ARL Flotilla Two - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 72 of the 1953 volume:

ARLs SERVING FLOTILLA TWO I ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ALBERT LOVE ENTERPRISES ATLANTA, GEORGIA i ARL ' S Serving Flotilla Two USS MINOS (AHL 14) USS PROSERPINE (ARL 21) USS GORDIUS (ARL 36) USS KRISHNA (ARL 38) 1953 p crcl p i i j e e y Saturday morning — Personnel Inspection, shined shoes, brushed blues, haircuts. -. » I Luncheon is served in the Wardroom. Dinner jor the C.P.O. Mess. Here sils the Backbone of the Navy — and some full fronts. Chow Down for the crew — no skinny ones here either. r l- Frequent inspections keep the Diving Gear in top shape for the bottom. Ships of steel but Ye Ancient Saile Maker still ptys his trade. A place for everything and everything in its place. Course book — or comics? ' ' L ' ' f rd ' to s J BelouK Crandall and Wiginton explains rope splicing to Capriotti and Fielder. Right: Brown, Stewart and Haefner inspect meat for noon meal. ' Al ' J ' i Right: Mr. McCord, Air. Levine and Mr. Kottasch check ship ' s job order system. Be- low: Mr. Schaefer checks work requests with Chief Thomas and Craig. Left: Petto, Smith. Rabiteau, McHale and Howard exercise on radio drill circuit. I Above: Lang operates tool and cutter grinder. Left: Nee repairs electrical gear. Above: Williams and Mefford at work in the sail loft. Left: Walls and Wargo work on ventilation ducts. mi I Thomas, The US Gov ' t Mule, gets mail ready for delivery. ft Above and right: Doc Moore treats patients in sick bay. : IJ Busiy, Elliott and Lindsey ' The Proserpineers. make music on the tank deck. Above: Flotilla Softball Champions. Left: Chief Ed- wards and his shark at Roosevelt Roads. n. 15 i ' k u :i Darn funny looking typewriters. Can ' t imagine where ue lost fifty dollars. Did you take my apple? Suggest ue come left 145 degrees. 1 J J k ¥ L aprth t :: - iiffl ff l i - 1 ' HB Im H I Tiiie yeoman ' s work is never done Supply for a repair ship is a full time job. 01 Glory, say u.ho.by hesh.psand hecreu Thai Us, star, it ' s an airplane. II you can ' t eat it, burn it. Yep, it ' s a plane. What uill I do uilh it nou? i Tucker polishing the «•« ' That old spit and polish. :) J Slatter and Starrett check the fenders. Shoe laces pressed — 5 cents each. Get a working party. gangway. Constantine on the lalhe. Liberty at Little Creek, what could be better? Got to have a trim bou to make good headway. Mr. Wicham and hit carpenters. Wood turning out another sea chest. : Top right: Lunch in the Chief ' s quarters. Left to right: McCool. BTC: Lorch. MEC: MacDougall. BMC: Snow. CMC: Wooldridge, CMC: and Alpeter, MEC. . ■ . Bottom right, left to right: McCool, BTC: Hedspeth. CSC: Warren. BMC: Kay, FPC; Johnson, QMC: and Matthews. ENC. Above: Ship ' s cooks. Tynes, CSl: hi. C. Williams CSSN: and Heglemeier. CSSN. Below: Sweep down. Left to right: Miggiani. Bingham, Di- Cregorio, B. R. Hamilton and Headley. . . . Bottom left: Belson. SN. . . . Bottom right: Orr, BMSN, and B. R. Hamillo,,. BMSS Above: Ship ' s barber shop, Thames, SHi and Mat- thews, ENC. . . . Below: Sick Bay. Left to right: Horn, SA: Early, SA: and Yoes, HMC. hmim, Di I W Ilk Top left: Quartermaster Strikers Harmon and Cain. . . . Bottom left: Steaming watch, Miggiani and Belson. . . . Right: Our exec- utive O cer, LCDR 0. C, Chapman, USN. Repair Office. Left to right: McLaughlin. SN; Matthews, ENC: and Mr. Dallaire, our Engineering Officer. imi V Top left: working in the Chart Room, Johnson, QMC, and Belliveau. QMl. . . . Bottom left: mail call. Left to right: Feit. RD3: Cain, SN: and Haapoja, YNSN. . . . Inset: Eisete, RMSN, copying code. . . . Top right: l.C.E. Store- room. Auldridge, ENC, and Morse, MMFN. . . . Bottom right: Our ship ' s store. Longabough, DKSN, and Kulczak, SHI. » Isf: ,,Bi fmi if.1i Electronic technicians uorking on a receiver: Hazard. ET2. and VCotf. ETi. . . . Betou. ship ' s electricians: Sharlow. ICFN. and Rowland. EMFN. . . . Bottom: Cleaning the fuel oil purifier. Lingo, ENS, and Henry, FN. . . . Middle: Checking the gyro compass. Edwards. EA 2. Above: Lighting off an ac generator, Canahan, FN. . . . Below: Checking ac generator board, Ireland, EN3. . . . Bottom: Williams. FN, u ' orking on the fire flushing pump. Top: Machinery repair shop. White, MRFN, and King, MRi. . . . Bottom: Working on an engine, left to right: Roessel, ENDS: Farmer, FN; and Davenport, MMFN. . . . Below: Using the joint- er, Traylor, DCi. and Barnes. DCWC. . . . Middle: Maher. MEW2. welding. Top: Operating a Ulhe, Rewerls, MR3; Turner, MMC: and Vaught. FN. . . . Bottom: Carpenter shop, Philipp. DCI. and Sniiley. DC3. Below. Not alt machinery works, Arvay, DCFN, and Baldwin, DCi. ARL 14 USS MINOS THE USS MINOS (ARL 14) is a repair ship for landing type vessels built as the LST 644 by the Chicago Bridge Iron Company, Seneca, 111., in August 1944 and converted by Gibbs Gas Engine Co., Jacksonville, Florida in 1945 by the installation of several repair shops and storerooms on the tank deck, main deck and superstructure deck. Additional weight lifting, steam and electrical generating equipment were also installed during the conversion. The LST characteristics such as length, breadth, and speed remained unchanged and are approximately; Length 328 ft.; Breadth 50 ft.; and speed 10 knots. The USS MINOS was named from the Greek Mythological King of Crete, a great lawgiver said to have been the son of Jupiter and Europa, who, after his death became one of the great Judges of dead souls. The USS MINOS was first commissioned on 26 September 1944 and served in both the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets until she was decommissioned in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Green Cove Springs, Florida in June 1947. She was recommissioned 22 Sep- tember 1950 and assigned to the Amphibious Forces, U. S. Atlantic Fleet. Since being recommissioned the USS MINOS (ARL 14) has operated at the U. S. Naval Amphibious Base, at Little Creek, Virginia. The major portion of the time per- forming repair services to vessels of Landing Ship Flotilla TWO. She participated in Fleet Exercises in the Caribbean in the fall of 1951 and other routine exercises in the Chesapeake Bay- Virginia Capes Area. USS MINOS ARL14 First row: David P. Conner, Jr., Abraham Rosenthal, Omer A. Livernois, Richard S. AUeman, Tharlfy C. Hadlstead. . . . Second row: Walter H Stange, Joseph F. Skermont, Robert V. Moore, CHMACH Robert K. Byard, WiUiam J. Penney, Cleo A. Ross. . . . Third row: Milton G. Dumoucher, Vance V. Buras, R. E. Daley, Elbert Grove, Young P. Ingle, Bernard J. Costello, Donald D. Lough, John G. White, Charles F. Rowe, William E. Simmons. . . . Fourth row: John Bono, John W. Carnngton, Howard H. McCall, Abbie C. Loun. First row: Carlton E. Castncr, R. G. Mills, William T. Nehila, Anthony R. Dapontc, Robert P. Wychock. . . . Second row: Lawrence J. Stromberg, William J. Curren, Johnnie H. Wood, LT James W. Carleson, R. L. Pierro, Oris P. McDonald, D. A. Valenti. . . . Third row: Michael R. Eberhardt. William W. Goad. Enrique C. Cantu. David R. Gunta, Carl A. Ellis, Robert I. Shandor, James R. Necly, Jack D. Leigh, James C. Leigh. . . . Fourth roti: Lawton Banks, Marion Washing ton. a ' . W. Powell. ARL14 USS MINOS ' i bF. First row: Everett D. Gibbs, James T. Troy, Peter Daniel November, Eugene Klodell, Jr., Russell L. Marcum. . . . Second row: Ronald E. Henderson, James Harold Palmer, James H. Carwile, ENS Patrick J, Murray, William S. Maxwell, Jr., Charles E. Melanson, Jr. . . . Third row: George M. Maddox, Richard P. Sprinzl, James J. Penn, Robert W. Wygant, Mc- Farland, Walter J. Sbresny, Calvin D. Freese, Allen L Lee, Rans E. Dangertield, Ronald Dewyer. . . . Fourth row: John J. Flynn, La Verne L. Lunde, Rodney G. Smith, Willing Dar- ling. First row: Robert L. Leighton, James A. Greene, John J. La- clave, Richard S. Hicks. . . . Second row: Gerald F. Peters, Donald E. Senecal, LT John F. Chapman, L. M. Noriega, James H. Becker. . . . Third row: Donald Q. Burgett, Harold P. Aldrich, Richard P. Cook, Norman B. Jahn, L. V. Woodson. USS MINOS ARL14 First row: Stanley Krumm, Louis G. Torres, H. B. Christmas, J. F. Goncalves, Guycell Nelson, Walter E. Banas, Anthony John Santisi. . . . Second row: Shleby P. Wright, Carter F. Tomlinson, WiUard N. Koebke, CARP James C. Sports, Allen Christenbury, John W. Pritchett, Chester J. Szymanski. . . . Third row: Donald T. St. George, Harold L. Benner, Ennis Elmer Clements, Donald Thomas Hussey, William G. Sheffer, R. J Geppert, Earl G. Fuller, Leroy J. Notch, J. M. Jancik, Charles L. Barker, Walter O. Rost, S. J. Ferraro, Michael Dwyer. . . . Fourth row: Billy M. Nipper, Ronald H. Sanner, Robert E. Turner, Oscar C. Olson. John J. McGuire, Roger J. Kinnaird, Earl R. Woodhouse, Richard L. Kicklighter, Wil- liam S. Edens, Howard C. Walton, H. K. George. First row: Gordon H. Skamser, Carroll V. Steininger, Jerome J. Malone. . . . Second row: Raymond T. Machamcr. Robert E. Cummins, Robert Davidson, CHELEC Ralph F. McCord, W E Wilbanks. . . . Third row: Raymond E. Smith, Jr., Richard S. Wilkerson. Francis L. Leonard, Philip D. Flanner. USS MINOS First row: Arnold Kath, Charles D. Thomas, James W. White, Jr., Allen L. Ladue. . . . Second row: Charlie C. Davis, Jr., Cecil E. Forbis, ENS George F. Terry, III, LTJG Robert E. Bowe, G. R. Aanerud. James L. Archer. . . . Third row: Ar- nold L. Sherman, Joseph E. Kuszewski, Donald J. Ciannotti, Everett J. Kinnaird, William C Robb, William B. Balknight, Marion B. Stone. Charlie T. Sampson, Irving J. Leach. ROSTER OFFICERS LTJG Robert E. Bowe CHMACH Robert K. Byard LT James W. Carleson LT John F. Chapman, Jr. LCDR Samuel L. Evans, Jr. LT. William L. Henson CHELEC Ralph F. McCord ENS Patrick J. Murray CHPCLK John Pristas LT Louis L. Sherry CHRP James C. Spotts ENS George F. Terry, III CPO FPC Wayne L. Adams BMC William R. Breland ENC James H. Carwile GMC Ramon Cervilla MEC Allen Christenbury BMC Roy B. Driver HMC Evans A. Dunn CSC Fred D. Hutchinson MEC Willard N. Koebke ' GMMC Charles E. Lentz FCC Michael Lombardo MEC William S. Maxwell, Jr. MRC Robe rt V. Moore GMC Ellis L. Nickerson ENC James H. Palmer MMC William J. Penney BMC John W. Pritchett ENC Cleo A. Ross QMC Donald E. Senecal BTC Joseph F Skermont DCC Chester J. Szymanski FPC Carter F. Tomlinson SKC Johnnie H. Wood MEC Shelby P. Wright CREW BM3 Gerald R. Aanerud SA James F. Akright SN Harold F. Aldrich MMFN Richard S. Alleman SA James L. Archer SA WiUiam B. Balknight MEFN Walter E. Banas, Jr. SD2 Lawton Banks DCW3 Charles L. Barker QM3 James H. Becker FN Harold L. Banner SA Merle A. Bennett FN John C. Bono EN3 Wesley L. Bradley MM 3 Vance V. Buras QMSN Donald Q. Burgett CSSN Enrique C. Cantu MM2 Walter J. CarkhuflF MMFN John W. Carrington SA Carlton E. Castner PN3 Howard A. Chandler DCl Heishel Christmas ME3 Ennis E. Clements MR3 David P. Conner, Jr . CSSN John A. Connerty, Jr. ETSN Richard P. Cook MRFA Bernard J. Costello EM3 Robert E. Cummins SD2 William Current MRFA Robert E. Daley EM 3 Rans E. Dangerfield, Jr. SKSN Anthony R. Daponte FA WiUiam B. Darling ICl Robert G. Davidson BM3 Charlie C. Davis, Jr. BMl John W. Dew ROSTER ARL14 FN Ronald Dewyer QMSN Charles A. Doe FA Milton G. Dumouchel EN2 Joseph O. Durling MEFN Michael Dwyer, Jr. SN Michael R. Eberhardt FN WiUiam S. Edens EMI Lawrence C. Edwards SN Roy L. Edwards SH3 Carl A. Ellis DCFN George Evans FN Stephen J. Ferraro ET3 Philip D. Flanner, Jr. EMFA John J. Flynn FCl Cecil E. Forbis EM3 Calvin D. Freese FN Earl G. Fuller FN H K George FP3 Russell J. Geppert, Jr. SA Donald J. Giannotti FPFN Ralph E, Gibble FN Everett D. Gibbs SN William W. Goad MEGl Joseph F. Goncalves RMSN Donald F. Gregory SA James A. Greene ENG3 Elbert Grove DK3 David R. Gunta ENl Ronald E. Henderson TESN Richard S. Hicks FN Donald T. Hussey SH2 Randall L. Hyre EN2 Young P. Ingle RMSN Norman B. Jahn FN John M. Jancik BMl William H. Johnson SA Arnold J. Kath FP2 Richard L. Kicklighter SA Everett J. Kinnaird DC3 Roger J. Kinnaird SA Eugene Klodell, Jr. MRFN Jerry J. Koenig FPFN Stanley L. Krumm EN3 Arnold G. Kruzell SA Raymond L. Krzywulak SN Joseph E. Kuszewski QMSN John J. Laclave SA Allen L Ladue PNSN Maxium L. Laplante SN Irving J. Leach FA Allen L. Lee SN Jack D. Leigh SA James C. Leigh RMSN Robert L. Leighton EMFN Francis L. Leonard EN3 Omer A. Livernois, Jr. MMFN Donald D. Lough ENFN Laverne L Lunde FN Arthur G. MacDougall, Jr. EM3 Raymond T. Machamer FA George M. Maddox ET3 Jerome J. Malone SK3 Robert M. Malone CS3 Lloyd E. Manning SA Russell L. Marcum CS3 Chester J. Mazur IMSN Howard H. McCall FN James F. McCandless SK3 Oris P. McDonald, Jr. FN Jerry R. McFarland FN John J. McGuire ENFN Charles E. Melanson, Jr. SKSN Robert G. MiUs SKSN James R. Neely SKSN William T. Nehila MEl Guycell Nelson SN Arden L. Nicely FPFA Billy M. Nipper YNl Leopoldo M. Noriega MEFN Leroy J. Notch FA Peter D. November FP3 Oscar C. Olson FA James J. Penn RD3 Gerald F. Peters SA3 Robert L. Pierro BM2 Marion P. Pike TN Angus W. Powell MRFN Robert F. Reddy RMSN Raymond J. Reed MR3 William R. Reeve SA Joseph F. Reid HN Roger B. Renaul BM3 James H. Reno CS3 Fred T. Richardson SN Carman E. Riley SA William C. Robb ENl Abraham Rosenthal FN Walter O. Rost EN3 Charles F. Rowe, Jr. SA Charlie T. Sampson MEFN Ronald H. Sanner MEFN Anthony J. Santisi SA Clarence D. Savage FA Walter J. Sbresny SN Robert J. Shandor FP3 William G. Sheffer SA Arnold L. Sherman MM3 WiUiam E. Simmons SN Gordon H. Skamser FN Raymond E. Smith, Jr. EN3 Rodney G. Smith FN Richard P. Sprinzl MR3 Walter H. Stange SA Carroll V. Steininger DCFN Donald T. St. George FTSN Marion B. Stone SK3 Lawrence J. Stromberg SN Charles D. Thomas MR3 Donald L. Tiedeman EM3 Jack A. Tope MEGl Louis G. Torres FA James T. Troy ME3 Robert E. Turner SA Paul E. Tyler SKG3 Dominick A. Valenti YNSN Robert D. Velloso FPFN Howard C. Walton GMl Walter Warren, Jr. TN Marion Washington BML James W. Whitaker, Jr. FN James W. White, Jr. GMSN John G. White EM2 William E. Wilbanks, Jr. EMFA Richard S. Wilkerson SDl Thomas E. Williams SN Charles H. Wilson MEFN Eugene O. Wokutch DLFN Earl R. Woodhouse SN Louis V. Woodson SN Robert P. Wychock FN Robert W. Wygant i USS PROSERPINE THE USS PROSERPINE (ARL 21) was built by the Chicago Bridge and Iron Works at Seneca, Illinois and originally christened USS LST 1116 on January 9, 1945. She was converted to her present duties four short months later by the Gibbs Gas Engine Company at Jacksonville, Florida. After commissioning as a repair ship on 31 May 1945, the PROSERPINE did a tour of duty in the Philippine Islands and up on returning to the United States was decommissioned at New Orleans, Louisiana on 18 January 1947. After spending three and one-half years in mothballs at Green Cove Springs, Florida, she was recommisisioned on 27 October 1950 and became a member of the U. S. At- lantic Fleet. The main function of the PROSERPINE and her crew is to keep in repair the ships of Landing Ship Flotilla Two which have been assigned to her. All hands aboard have shown the greatest willingness to work at any hour with the main idea being to get the job done in the best manner possible. The officers and men of the PROSERPINE were rewarded for their efforts when Vice Admiral Fahrion, Commander Amphibious Force, U. S. Atlantic Fleet, presented the PROSERPINE the Amphibious Force Battle Efficiency Award for 1952 as being the best of her type in the Amphibious Force of the U. S. Atlantic Fleet. In addition to her regular repair work the PROSERPINE has participated in Fleet maneuvers in the Caribbean Sea repairing damage that occurred during such exercises. Liberty calls have been made at St. Thomas, Puerto Rico and Bermuda. Many members of the crew have taken an active part in the athletic program aboard. In the short time since recommissioning, the ship has won rwo Softball and one football championship. Come what may in the future, whether it be to repair some badly damaged ship on a fleet exercise or to replace a radio tube in a radio while at her pier in her home port, the PROSERPINE will always be ready as she has in the past. USS PROSERPINE ARL21 AI 21 ARL21 USS PROSERPINE i i Pint roiv: Joseph G. McCortha, Rex A. Greene, Robert Frank lin Smith, Neil E. McNeill, Anthony S. Guerra, Donald L Richards, Donald L. Myers. . . . Sccont roii: Richard Tabor John L. Thomas, Robert . Davis, CHCARP E. R. Markle Gerald James Kunold, William H. Hendrick, Clifford M Slifer, Gerald A. Kettle. . . . Third row: John J. Casselli. Donald E. Kriske. Vir.uil E. Danhof, Louis E. Frazier, Hugh H. Hurt, Elwood C Gedusky, Adolph F. Bueker, Charles E. Walls, Ronald L. Baker, Percy Anderson. Donald T. Flegle, Hu.uh A. Vaughn, Thomas Adams. . . . Fourth row: Dave Lee Mungle, Frank A. Horak, Leonard P. Choquette, George G. Wargo. James P. Reilly, Floyd D. Harding, Albert W. Scully. i Firsl rotf: E. T. Barr, Albert J. Pigeon, James E. Scherrer, Willard G. Bertrand, Carlton W. Cox. . . . Second row: Thomas J. Gaines, Ervin H. Danekas, CHELEC Paul P. Schae- fer, William H. Schneider, Dominic J. Colangelo. . . . Third row: Earl C. Rinker, Donald J. Craig, B. G. White, Phillip E. Goldsberry, Donald J. Allen, Thomas E. Allen, Robert C. McGaffin, Vertie T. Richardson, Raymond J. Kirk. . . . Fourth rou: Kenneth J. Hughes. John P. Barr. Palmer C. Swanson. USS PROSERPINE II 7 RL21 First row: William D. Elliott, Milton D. Rinz, Napoleon Casas, James John Brennan, George J. Burgess. . . . Second row: John J. Darbyshire, LT E. J. Taylor, ENS Richard D. Peters, V. H. Key, Verne D, Hager. . . . Third row: Paul E. Maclerry, Nelson J. Gower, Bernice C. Nicholson, Wallace G. Weisner, Russell T. Stark, Philip D. Haefner, Jr., John R. Pratt, Walter R. Allen, J. P. O ' Connell. . . . Fourth row: Wil- liam A. Horton, Ernest F. Fairconeture, Melvin D. Webster, C W. Howard. First row: Norris C. Dutton, William H. London, Donald E. Rcnnecker, Carl J. Hartseil. . . . Second rou : Alexander E. Castakli, Wilbur L. Clarke, LTJG Aaron J. Lcvinc. L. V. Lucky, Jimmic D. Roberts. . . . Third row: Roy E. McNeil, Philip Neilsen, Kenneth W. Reid, Richard G. Lehman, Fred W. Sisk, Glenn E. Mowery, Richard S. Thiebault. . . . Fourth row: John D. Breen, Virgil L. Larson, James C. Sander. USS PROSERPINE First row: William J. McHale, Howard A. Herbert, Edmond Williams, Jr., Roger Thomas. . . . Second row: Anthony J. Schwartz, LT John W. Berryman, Jr., LT George E. Kollasch, Samuel Watkins Williams, Ronald A. Pelto. . . . Third row: Henry W. Bushman, James A. Morrow, Calvin J. Olson, Harold D. Hilan, Neil P. Moore, Clark W. Hough, Gaines J. Law- rence, William G. Ross, James K. Jones. . . . Fourth row: Phillip M. Scott, Philip Matthew Meskinis, Theodore H. Smith. First row: William M. White, Arthur E. Clarre, Edward J. Dankowski, Earl D. Lang, Jack C Ferguson, Stanley J. Mikulec, Harold N. Buskey. . . . Second row: Richard L. Scott, Kenneth C. Payseur, John T. Edwards, CHMACH Harry R. McCord, Louis H. Parah, John Pfuhl, Jr., John J. Robinson. . . . Third row: Donald Watt, Leonard W. Vezina, Ralph A. Phares, William F. Ryan, Lyman O. Sherman, George H. Lindsey, Alan K. Lindh, Ralph H. Schaeffer, Falcome Gale Brammer, Burton H. Pomroy, Jack L. Bennett. . . . Fourth row: A. J. Haiduk, Robert Kmg, Roger A. Farmer, Eugene E. Fontaine, John L Pauldine, Carrol D. Mulligan, Charles D. Klauke, James B. Acker, Jr. USS PROSERPINE ARL 21 Fini rote: Joseph D. Capriotti, Robert F. Jordan, Anthony Stella, Tommy Patterson, Walter E. Eubanks. . . . Second row: Joe S. Shipley, Jr., Wayne B. Reedstrum, Richard L. Hinton, LTJG S. K. Alger, ENS Donald D. Wilson, A. D. Stewart, F. A. Wnek, . . . Third rou: John O. Scammahorn, Hassan Tony Essy, John P. Sloan. Lester F. Landis, Frank E. Miller, Edward R. Drake, Terrance W. Fielder, Billy G. Neill, James F. Mefford, Ray L. Wiginton, Carl F. Burke. . . . Fourth row. James M. Saylor, Edmund J. Wasmanski. Stephen Maximena, Alfred H. Haines, Alvin K. Crandell, John J. Doherty. LCDR O. N. Hibler, Jr., Bellaire, Texas LT G. E. Kollasch, New Orleans, La. LT E. J. Taylor, Pittsburgh, Pa. LT John H. Hermens, Forest Grove, Oregon LT John W. Berryman, Jr., Norfolk, Va. LTJG Shirley K. Alger, Charleston, W. Va. LTJG A. J. Levine, Beechhurst, L. L, N. Y. ENS R. D. Peters, Slayton, Minn. ENS. D. D. Wilson, Staten Island, N. Y. CHELEC P. P. Schaefer, Akxon, Ohio CHCARP E. R. Marlde, New Rochelle, N. Y. CHMACH H. R. McCord, Birmingham, Ala. James B. Acker, Jr., Fayetteville, N. C. Thomas Adamo, Patterson, N. J. Donald J. Allen, Chicago, 111. Thomas E. Allen, Chicago, III Walter C. Allen, New York, N. Y. Percy Anderson, New York, N. Y. Irving G. Arnold, Baltimore, Md. Ronald L. Baker, Andover, Ohio Edmond T. Barr, Philadelphia, Pa. ROSTER John P. Barr, Philadelphia, Pa. Anthony Battle, Richmond, Va. Leonard D. Belton, Portsmouth, Va. Jack L. Bennett, Muncie, Indiana WiUard G. Bertrand, Sioux City, Iowa David J. Bobenmyer, Oakwood, Ohio Falcome G. Brammer, Greenfield, Indiana John D. Breen, Marble, Minn. James J. Brennan, Springfield, Mass. Lemuel O. Brown, Tylertown, Miss. Lyle M. Browning, Greenview, W. Va. Adolph F. Bueker, Trowbridge, 111. George J. Burgess, Clackamas, Oregon Henry W. Bushman, Milledgeville, 111. Harold N. Buskey, Keene, N. H. Carl F. Buttke, N. E. Valley City, N. D. Frank S. Campolo, Jr. Springfield, Mass. Joseph D. Capriotti, Downingtown, Pa. Napoleon Casas, Leyte, Philippines Alexander E. Castaldi, New York. N. Y. John J. Casselli, Philadelphia, Pa. Leonard P. Choquette, Camden, N. Y. Arthur E. Clare, Jr., Arlington, Mass. Wilbur L. Clark, Zuin, Va. Dominic J. Colangelo, Buffalo, N. Y. George H. Coster, Lincoln, Nebraska Carlton W. Cox, Leaksville, N. C Donald J. Craig, Louisville, Kentucky Alvin K. Crandell, Baltimore, Md. Ervin H. Danekas, Milford, Nebraska Deward J. Dankowski, Brooklyn, N. Y. Virgil E. Danhof, Lacon, III John J. Darbyshire, Smithtown, N. H. Robert S. Davis, Norfolk, Va. WiUie L. Davis, Buffalo, N. Y. John J. Doherty, Bridgewater, Mass. Edward R. Drake, Lone Rock, Wis. Norris C. Dutton, Pennsgrove, N. J. John T. Edwards, Portsmouth, R. I. William D. Elliot, Bessemer, Mich. Hasson T. Essy, Flint, Mich. Walter E. Eubanks, Danville, Va. Ernest E. Fairconeture, Philadelphia, P; Roger A. Farmer, Ashland, Va. Jack C. Ferguson, Shrevcport, La. Terrance W. Fielder, Washington, D. C Donald T. Flegle, Cambridge, Mass. Louis F. Frazier, Media, Ohio Eugene E. Fontaine, Attleboro, Mass. Harold S. Gadsby, Seabrook. N. H, Thomas J. Gaines, Minneapolis, Minn. Elwood Gedusky, Jersey City, N. J. Philip E. Goldsberry. Athens, Ohio Nelson J. Gower, Hagman, N. Y. Rex A. Greene, Bessemer, Ala. Anthony S. Guerra, Sandusky, Ohio Philip D. Haefner, Jr., Beverly, Mass. Verne D. Hager, Concord, N. H. Alfred H. Haines, Camden, N. J. Albert J. Hajduk, Newark, N. J. Floyd D. Harding, Goodland, Kansas Carl J. Hartseil, Bartonville, 111. Michael Hayes, Lee, Mass. Anhur L. Hedin, Jr., Chicago, 111. Charles W. Heeter, Akron, Indiana William H. Hendrick, Arab, Ala. Howard A. Herbert, Schenectady, N. Y. Harold D. Hilan, Maywood, 111. Richard L. Hinton, Seminole, Oklahoma Frank A. Horak, St. Paul, Minn. William A. Horton, Rutherfordton, N. C. Clark W. Hough, Competition, Mo. Clarence W. Howard, Decatur, 111. Donald F. Howard, Colebrook, N. H. Kenneth J. Hughes, Chicago, 111. Hugh H. Hurt, Pilot Grove, Mo. Lewis F. Hylton, Key West, Fla. Robert P. Jankowski, Bronx, N. Y. Herbert W. Johnsen, Staten Island, N. Y. James K. Jones, Cincinnati, Ohio Robert F. Jordon, Bloomfield, N. J. Jerald A. Kettle, Mt. Morris, Mich. Vester H. Key, Clearwater, S. C. Robert King, Berlin, N. H. Raymond J. Kirk, Luck, Wis. Charles D. Klauke, Hubbard Woods, 111. Donald E. Kriski, Rochester, N. Y. Gerald J. Kunold, Omaha, Nebraska Lester F. Landis, Annville, Pa. Earl D. Lang, Pittsburgh, Pa. Virgil L. Larson, Bruce, Wis. Gaines J. Lawrence, Piedmont, Ohio Richard D. Lehman, Belrose, N. Y. Alan K. Lindh, Brockton, Mass. George H. Lindsey, Zion, 111. William H. London, Atlantic City, N. J. Lloyd -v. Lucky, Birmingham, Ala. Paul E. Macleery, East Bank, W. Va. Stephen Maximena, New York, N. Y. Lawrence J. McCann, Pinsburgh, Pa. Joseph G. McCartha, Gouverneur, N. Y. William J. McHale, Pittston, Pa. Robert C. McGaffin, Plainfield, N. J. Neil E. McNeill, Shelby, Ohio Roy E. McNeil, Beaumont, Texas James F. Mefford, Georgetown, Kentucky Philip M. Meskinis, Boston, Mass. Stanley J. Mikulec, Detroit, Mich. Frank E. Miller, Baltimote, Md. James A. Morrow, Verplanck, N. Y. Neil P. Moore, Arkadelphia, Ark. Glenn E. Mowery, Newville, Pa. Dave L. Mungle, Jr., Galveston, Texas Carroll D. Mulligan, North Loup, Nebraska James G. Murray, Cleveland Heights, Ohio Donald L. Myers, Peoria, 111. Thomas J. Nee, Munhall, Pa. BiUy G. Neill, Aurora, Missouri Bernice C. Nicholson, Warrenton, N. C. Philip Neilsen, Avenel, N. J. James P. O ' Connell, Jr., Chicago, 111. Calvin I. Olson, Minneapolis, Minn. Louis H. Parah, Jamaica Plains, Mass. John M. Pauldine, Oswego, N. Y. ROSTER Tommy Patterson, Bessemer, Ala. Kenneth C. Payseur, Jersey City, N. J. John Pfuhl, Jr., Pensauken, N. J. Ronald A. Pelto, Baraga, Mich. Ralph A. Phares, Charleston, W. Va. Albert J. Pigeon, Warwick, R. I. Burton A. Pomroy, Laurel, Montana John A. Pratt, Pittsburgh, Pa. John O. Rabiteau, Gibsonburgh, Ohio Robert C. Ray, Alaon, Ohio Wayne B. Reedstnim, Los Angeles, Calif. Kenneth W. Reid, Bronx, New York James P. Reilly, Cincinnati, Ohio Donald E. Rennecker, Fort Wayne, Ind. Victor Riccio, West Haven, Conn. Donald L. Richards, Cadiz, Ohio Howard L. Richardson, Jr., Manhasset, N. Y. Vertie T. Richardson, Leaksville, N. C. Earl C. Rinker, Easton, Pa. Milton D. Rinz, Highland Park, Mich. Jimmie D Roberts, W. Ocean View, Va. John J. Robinson, Junior, W. Va. William G. Ross, Staten Island, N. Y. William F. Ryan, Bronx, N. Y. James C. Sander, Buffalo, N. Y. James M. Saylor, Covington, Va. John O. Scammahorn, Hillsboro, Ohio Ralph H. Schaeffer, Bronx, N. Y. James E. Scherrer, Lorraine, Ohio William H. Schneider, Boynton Beach, Fla. Anthony J. Schwartz, Bethlehem, Pa. Richard L. Scott, Freeport, 111. Philip M. Scott, Leaksville, N. C. Albert W. ScuUy, Nutley, N. J. James J. Shaugnessy, Chicago, 111. Lyman O. Sherman, Pontiac, Mich. Joe C Shipley, Jr., Johnson City, Tenn. Clifford M. Slifer, Marion, Kansas John P. Sloan, Lowell, Mass. Robert F. Smith, Bridgewater, Mass. Theodore H. Smith, Ozone Park, N. Y. Russell T. Stark, Mt. Clemens, Mich. Anthony Stella, Plainsville, Pa. William Stewart, Daytona Beach, Fla. Arthur D. Stewart, Artemus, Ky. Noel S. Streeter, Lima, Ohio Palmar C. Swanson, Wakefield, Mich. Richard S. Thiebault, Minneapolis, Minn. John L. Thomas, Saline, La. Roger G. Thomas, Pontiac, Mich. Richard Tabor, Grassy Butte, N. D. Norman Thompson, Honaker, Va. Hugh A. Vaughn, Atlanta, Ga. Leonard W. Vezina, Canterbury, Conn. Charles E. Walls, Danville, Ind. George G. Wargo, Streator, 111. Edward J. Wasmanski, Plains, Pa. Donald Watt, Lansdale, Pa. Melvin D. Webster, Watseka, 111. Wallace G. Weisner, Winston-Salem, N. C. Bobby G. White, Aurora, Missouri William M. White, Muskogee, Oklahoma Ray L. Wiginton, Lakeview, Texas Samuel W. Williams, Norfolk, Va. Wallace L. Williams, Louisville, Ky. Edmund Williams, Orient, 111. Frank A. Wnek, New Bedford, Mass. Joe D. Woodie, Norfolk, Va. LCDR IRA D. EASLEY Commanding Officer USS GORDIUS THE USS GORDIUS (ARL 36) has been designated a repair ship for landing craft, although in a more general sense she stands ready to give service to all components of the fleet. She was built by the Chicago Bridge and Iron Works, Shipbuilding Division, Seneca, Illinois, and on 18 May 1945, was commissioned as LST 1145. The conversion to an ARL was completed 14 September 1945, making her displacement 4000 tons, her length 328 feet. During her first year, the GORDIUS operated for several months in the Guantanamo Bay area and then to the Amphibious Bases at Little Creek and Annapolis-Baltimore area. Upon each successive year the GORDIUS took her part in the operations in the Caribbean, followed by repair assignments at Little Creek. From June through August of 1952, the GORDIUS, as part of operation Sunac, made the hazardous voyage to Thule, Greenland, within 900 miles of the North Pole. Floating ice took its toll and the crew of the GORDIUS was called upon to perform extensive underwater hull repairs in the icy water off Greenland. Whi le at Thule, the GORDIUS baseball team won the ' Top of The World Series tournament and the mounted Narwahl tusk as a trophy of victory. More recently the GORDIUS has returned from the Caribbean to resume her repair schedule at Little Creek. At present the GORDIUS, as senior tender among the ARL ' s at Little Creek, performs all those services and repairs to landing craft which can feasibly be done without the facilities of a shipyard. r USS GORDIUS ARL36 as: First row: George B. Constantine, Franklyn C. Vogt, James N. WarJon, Paul V. McLanson, Dan E. Parker, William G. Ely, Richard J. Giannangeli, Joseph F. Jablonski. . . . Second row: Robert W. Carson, John C. Tanner, William D. Czako, Har- vey J. Swaggerty, MACH William J. O ' Connell, Mack H. Phillips, James F. Trevey, Michael A. Marrero, Alfred Apos- tolico. . . . Third row: George L. Forehand, Joe R. Siler, James A. Grandell, Richard E. Decorie, John A. Ward, Paul C. Stang, D. G. Martin, Charles L. Eaker, Charles W. Eagan, Albert J. Krider, Grover E. Eisele, Jr., David S. Finney, Wil- liam F. Brubaker. CDiCi 1 ■ I r-r - r- i ' : j : ' r ' m First roil-. Robert W. Goff, Nicholas A. Migliaccio, Richard D. Bennett, Anthony J. Fabiani, Billy J. Inman, Everett R. Machado, Charles M. Couture, Arthur A. Bayley, Robert Szymkowiak. . . . Second row: Paul Nothington, Raymond Valentine, Harold Bliss, Howard O. Meagher, CARP Jack E. Wickham, Mclvin C. Moycr, Swede A. F. Dahlquist, A. D. Daughcrty, George Perchak. . . . Third row: Robert R. Szewc, Harold Nelson, David G. Davis. John F. Peterpaul, lohn J. Kent, John R. Haywood, Allen S. Miller, George Powell, Arthur J. Woods, James M. Amburn, Steve Kish. Fourth row: Richard Riser, Joseph A. Matczynski, Tom- my N. Dozier, Elmer D. Kobcl, Randall R. Kirchhoff, Charles P. Harold, George R. Santos, William C Ward, M. E. Sinder- man, Robert L. Wood, Robert R. Link. J ■■ ' ' ii m ' 4m USS GORDIUS First row: Ronald Calasabetta, Francis W. McGee, Carrol W. Blakeman, Aloysius J. Pfeifer, Robert M. Shikany. . . . Second roll:- Blaine A. Lauderman, Charles A. Dickinson, ELEC Quirino G. DiCroce, Willie J. Wilson, Paul F. Page. . . . Third row: Ward E. Compton, Herbert L. Gardner, M. Franklin Robetor, Robert C. Martin, John L. Ferguson, Claude W, Hackler, Donald A. Soderlund. A First row: James R. Crum, Richard D. Shell, Anthony Cos- tantino, Leland F. Eshelman, Edward T. Katcher, Jr., James W. Bradley. . . . Second row: Warren D. Graham, Louis J. Huttman, Boyd G. Phillips, LTJG Walter F. Pawlowski, John L. Dade, James R. Murphy. . . . Third row: Austin Crane, Jr., James R. Kennedy, Paul A. Long, Melvin Jones, James R. Brady, M. R. Olson, Edward C. Foster, Lawrence E. Oleson, W. W. Slater. . . . Fourth rotv: Jack R. Guthrie, W. D. Strickland, Milton L. Kreiser, Jr., Dester A. Kenyon, Peter Starrett, Robert E. Tucker. USS GORDIUS ARL36 I A) First roil-: Fred W. Shaffer, Noble Ash, Jr., Lowell F. Bashore, James H. Atkins, Neil Kunkel, Keith D. Hen ' stra, Leonard A. Mazzola. . . . Second row: Howard C. Gauthier, John Avigian, Samuel M. Jemison, LT R. F. Ketcham, CHPCLK Howard R. Pattison, Aubrey W. Midgett, Louie R. Cowling, Robert B. Lyons. . . . Third row: Edward Elder, Elben J. Purvear, El- wood A. Wilkins, Emil A. Kanthak, Gerard Ihlefeld, Vance T. Evans, Clifton O. Wall, Kenneth Marshall, James W. Brown, Thomas J. CuUen, Gerald Remley. . . . Fourth row: Frank H. Halloran, Robert R. Sabo, Carter O. Price, Bruce A. Maxwell. First row: Clarence E. Welch, Robert E. Tofte, Ivan L. El- liott, Charles A. McClain, Herman F. Goodnow. . . . Second row: Theodore C Dickson, Bernard F. Wallach, Marvin A. Huber, David E. Machen, Leon E. Gunderson. . . . Third row: Fred R. Rockage, William L. Simpson, Cyril M. Kruger, Rob- ert E. Gangloff, Bob A. B.schoff, Charles W. Alsobrook, Wil- liam H. Barkschat, Shirley Comley, James R. Ehlman. . . . Fourth row: Harold R. Porter, Robert C. Williams, Tom For- tenbery, Ronald R. Rhodes, Francis E. Yarnell, Howard L. Rhodes. I USS GORDRJS First row: Frank J. Farrell. John A. Henderson, John M. Brown, Eugene A. Wesolowski, Carl L. DeNoble. . . . Second row: James E. Howe, Roderick S. LeGrys, Paul Reeves, Willis L. Phillips, Alfred R. Pfister, Norman F. Bacon. . . . Third row: Michael R. Roberts, George E. Mervine, Jr., William J. Dolan, Thomas D. Harkins, Burl R. Taylor, Oliver B. Fulmer, Charles C. Hager, James E. DePalma, Paul T. Charles. ROSTER LCDR G. W. Prue, USN LCDR O. C. Chapman, USN LT P. Cooke, USN LT G. W. Fairfield, USN LTJG E. W. Epps, USN LTJG R. H. Schnver, USNR LTJG R. P. Dallaire, USNR CHELEC R. Henry, USN CHPCLK H. E. Rhodes, USN MACH G. F. Kranske, USN CARP J. L. Mooney, USN FA Gerald D. AUor, USN SA Paul A. Allosso, USN MFC Charles S, Alpeter, USN DCFN George L. Arvay, USN ENC Jesse R. Auldridge, USN ENl Lloyd A. Bahney, USN DC3 Arthur R. Baldwin, USN DCWC John C. Barnes, USNR GM2 Joseph A. Basile, USN MEFN Kenneth R. Baum, USN FPFN Jay Beckerman, USN QMl Joseph A. E. Belliveau, USN SA Richard H. Belson, USN SN Buford Bingham, USN GMl Walter P. Bonnell, USN MEl Charles E. Bower, USN QMQSN Lloyd G. Brennecke, USNR BT3 Jerry M. Brittingham, USN MEFA Harold W. Brown, USN MM3 Edwin K. Bullis, USN SA Gordon J. Burbank, USN SN Harold L. Cain, USN SN Clyde G. Carlton, USN FN Donald P. Carnahan, USN SA Robert S. Carr, USN SN Patrick C Champaigne, USN FN Robert C. Conner, USN FN Nicholes T. Costantino, USN FN Albert L. Craft, USN MEFN Arvell J. Crawford, USN BM2 Raymond W. Cross, USN SKSN Carlton L. Croteau, USN BTFN Denis R. W. Crotty, USN BMGC Marion S. Cueto, USNR SN Earl Curry, USN ME3 Ronald W. Dahnke, USN MMFN Lewis G. Davenport, USN ENC Walter F. Davidson, USN SA Giralamo J. DiGregorio, USN ENl George S. Dorich, USN FN Albert A. Drew, USN SN Henry H. Dudley, USN TN Clarence W. Dunigan, USN SD3 John R. Dyer, USN SA Walter L Early, USN YNTSN Charles L. Eastland, USNR EM2 John W. Edwards, USN RMSN John J. Eisele, USN ENC Walter W. Ellison, USN FN Dewey B. Farmer, USN FPGFN William R. Fearnley, USNR RD3 Robert S. Feit, USN BMl Joseph A. Fessler, USN MEFN Lloyd I. Flessert, USN RMSN Arthur W. Fletcher, USN ROSTER ARL36 FN Herbert C. Force, USN MRFN Howard A. Frazeur, USN MMC Charles H. Galles, USN FN Donald L. Garner, USN MMFN Henry L Gavin, USN PN3 Bernard R. Gireault, USN ENl Fred H. Grimes, USN SN Daniel J. Grzybowski, USN SK3 Martin J. Grzywacz, USN ■VNSN Edwin A. Haapaoja, USN BM3 John P. Hahne, USN SN Billy R. Hamilton, USN MEFA Warner J. Hamilton, USN SN James A. Hansen, USN QMQSN Homer E. Harmon, USNR GMl James T. Harper, USN FN Roland M. Harrell, USN ENl Gerald J. Harvey, USN SN William A. Hauer, USN SHSN Robert E. Hawk, USN FPFN Gerard F. Hayes, USN MR 3 Gene E. Hayner, USN ET2 Irving F. Hazard, USN SN Richard L. Headley, USN YN2 Emmett D. Hedrick, USN CSC Earldon G. Hedspeth, USN CSSN Kenneth G. Heglemeier, USN FN Robert L. Henry, USN ET3 Robert W. Herring, USN SKSN Thomas J. Hickman, USN SA Charles R. Horn, USN FN William A. Hoyt, USN EN3 Francis Ireland, USN FN Clement R. Jandeska, USN HM3 Robert L. Janes, USN SKGSN Robert J. Jedlicka, USNR SA Bobbie E. Jenkins, USN SDl Sherman Jennings, USN SA Everett E. Johnson, USN QMC James K. Johnson, USN CSSN Asa Jones, USN BM3 Albert Jovanelly, USN FPC John D. Kay, USN MR 3 James L. King, USN SA Jackie D. Knick, USN FN Edward B. Knight, USN SN John R. Krupa, USN SHI Valentine A. Kulczak, USN MEFN Donald E. Ladd, USN ENFN Otto J. Laemmermann, USN SN Oscar L. Lagerberg, USN GM3 Francis N. Leist, USN F.N3 Richard E. Lingo, USN DKSN William D. Longabough, USN SN Anthony F. Lo Presti, USN MFC William Lorch, USN MEl William T. Lowman, USN TN Merrill Lynch, USN MEW2 John T. Maher, USNR DC3 Paul T. Makely, USN MMFN Thomas O. Mallory, USN BMGC Arthur G. MacDougall, USNR FN Joseph Masuicca, USNR ENC James A. Matthews, USN BTC Julius McCool, USN FN Robert F. McCoy, USN ENl Robert C McDonald, USN EMFN Richard T. McElroy, USN FPFA John H. McKee, USN SN Carl C McLaughlin, USN SN Roland A. Miggiani, USN BM3 Maurice J. Mitchell, USN SN Milo J. Mohr, USN PN3 Carlos D. Montgomery, USN SN Norman E. Mooney, USN EMFN John J. Moore, USN MMFN Philip L Morse, USN QMSN Alan M. Munroe, USN SK2 Donato Nicolias, USN FN Virgil E. Nieder, USN MEI Allen A. Olivier, USN SN William D. Orr, USN SKSN Stephen B. Osuch II, USN FN Glenn E. Otto, USN FN Donald R. Owings, USN MEFN Jerry Parks, USN FTC Frank S. Partridge, USN FN Weldon E. Peterson, USN SN Paul J. Pfleckl, USN FPFN Herbert S. Pharo, USN DCl Rodger V. Philipp, USN EMFA Norman A. Plassenthal, USNR SN Everett J. Prichard, USNR SA Stephen L. Ramsey, USN MR 3 Densel E. Rewerts, USN FP3 Junior F. Robinson, USN END3 Loren A. Roessel, USNR EMI Lester L. Rogers, USN EMFN Donald H. Rowland, USN MEFN Harold Rusher, USN SN Forrest O. Russell. USNR SA Brian E. Sarsfield, USN BT3 Donald L. Schmidt, USN FN Marvin C. Schwartz, USN ENl Walter F. Schwegler, USN SA Earl C. Scott, USN CSSN Otwell Seeley, USN MFC Alois G. Seiberlich, USN SKSN Peter C. Serda, USN ICFN Keith F. Sharlow, USN MR3 Jesse H. Shipley, USN FPC Troy C. Shults, USN EM3 Donald E. Singer, USN RM3 Clyde S. Sipe, USN SA Charles E. Smith, USN CS2 Jessie P. Smith, USN MRFN William C. Smith, USN DC3 Herbert W. Snively, USN SK3 Lewis H. Snow, USN GMC Walter A. Snow, USN IMSN James W. Soltysiak, USN SKSN Peter P. Szarvas, USN ICC Chester J. Szwed, USN EMFN William D. Tammany, USN FA Frank P. Tancredi, USN MMFN Merrill F. Taylor, USN SKGSN Joseph V. Tevsh, USNR SH3 Willie R. Thames, USN FN Raymond N. Thibault, USN EN2 Clifford C Thorpe, USN FN William F. Tippitt, USN TN William H. Trammell, USN DC 3 Thomas M. Tray lor, USN MEl Willis H. Tuxhorn, USN CSl Henry Q. Tynes, USN SHSN James J. UUom, USN SK3 Fred J Vaden, USN SK3 Dalton F. Vann, USN FN Kelcey L. Vaught, USN FPFN James B. Walker, USN BMC Oscar B. Warren, USN RMSN Arthur D. Warshaw, USN ENC William E. Wells, USN MRFN Jack A. White. USN FN George J. Williams, USN CSSN Harvey C. Williams, USN SD3 Berdell Wilson, USN SN Lawrence T. Wilson, USN SN James D. Wininger, USN ET3 Herbert C. Wolf, USN GMC Milo A. Wooldridge, USN HMC Paul W. Yoes, USN ARL38 USS KRISHNA Ir. THE USS KRISHNA (ARL 38) was built by the Chicago Bridge and Iron Works, Seneca, Illinois. She was launched on 25 May 1945 and was commissioned on 3 De- cember 1945. Like the other ships in her class the KRISHNA is a converted LST; it was originally designated LST 1149. However, she never saw service as an LST as it was converted to an ARL soon after being built. The KRISHNA reported to the At- lantic Fleet on 1 February 1946 and was assigned to the Amphibious Force for duty. The KRISHNA is designated a Repair Ship, the letter designatioa is ARL, the number is of course a further designation within the class. The word KRISHNA is derived from Hindu mythology with the meaning the seventh carnation of the God Vishnu. LT BURTON was the commanding officer of the KRISHNA from her commissioning date to early in 1947, he was relieved as commanding officer by LCDR PARLIER who remained in command until 11 July 1949, at which time he was relieved by LCDR H. C. BROWN. While the KRISHNA was under the command of LCDR BROWN, she participated in Operation Blue Jay 1951, this was the initial phase of the estab- lishment of the great air base at Thule, Greenland. During this Operation the KRISHNA received five letters of commendation for repair work accomplished beyond the call. For this she earned the name of The Can Do Ship . LCDR BROWN was relieved in January 1952 by the present Commanding Officer LCDR G. W. PRUE. In addition to Operation Blue Jay, the KRISHNA has participated in numerous Amphibious operations. USS KRISHNA Af First row: James William Solrysiak, Dennis R. Crotty, James L. King, Donald L. Schmidt. . . . Second row: Julius McCool, Jr., Evander Bennett Turner, MACH George F. Kranske, LT Paul Cooke, Jesse Raymond Avldridge. . . . Third row: Howard A. Frazeur, Jack A. White, William C. Smith, Denny E. Rewerts, Jesse H. Shipley, Jerry M. Brittingham. fitil Eixle P I I First row: Raymond N. Thibault, Thomas O. Mallory, Merrill F. Taylor, Frank Tancredi. . . . Second row: Edwin K. Bullis, L. A. Rocssel, Jr., R. C McDonald, William E. Wells, Walter P. Schwegler, Clifford C. Thorpe. . . . Third row: Donald R. Owings, Philip L. Morse, Lewis G. Davenport, Clement R. Jandcska, John D. Laemmcrmann, Henry L. Gavin, Jr., Dewey B. Farmer, Albert A. Drew, Kelcey L. Vaught. fw ClO: II ARL38 USS KRISHNA Honid First roiv: Charles Lamar Eastland, Harold L. Cain, John J. Eisele, Edwin A. Haapaoja. . . . Second row: Herbert C. Wolf, Jr., James J. Johnson, LCDR Orville C. Chapman, Paul Wil- son Yoes, Joseph A. Belliveau. . . . Third row: Charles Robert Horn, Robert S. Carr, Brian E. Sarsficld, Arthur W. Fletcher, Lloyd G. Brennecke, Homer E. Harmon, Everett J. Prichard, Robert S. Feit. ¥irit rote: William D. Orr, Daniel J. Grzybowski, Raymond W, Cross, James D. Wininger, Walter L. Early. . . . Second row: Walter A. Snow, Oscar B. Warren, LTJG Robert H. Schriver, Marion Cueto, Arthur G. MacDougall. . . . Third row: R. A. Miggiani, Patrick C. Champaigne, Milo J. Mohr, Jackie D. Knick, Richard L. Headley, Jerome J. DiGregorio, Billy R. Hamilton, Ruford Bingham, Maurice J. Mitchell, Gordon J. Burbank. . . . Fourth row: R. H. Belson, William A. Hauer, Francis N. Leist, Walter P. Bonnell, James A. Hansen, Everett E. Johnson, Bobbie E. Jenkins, Joseph A. Pasile, Elyde G. Carlton. USS KRISHNA ARL38 AK T First row: Ronald W. Dahnke, Charles E. Bower, Joseph Ma- suicca, Arville J. Crawford. . . . Second row: Alois G. Seiber- lich, CARP J. L. Mooney, William Lorch, Charles, S. Alpeter. . . . Third row: Glenn E, Otto, Kenneth R. Baum, Donald E. Ladd, Willis H. Tuxhorn, William Frank Tippitt, Warner J. Hamilton, Allen A. Olivier. . . . Fourth row: Lloyd I. Flessert, Harold Rusher, John T. Maher, Marvin C. Schwartz, Virgil E. Nieder. fifil i ] Fint row: John H. McKee. Herbert S. Pharo, Thomas M. Traylor, Herbert C. Force. . . . Second row: Troy C. Shults, CARP James Mooney, John C. Barnes, John D. Kay. . . . Third row: George L. Arvay, Herbert W. Snively, Arthur R. Baldwin, Rodger V. Phillipp, William R. Fearnley, James B. Walker, Jr. Rrl) Robe Allre E.L L38 ARL38 USS KRISHNA iH, Vll{ii First row: Irving F. Hazard, LT Paul Cooke, Chester J. Szwed, Robert W. Herring. . . . Second row: Norman A. Plassenthal, Robert C. Conner, Oscar Lagerberg, Donald E. Singer, Weldon E. Peterson, William P. Tammany, John J. Moore. First row: Donald L. Garner, Earl C. Scott, Albert L. Craft, Robert F, McCoy. . . . Second row: George S. Dorich, James A. Matthews, LTJG R. P. Dallaire, Walter W. Ellison, Lloyd Alfred Bahney. . . . Third row: Donald H. Rowland, Richard E. Lingo, Francis B. Ireland, Roland M. Harrell, Gerald J. Harvey, James T. Hand, Robert L. Henry, Paul T. Makely. . . . Fourth roir: Donald P. Carnahan, Keith F. Sharlow, Jay Beckerman, John W. Edwards, Nick T. Costantino, Gerald D. Allor, Gerard F. Hayes, Edward B. Knight. USS KRISHNA y 1 1 -K ARL38 First row: William H. Trammell, Charles E. Smith, Robert E. Hawk, Dalton F. Vann, Kenneth G. Heglmeier, Stephen B. Osuch, II. . . . Second row: Sherman Jennings, E. G. Hedspeth, LT G. W. Fairfield, CHPCLK Herman E. Rhodes, Henry Q. Tunea. . . . Third row: Peter C. Serda, John R. Dyer, Harvey Clarke Williams, Lewis H. Snow, Valentine A. Kulczak, Clar- ence Dunigan, Martin J. Grzywacz, Willie R. Thames, Merrill Lynch. . . . Fourth row: J. P. Smith, Henry H. Dudley, James J. UUom, Carlton L. Croteau, Thomas J. Hickman, Robert J. jedlicka, William D. Lonpabough, Teush V. Teush, Fred J. Vaden. ROSTER LCDR G. W. Prue, USN Commanding Officer LCDR O. C. Chapman, USN Executive Officer LT P. Cooke, USN Repair Officer LT G. W. Fairfield, USN Supply Officer LTJG E. W. Epps, USN Com and Op LTJG R. H. Schriver, USNR First Lieutenant LTJG R. P. Dallaire, USNR Engineering CHELEC R. Henry, USN Electrical Repair Officer CHPCLK H. E. Rhodes, USN Asst. Supply Officer MACH G. F. Kranske, USN Machinist Repair CARP J. L. Mooney, USN Hull Repair FA Gerald D. AUor, USN SA Paul A. AUosso, USN MEC Charles S. Alpeter, USN DCFN George L. Arvay, USN ENC Jesse R. Auldridge, USN ENl Lloyd A. Bahney, USN DC3 Arthur R. Baldwin, USN DCWC John C. Barnes, USNR GM2 Joseph A. Basile, USN MEFN Kenneth R. Baum, USN FPFN Jay Beckerman, USN QMl Joseph A. E. Belliveau, USN SA Richard H. Belson, USN SN Buford Bingham, USN GUI Walter P. Bonnell, USN MEl Charles E. Bower, USN QMQSN Lloyd G. Brennecke, USNR BT.3 Jerry M. Brittingham, USN MEFA Harold W. Brown, USN MM.3 Edwin K. Bullis, USN SA Gordon J. Burbank, USN SN Harold L Cain, USN SN Clyde G. Carlton, USN FN Donald P. Carnahan, USN SA Robert S. Carr, USN SN Patrick C. Champaigne, USN FN Robert C. Conner, USN FN Nicholas T. Costantino. USN FN Albert L. Craft, USN MEFN Arvell J. Crawford, USN BM2 Raymond W. Cross, USN SKSN Carlton L. Croteau, USN BTFN Denis R. W. Crotty, USN BMGC Marion S. Cueto, USNR SN Earl Curry, USN ME3 Ronald W. Dahnke, USN MMFN Lewis G. Davenport, USN ENC Walter F. Davidson, USN SA Giralamo J. Di Gregorio, USN ENl George S. Dorich, USN FN Albert A. Drew, USN SN Henry H. Dudley, USN TN Clarence W. Dunigan, USN SD3 John R. Dyer, USN ARL38 ROSTER ' l ' :;ill !..:« , iSN SA Walter L. Early, USN YNTSN Charles L. Eastland, USNR EM2 John W. Edwards, USN RMSN John J. Eisele, USN ENC Walter W. Ellison, USN FN Dewey B. Farmer, USN FPGFN William R. Fearnley, USNR RD3 Robert S. Feit, USN BMl Joseph A. Fessler, USN MEFN Lloyd I. Flessert, USN RMSN Arthur W. Fletcher, USN FN Herbert C. Force, USN MRFN Howard A. Frazeur, USN MMC Charles H. Galles, USN FN Donald L. Garner, USN MMFN Henry L. Gavin, USN PN3 Bernard R. Gibeault, USN ENl Fred H. Grimes, USN SN Daniel J. Grzybowski, USN SK3 Martin J. Grzywacz, USN YNSN Edwin A. Haapaoja, USN BM3 John P.Hahne, USN SN Billy R, Hamilton, USN MEFA Warner J. Hamilton, USN SN James A. Hansen, USN QMQSN Homer E. Harmon, USNR GMl James T. Harper, USN FN Roland M. Harrell, USN ENl Gerald J. Harvey, USN SN William A. Hauer, USN SHSN Robert E. Hawk, USN FPFN Gerard F. Hayes, USN MR3 Gene E. Hayner, USN ET2 Irving F. Hazard, USN SN Richard L. Headley, USN YN2 Emmett D. Hedrick, USN CSC Earldon G. Hedspeth, USN CSSN Kenneth G. Heglemeier, USN FN Robert L. Henry, USN ET3 Robert W. Herring, USN SKSN Thomas J. Hickman, USN SA Charles R. Horn, USN FN William A. Hoyt, USN EN3 Francis Ireland, USN FN Clement R. Jandeska, USN HM3 Robert L. Janes, USN SKGSN Robert J. Jedlicka, USNR SA Bobbie E. Jenkins, USN SDl Sherman Jennings, USN SA Everett E. Johnson, USN QMC James K. Johnson, USN CSSN Asa Jones, USN BM3 Albert Jovanelly, USN FPC John D. Kay, U.SN MR3 James L. King, USN SA Jackie D. Knick, USN FN Edward B. Knight, USN SN John R. Krupa, USN SHI Valentine A. Kulczak, USN MEFN Donald E. Ladd, USN ENFN Otto J. Laemmermann, USN SN Oscar L. Lagerberg, USN GM3 Francis N Leist, USN EN3 Richard E. Lingo, USN DKSN William D Longabough, USN SN Anthony F. Lo Presti, USN MEC William Lorch, USN MEl William T. Lowman, USN TN MerriU Lynch, USN MEW2 John T. Maher, USNR DC3 Paul T. Makely, USN MMFN Thomas O. Mallory, USN BMGC Arthur G. MacDougall, USNR FN Joseph Masuicca, USNR ENC James A. Matthews, USN BTC Julius McCool, USN FN Robert F. McCoy, USN ENl Robert C. McDonald, USN EMFN Richard T. McElroy, USN FPFA John H. McKee, USN SN Carl C. McLaughlin, USN SN Roland A. Miggiani, USN BM3 Maurice J. Mitchell, USN SN Milo J. Mohr, USN PN3 Carlos D. Montgomery, USN SN Norman E. Mooney, USN EMFN John J. Moore, USN MMFN Philip L. Morse, USN QMSN Alan M. Munroe, USN SK2 Donato Nicolias, USN FN Virgil E. Nieder, USN MEl Allen A. Olivier, USN SN William D. Orr, USN SKSN Stephen B. Osuch, II, USN FN Glenn E. Otto, USN FN Donald R. Owings, USN MEFN Jerry Parks, USN FTC Frank S. Partridge, USN FN Weldon E. Peterson, USN SN Paul J. Pfleckl, USN FPFN Herbert S. Pharo, USN DCl Rodger V. Philipp, USN EMFA Norman A. Plassenthal, USNR SN Everett J. Prichard, USNR SA Stephen L. Ramsey, USN MR 3 Densel E. Rewerts, USN FP3 Junior F. Robinson, USN END3 Loren A. Roessel, USNR EMI Lester L. Rogers, USN EMFN Donald H. Rowland, USN MEFN Harold Rusher, USN SN Forrest O. Russell, USNR SA Brian E. Sarsfield, USN BT3 Donald L. Schmidt, USN FN Marvin C. Schwartz, USN ENl Walter F. Schwegler, USN SA Earl C. Scott, USN CSSN Otwell Seeley, USN MEC Alois G. Seiberlich, USN SKSN Peter C. Serda, USN ICFN Keith F. Sharlow, USN MR3 Jesse H. Shipley, USN FPC Troy C. Shults, USN EM3 Donald E. Singer, USN RM3 Clyde S. Sipe, USN SA Charles E. Smith, USN CS2 Jessie P. Smith, USN MRFN William C. Smith, USN DC3 Herbert W. Snively, USN SK3 Lewis H. Snow, USN GMC Walter A. Snow, USN IMSN James W. Soltysiak, USN SKSN Peter P. Szarvas, USN ICC Chester J. Szwed, USN EMFN William D. Tammany, USN FA Frank P. Tancredi, USN MMFN Merrill F. Taylor, USN SKGSN Joseph V. Tevsh, USNR SH3 Willie R. Thames, USN FN Raymond N. Thibault, USN EN2 Clifford C. Thorpe, USN FN WiUiam F. Tippitt, USN TN William H. TrammeU, USN DC3 Thomas M. Traylor, USN MEl Willis H. Tuxhorn, USN CSl Henry Q. Tynes, USN SHSN James J. Ullom, USN SK3 Fred J. Vaden, USN SK3 Dalton F. Vann, USN FN Kelcey L. Vaught, USN FPFN James B. Walker, USN BMC Oscar B. Warren, USN RMSN Arthur D. Warshaw, USN ENC William E. Wells, USN MRFN Jack A. White, USN FN George J. Williams, USN CSSN Harvey C Williams, USN SD3 Berdell Wilson, USN SN Lawrence T. Wilson, USN SN James D. Wininger, USN ET3 Herbert C, Wolf, USN GMC Milo A. Wooldridge, USN HMC Paul W. Yoes, USN ady to Serine M