Vulcan (AR 5) - Naval Cruise Book

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ENGINEERING A two-fold goal was USS Vulcan (AR-5)’s Engineering Department’s plan for success during the Mediterrean deployment. Completion of all inspections and selected exercises was part of that two-fold goal, according to Lt. Don Herr, chief engineer aboard the auxiliary repair ship. “Training the personnel and making sure the equipment was in material condition, were the areas that we focused on during the deployment,” said Herr. A lot of the training took place when the engineering personnel were off duty, according to Herr. “Sometimes liberty went by the wayside due to operational goals,” said Herr. Although engineering had their own goals to meet, they also helped other ships by never going cold iron. The engineers provided steam, water and electricity to the other ships that the auxiliary repair ship tended. To be able to continuiously keep the propulsion plants working all through the Mediterranean, engineers steamed for 4,392 hours and stood 103,224 hours on watch. “It was nothing for the engineers to stand six-on and six-off watches,” said Herr. The Operational Propulsion Plant Examination was the most important examination that the engineers were working towards before the homecoming. The exam has been called one of the most thorough examinations an engineering department has to participate in. “We completed OPPE with a grade of satisfactory,” said Herr. It was a combine effort for the engineering department to make it through the Med and OPPE, according to Herr. “In engineering you can’t segregate the divisions as in maybe Repair, or Ops, because we use all the divisions to stand watch together,” said Herr. Not only did the engineers work hard in their departments, but also throughout the ship. They repaired air conditioners, fixed galley equipment when it broke down and worked on the small boats. OFFICERS AND CHIEF PETTY OFFICERS BTCS Joseph Saienni Engineering p 87

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