE DAMAGE CONTROL PARTIES ARE MADE UP OF R DIVISION PERSONNEL. WE TRAINED LONG AND HARD AND OUR VARIED SKILLS MADE US READY AND ABLE TO COPE WITH ANY EMERGENCY. BECAUSE OF THE WARM WATERS IN WHICH WE WERE CONTINUALLY OPERATING, AIR CONDITIONING BECAME IMPORTANT FOR THE CREW AS WELL AS FOR THE ELECTRONICS EQUIPMENT. IT WAS A CONSTANT BATTLE, BUT MAN OVERCAME THE AIR CONDITIONER IN THE END. WE HAD ONE FIRST OF WHICH WE WERE PROUD? NAMESE RIVER JUNK FROM A DESTROYER WITH DIESEL FUEL. ' ' R IS FOR BRASS ASHTRAYS . I THE FIRST OPERATIONAL REFUELING OF A VIET-

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A , 6 4. Divifizm Qarufard We Kam vi 0 If .5 FIRST ROW: LT H. S. KERACHSKY3 SMITH, J. R., BTC? PINKERTON, A. B., BT33 BOSICO, J. D., BT33 WILLIAMS, J. T., BT33 MILLER, R. B., BT23 ROBERTS, M. C., BTCS. SECOND ROW: TEMPLE, R. D., FAS LEONARD, D. E., BT15 SHOPE, M. E., BT2g PAULSON, F. M., BT3g FALCONE, F. J., FA. . I 'II I , I' I 2 - , I Ti QXXX R ' X xx Q .rv FJ I Q, 45 A .:.-'i 2- PC9- r I I UIL I 5 SMQIQ I I :W V- 51 L- B DIVISION IS COMPOSED OF TWENTY-EIGHT MEN, ALL OF WHOM ARE GENERALLY DESCRIBED AS SNIPES. THE MEN OF THE DIVISION ARE SOME OF THE'HARDEST WORK- ING ON THE SHIP, BEING FREQUENTLY CALLED UPON TO WORK WELL INTO LIBERTY HOURS ON A ROUND-THE- CLOCK BASIS. THIS IS NECESSARY TO KEEP THE BOILERS READY FOR SEA AT ALL TIMES. NONE CAN DENY THAT THEIR JOB WAS NOT WELL DONE, FOR DURING THE ENTIRE CRUISE THERE WAS NEVER A HINT OF TROUBLE FROM THE FIREROOMS. WHILE NO ONE IN B DIVISION HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE ACTUAL CLOSING OF THE FIRING KEY, IT WAS GREAT ASSURANCE TO EVERYONE THAT ALL THE REQUIRED SERVICES WERE BEING PROVIDED EFFICIENTLY. THIS WAS DONE AS A MATTER OF ROUTINE BY THE OUTSTAND- ING MEN OF B DIVISION. BIS FOR Boo -- 'I