Vulcan (AR 5) - Naval Cruise Book

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The mission of the Deck Department is to plan and execute deck seamanship evolutions and operations. These evolutions and operations include: anchoring, mooring, fueling and replenishment at sea, loading and unloading of cargo, and operation of the ship's boats. Deck Department personnel are also responsible for the preservation and maintenance of the exterior of the entire hull of USS VULCAN and associated weather decks.

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LT F. J. MEHRTENS I MAY 1973 to II DEC 1974 LT Mehrtens enlisted in the U.S. Navy on 3 October 1945 and served through the rate of BMCS. He was commissioned an officer on 1 July 1965. He has served on the following ships: USS PHILIPPINE SEA (CV-47); USS NORTH CAROLINA (BB-55); USS MISSOURI (BB-63); USS WISCONSIN (BB-64); USS GHERARDI (DD-637) (DMS-30); USS PILOT (AM-104); USS LOWRY (DD-770); USS BARTON (DD-722); MINRON 10 (MSB 36 and MSB 40); USS MARIAS (AO-57); USS OKINAWA (LPA-3); USS CASA GRANDE (LSD-13); USS SHADWELL (LSD-14) and USS VULCAN (AR-5). He has also served at Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Orange, Tex.; Naval Net Depot, Tiburon, Ca.; Naval Section MAAG (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemborg) in Brussels, Belgium; American Embassy on Brussels Naval Base, Ostende, Belgium; Recruiting School, Naval Training Center, Bainbridge, Md.; Naval Recruiting and Officer Procurement Station, Raleigh, N.C.; CPO Military Leadership Academy and Naval Instructor School, at Naval Station, Norfolk, Va.; Naval Firefighting Instructor School and Naval Damage Control Training Center, at Philadelphia, Pa.; Naval Ordnance Systems Command Field Safety School, Naval Ammunition Depot, Crane, Ind.; and Staff, Commandant Fifth Naval District, Norfolk, Va. FIRST LIEUTENANT LT R. I. STILL Lieutenant Still is a native of Saline, Michigan. Upon completion of four years of study at the United States Naval Academy, he was commissioned an Ensign in June 1968. His first duty assignment was that of First Lieutenant on board USS JOHN KING (DDG-3). This was followed by assignments on USS GUADALCANAL (LPH-7) as Gunnery Officer and First Anglico Sub Unit ONE as a Naval Gunfire Liaison Officer in South Vietnam. Lieutenant Still reported aboard VULCAN from COMSERVLANT Staff where he served as Training Officer. I

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BM BM3 K. S. ARMSTRONG BM3 D. W. GARTY BM3 G. B. GIBBS 1ST DIV BM3 F. LECOUNT BM3 J. S. SABO BM3 P. B. STUCKEY BM3 J. W. TURNER BM3 K. P. HARRIS BM3 V. W. MILLER £38 BM3 C. 0. SCHLEY BM3 H. L. SAUCIER BM3 K. R. WALDVOGEL