Location: 35 59.5 N 061 48.4 W Course 270 Speed 13.7 kts
Weather: Mostly Sunny Wind: NW 8 kts Seas: Small Swell
After one day of rain we are back in clear weather. Charlie Company has returned to the painting projects that they had to abandon yesterday due to rain while Delta is in the midst of their final exams. Deck students are also preparing the port arrival brief and preparing to enter some pretty busy waters off of Virginia.
Photos & Captions provided by 4/C Knox and 4/C Slocum:
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- The Cadet Chief Mate, 2/C Salerno, greases the hinge of the preventer bar on the anchor windlass. As assistant to the ship’s Chief Mate, some of his responsibilities include the general maintenance and upkeep of all major deck equipment including the anchor windlass, mooring equipment, and navigational devices, as well as all safety equipment on board.
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- 2/C Shorty continuously sounds the DFM settling tank to confirm flow to the tank. He is working with another 2/C down in the Auxiliary Machinery Room who has started the DFM transfer pumps to make sure that the fuel they are pumping is indeed traveling to the settling tank that they intend.
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- 4/C Olearcek and 4/C Taylor pose with smiles as they prepare to do some painting aloft in bosun chairs on this warm, breezy July morning in the Mid-Atlantic.
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- 2/C O’Conner plots a radius of particular interest where the navy is carrying out training operations with low flying helicopters. We received this warning from a device on the bridge called the Navtex which prints a list of similar information about military operations, as well as weather concerns, distress calls, and any other pertinent navigational information.
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- A few delta 4/C students still remain in the 3 deck classroom, tediously double checking the answers on their final cumulative deck training exam. They have been diligently studying for the last several days and are determined to see the fruits of their labors when they get there scores back this evening.
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- Captain Wood gets a breath of fresh air on the bridge wing as he stands his morning watch.
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