"We depended on the gunnery gang to keep the enemy
from hitting the ship; [the repair gang] would have to
clean up the mess if he did."

C. A. Bradley
Chief Boatswain's Mate

Using gear from this and other lockers, repair and damage control gangs put out fires, repaired broken power lines, plugged leaks, sealed off flooded compartments, and minimized or fixed any other damage to the ship if it was hit or disabled.