BEHIND THE SCENES USS JASON SHOPS WWII |
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SHEETMETAL SHOP Spot welding machine in use. When prolonged gun fire tore apart aluminum ventilators, this shop renewed them. Aircraft carrier ro;;er curtains were repaired and ventalation fan, lockers and recepticals were made in this shop. |
CANVASS SHOP Sailmakers fabricating gun covers. A large number of canvas covers ripped apart and blown from ships during typhoons were replaced by this shop. The manufacturing of essential canvass covers for the fleet kept this shop busy. |
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BLUEPRINT AND PHOTO LAB Working in the dark, a photographer is seen feeding wet prints into the ferretype dryer. During the war this laboratory produced the equivalent of 14, 850 (8x10) photo graphic prints and 10,800 square feet of bluprints and photocopies. |
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SHIPS BOATS Hoisting portable welding machines aboard damaged ship. Ship's boats work was day and nite, all kinds of weather. men, divers and material to the ships of the fleet |
SIGNAL BRIDGE Signaling by flags and signal searchlight. Twenty-four Sched send & receive thousands of messages a week. Half of messages -subject--repair work. |
ENGINEERING DEPT Evaporators distilling fresh water fro salt water. Millions of gallons were supplied to ships alongside. Also supplied steam and electricty to ships. |
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MEDICAL DEPARTMENT Pharmacist's mate on watch in sick bay. The Medical Dept served medical and dental to patients from smaller ships that did not have Doctors. |
GSK STOREROOM A well equiped storeroom. In addition to tools &material the SupplyDept. fed, clothed, paid crew, funished services as tailer, cobbler,laundry, ship's store |
BAR METAL STOREROOM A storekeeper issuing stock. Supply maintained constant supply of metal plate, bars etc., Motto "A day saved preparing is a a day saved repairing". |
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USS JASON ARH-1 SHIP'S DEPARTMENTS |
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