Yorktown (CVA 10) - Naval Cruise Book

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' 'Vat-V if . 11' -'f'--4--,i.,..-,?'f'f1' :eff-, - . ---... , -- nginccring The primary goal of the Engineering Department is to operate and maintain the ships motovation gear, eight boilers and four main engines capable of producing 150,000 horsepower and provid- ing sufficient wind across the bow for air operations. Keeping the ship afloat and on an even keel during normal steaming and in battle is the Damage Control function of the department. Effective damage control is 905 prepartion, requiring unrelenting effort on the part of all hands in maintaining equipment in top operating condition. V 0 The shipis service generators provide enough electrical power for a small town. Up to 92,000 gallons of water are distilled each day to satisfy the thirsty boilers and crew. Refrige- ration' equipment with a capacity to produce 400 tons of ice per day .keeps provisions at proper' temperatures, air-conditions various spaces, and cools the water in scuttlebutts. Two hundred and seventy. ventilation and heating systems keep the ship cool in the hottest 'climates and warm in the coldest. Maintenance and operation of this equipment is the responsibility of the Engineering Departmentq . s v A Commander William T. Miller, U.S.N. Engineering Oiiicer

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Q r E 'l il L E F L i I I 2 r . A DIVISION Front row: Donald Jelly, Palmer Howell, Darrell Streble, Richard Wagner. Second row: john Giffin, Donald Lofquist, Melvin Sciffert, Louis Saling, Giuseppe Tiberi, Ralph Tisdale, Charles Billman, Micheal Weichmann, Leroy Williams, Aurthur Meikle. Third row: Jackie Jones, Howard Smith, Donald Azure, Dexter Eby, Forrest Smith, Truman Peirle, Rex Fisher, William Lanphear, Joe Babbett, Gene Hillyard. Fourth row: Willie Blanton' Albert Swaringen, Thomas Chisholm, Gorpon McVay, Robert Lippi, Arnold Jones, Leverne Olson, Edward Brown, Robert Adams, Allan Smith. 1 I L u Machine shop gang takes a break to pose for Yorktown Photogs. Fully equipped shop enables engineers to repair or replace unlimited amount of items.