Wasp (CV 18) - Naval Cruise Book

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Water Hours Ed as our chief engineer came to be known had one ace u ' ' , p his sleeve always, We Could either ,oke Sh owers or lie becalmed. Since the main purpose of the Engineers was to give us propulsione show h d 5 of being in cahoots with the Ship's Store Otticer to increase the sale of too foo Poor MOMMA-she iust had an awful time with her evaporatarg, We were Sure ,hm ro, he, evmorcre mecm to Hfode H d f A away -an SYS O to su er. We used to accuse him the water always was fading away. The men working in the fire rooms and engine rooms are in a sense, unsung heroes, They toiled and boiled they kept in 0 sweat, but they did keep up with all demands for speed, compensating fgr the lock of YIA. md GUOSS me Night, deck. It is no small feat to push some 35,000 tons around the world, with stops and starts, backing, filling: the tact that we are home is a tribute to their organization and persistance. ln this family we called them the dead end kids, but not because they sat da-.-fn, It WCS G mcirm,-se of qwdcmq Gammon for . I . J - , doing a tough iob under tough circumstances. Lights we took for granted, until we blew a fuse or lost the load. Then as -.-.re waited impatiently in the dark we realived how essential was the Easy division. ln a modern man of WGV, iUiCG iS the :vig pa'--'er and Generators the tt.part.bQQimg life through MOMMA's cabled arteries, We groaned, when at the movies, damage control presented one more showing ot Ten Sailors to thousands Qt wggry 0,195 who wanted to see MM on the screen. But deep down we knew that preparedness was a must and that damage central and battle problems would pay oFf in a pinch. The engineering casualties artihcially imposed during Q problem, Qr suffered hom G breakdown brought the point home to us. Machine shops are not glamorous, but they produced wondrous results, ever to that Dali Christmas tree. They came to the rescue of the plane maintainance crews with many a spare part too. Cleaning fire-sides, rolling tubes, clearing the plumbing, furnishing steam heat, conditioning the air conditioning, pumping high pressure and low pressure air to accumalators and the arresting gear, manning foam stations, welding, cutting, and a multitude ol hidden services came from down under MOMMA couldn't get anyplace with out her dead end kids, they in turn, wouldnt be anyplace without her. A pretty line arrangement, we think. X,,f-Q N ......:ff lllx V C soft, U0 fi 2' use lw Q g , SECUQE XJ l l L21 I iii- I WET VAIN . eecoiu xg f 2 ff ,.,...-..-- --- M27 IFZMV ,J pt?

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leJ ii 5 5 I I - 3 P 43: ws Left to Right: 5 d QA Left to Rrghtz Bottom Row: Second Row: Third Row: Top Row I eate . JERNIGAN, W- C-, LTJGI FORHAM, E- T-I CDR- Sfonding: DALRYMPLE, S. M- , mc, EVANS, R. A., LT: LINDSTROM, J. E., LCDR- .M EvERsoN, w. E., GULAS, J. J., MEMAHON, G. J., CREIGHTON, R. L., SANTLJCCI, C., LAWSSQLIWWDA AINSwoRTH,C. L.. CHANDLER, J. R., MURRAY, O. D., LLJNHOLM, R. E., LSBLANC, N.C., RAL B085 W SMITH, E, R., BERRY, R. D., van BROCKLIN, R. E., ADAMS, J. E., SCHWEPPENHEISER' R NN J L., FREEMAN, R. C., BREWSIER, v. H., MITCHELL, W. E., NAWALANY, W- if MCCA ' MOLJTAIN, H, J., WILLIAMS, J. E., ZAHARIAS, N. J., KLOSSNER, E. E. MOODY, C. M- ER J. L I HoLzSCHLJH, w. E., GERTSCHEN, E. A., HINNERS, R. M., HARDING, L. J., ZIMIQLLIWA OLMSCHEID, C. A., SINCLETON, C. L. PHILLIPS, R. R., RHODE, w. K., DRAKE, w. J., KISS I BACCUS, J. S., GRANZOW, R. E., DAVIDSON, w. M. FRENCH, R. L., NAPPI, V. C., WHITE w IECHURIJ- ,J,o., ELDER, E. I., PEIRD, D. J., GYLLING R W-I M IVAN, A. s., HoovER R A ' ' RDIN, J- M , . ., KLJCK, K. H., DERRY, E. Ir., WAJDA, F- if HA BONEBRIGHT, J- L-, HAUGHT, P. L.