| This
is another large division on board the HOPEWELL. The Boilermen of B DIVISION make the
steam which does nearly every mechanical job on the ship, After the steam is made by the
13T's, it is passed to the MM's in the engineroom where it is channeled into the machinery
to do its work. Working in the forward and after firerooms with their four powerful
boilers, the BT's endure extreme heat and humidity to keep steam available for the MM's to
efficiently harness and channel to the turbines that propel the ship. Without this
division it is certain that this ship or any other ship would not get very far unless the
Navy were to revert back to sails or oars. |
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| Back Row |
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McBlane, FN |
Baldridge, FN |
Johnson, BT3 |
Hathorne, BT3
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Kuk, FN
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Calkins, FN |
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| Middle Row |
Neely, BTC |
Johnson, BT3 |
Thorne, FN |
Macke, BT3 |
Smith, BT3 |
Vanvynckt, BT3 |
Porter, BTI |
Hartzell, FN |
| Front Row: |
|
Ross, BT3 |
Turner, FN |
Bederski, FN |
Kaltenbach, FA |
|
Vigll, BT1 |
Top to bottom, left to right Missing: Davis, BTC; Herrick, BT3; Trent, BT3; Roe, FN; Knudsen, FN;
Gamache, FN; McGurn, FA