Baltimore (CA 68) - Naval Cruise Book

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'Iwi lllviui 'Emil 5 4' nf? ST' xl, gr'?Ei3'T rfb itrfifi Fw .wx pf? v 1. i 'N v 'T :bam 1-HMT BACK ROW: L. D. Thompson, G. B. Cashman, D. A. Bloeclow. R. V. Wolf, K. A Spears R W ST Onge LCDR A D Rusk ENS R J M Wh A. Ponce, W. E. Malone, J. BenTZ. P- H. MCGinr1iS, R. K. Murphy, D. F. S:hmuTzi FRONT ROW: J. Oreaney W J Moore J N Duijuis tO-h-D Moore, A. STapleTon, R. R. Rhacligan, A. SaTmary, A. F. Shumslci, R. Therrien, M. Craig, V. Pasceri, P. E. Saraceno J F Yovino J Massa F J Gregson. NOT PRESENT: R. F. OTis, E. S. Clark. DIVISION N division is responsible Tor direcTing The ship Through navigable waTers, and Tixing her posiTion on The earTh aT any given momenT, This is The pri- mary TuncTion oT The QuarTermasTer gang. In addiTion, They wriTe The ship's log, an accuraTe and deTailed hisTory oT The daily liTe oT The BalTi- rnore. The quarTermasTers care Tor The correcTion oT all charTs and pub- licaTions concerning changes in navigaTional aids and sea condiTions in every corner OT The world. While in porT The quarTermasTers play an imporTanT role in rendering honors and ceremo- nies. They Turnish The ship's buglers who announce The daily evenTs aboard The ship. lT is an ouTTiT which demands The uTmosT cooperaTion oT The group, as well as The Torehandedness and adapTabiliTy oT each individual To cope wiTh The unexpecTed. This spiriT oT Team work was never more in evidence Than during our recenT cruise. The resulT was a well-oiled machine, which aT all Times lcepT conTusion aT a minimum. Wi'. , The exacTing Technical aspecT oT The guarTermasTer's job comes The monoTonous daily rouTine oT cleaning The division spaces. Again Team work and cooperaTion play a maior role. The bridge area was immaculaTe aT all Times. Every member oT The OuarTermasTer gang can cerTainly be proud oT his division and The work iT has accomplished. AT sea They readily adapTed Themselves To The rigorous daily rouTine demanded oT a guarTermasTer underway. IT wasn'T easy aTTer a long period in The yard, buf They made The change and proved Them- selves worThy oT The TiTle oT QuarTermasTer. , .,.. rg

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TOP ROW D P Lopez D Glenn F A Slone E D Fish R D Douglas G. E. Furey, R. J. Hanley, F. R. Dupon+. MIDDLE ROW: M. Mazurslry F G Schneider W L Hicks P H Malone R A Aushn R D Slevens H. R. Woller, J. l.. Schlageler. BOTTOM ROW: W. E. Riffey, K. M Alexander J M Brown LTJG R R Grundy S. R. Shaw, W. S. Lawson, D. E. Forest I ISI We are lhe eyes ol The ship. We're Trained lo recognize Ships, planes, buoys, and aids +o navigalion in any kind of wealher. Normal sleaming finds us in Sky Forward, Sky All, and lhe Comloal lnlormalion Cenler. When The log rolls in, we are posled from lruclc lo lorecaslle, Unlil The Ballimore arrived al Barcelona, we were a parl of N di- vision-mind you a parl ol, yer a dislincl group in lhe N division. Aller our deparlure from Barcelona we moved 'ro new quarlers and became officially a division wilh ML Peepers as our division officer, On our Scandinavian cruise, we provided six of l'he eighl 'eClUlfeCl Side lOOyS. Needless lo say, we spenl many exlfd hours squaring ourselves and our dress blues away fOr ll1lS demancllml duly. We shall long remember Mr. Grundy? daily mOfV1iV1g personnel inspeclions, and cerlainly MF- Clalqs leclures on The Dulies ol a Sideboyf'

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TOP RO, F. G. Sc Q azurslry, 'K,M. nize nd oi fog The N di- vision-mi you a pa 'I llle N division. Allen' our deparlure from Barcelona we moved TO new guarlers and became officially a division wiiln MV- Peepersl' as our division ollicer. Un our Scandinavian cruise, we provided six ol llne Glfllwl required side boys, Needless lo say, we spenl many eXl'VG liours squaring ourselves and our dress blues away for 'rl'1iS demanding duly. We sliall long remember Mr. Grundy? daily morning personnel inspeclions, and cerlainly MV- Craigls leclures on Mille Dulies ol a Sideboyf'