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Most of the time at sea is routine. Watch on, watch
off. Day after day. This is especially true when the ship is in
transit from one place to another.
A vessel at sea requires constant attention and maintenance to ensure her
readiness to answer the call to duty. From holystoning the main deck,
chipping and painting; to repair of radar, boilers, electrical and electronic
equipment; preparing thousands of meals and just keeping the ship on course, it
takes the efforts of the entire crew.
This page offers a peek at the daily routine.
| Main deck, starboard side, looking into the barrels of mount
55. The IC shop is on the 01 level. Up the second ladder on your
left. (LR) |
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The chow line. Down the ladder and forward to the
central mess decks. (LR) |
| Skip Hagan, IC3, rewiring a junction box in the overhead,
outside the Captain's stateroom. (Thanks for the loan of the clean shirt,
Lange.) |
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John Quirk, ICFN, at the IC switchboard in the forward IC
room. (SH) |
| Bowers & Girk, MM3, standing throttle watch in the after
engine room. (FG) |
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McQueen, MM2, working on his own ship in M-Div berthing.
(FG) |
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Finelli, MM3, thinking of home and hog.
(FG) |
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Garcia, MM1, and Pogue, MM3, down in the engine room.
(FG) |
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Our Marine Detachment served as host division for some of
the troops who came out for a little R&R. Clean sheets and a hot
meal was a real treat to some of these guys who spent so much of their time
in the mud. (SH) |
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Catching rays on the Teak Wood Beach. (JG) |
| Dennis Kemp (foreground) and fellow 4th Div shipmates
maintaining the "teak wood beach." (DK) |
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Scraping some paint drippings. We normally don't paint
the teak. (This guy is really getting short. Check out the
chain.) (DK) |
| Seaman Charles Parr, Jr.,
"standing" watch at the aft lookout station. "Look
the other way, Seaman." Heading to Japan & Korea. (Note
the foul weather jacket.) (DK) |
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Revised:
Sunday, May 12, 2002
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