Quoting Removed, click Modern View to seeIt depended on the command and the number of bodies available to stand duty. If I recall we stood 6 section duty, that meant every 6 days you had duty and could not leave the ship. We worked our normal day or what ever shift was assigned. We were also on a 4 hour watch at some point during that 24 hour period. It may be during your work shift, right before or right after it rotated on 4 hour duty tours.. It was all dependent on the # of people. I was at one shore station that had 28 section duty so you stood duty every 28 days. I stood quarterdeck watch for a while on the ship I was stationed on. I hated it, dress uniform, hot, cold rain or whatever. We were in a covered area on an exposed weather deck. Other than a restroom break maybe twice in a 4 hour tour we were on our feet the whole time pretty much standing still. We controlled who came and went on the ship. I had other duty rotations that I liked much better and were much less boring. Other than that we worked a normal 8,10, 12 hour or what ever was needed to get the work done. At one point we were in a 16 on 8 hour off situation as a normal work day. They soon found that productivity and the quality of our work suffered too much and put us back on a 12 hour rotation. Just what I saw and lived.
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Today's Featured Article - Timing Your Magneto Ignition Tractor - by Chris Pratt. If you have done major engine work or restored your tractor, chances are you removed the magneto and spark plug wires and eventually reached the point where you had to put it all back together and make it run. On our first cosmetic restoration, not having a manual, we carefully marked the wires, taped the magneto in the position it came off, and were careful not to turn the engine over while we had these components off. We thought we could get by with this since the engine ran perfectly and would not need any internal work. After the cleanup and painting was done, we began reassembly and finally came to t
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