Bataan (CVL 29) - Naval Cruise Book

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Administration L. to R.: SCIk Faster, Lt. Dwyer, Cdr. Arndt, Ltjg. Gaudio, Ens. Strandjord. The Administrative Department, or X Division, is headed by the Executive Officer. Under the Exec comes the Personnel Officer, LTJG. J. J. GAUDIO, who also is the Legal Officer. His assistant, ENS. P. E. STRANDJORD, acts as educational officer, also. Under this department can be found a number of offices. The Captain ' s Office handles Officer Personnel and highly classified cor- respondence of various nature. The Personnel, or Executive Officer ' s Office, has the interest of the some 1000 or so enlisted men as their prime goal. There the serv- ice records ore filed and kept up to date. Situated in the some office, but doing a different job, is the legal office. This office handles the Executive Officer ' s and Captain ' s Masts, courts-martial, housing, and personal problems. m T ' r a 5 ... , , . Front Row, L. to R.: Lanno, Welch, Cook, Lajiness, Stracener, Coates, Sawatzki, Schwartz, Bruel. Second Row: Chief O ' Connor, Fritz, Sylvester, Fergerson, Kauffman, Harvey, Jones, Needham, Lewis, Lt|g. Gaudio. Third Row: Hull, Jordan, McManus, Dunkum, Maloney, Stakias, Callahan, Woodward and Devall.

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Air Department Cdr. Piper The Air Department of the BATAAN, as on any carrier, has a primary function which is greatly responsible for that carrier ' s effectiveness. Under the capable guidance of Com- mander M. A. Piper and his assistant, Lt. Commander R. B. Fellmeth, it functions with on efficiency of which any carrier would well be proud. With the Air office as its nerve center, the Air Depart- ment has six divisions and a squadron, working together to complete its missions. Lt. Fierce heads V-1, the plane handlers and flight deck crew. V-2, under Lt. Adkins, has charge of catapults and arresting gear. The hangar deck crew in V-3 is under Lt. Wells. V-4 repairs and maintains our aircraft and vehicles. That division works under Lt. Beacham. Aviation ordnance is the big job of V-6 under ChGun Fleming and Gun Levieux. ChMach Marchacos and his men in V-7 have the responsibility of the aviation gasoline. Front Row, L. to R: Ens. Prescott, ChMach Marchacos, GUN. Levieux, Lt. Roberts, ChMach Roberts. Back Row: Lt, Fierce, Lt. Adkins, Lt. Wells, Cdr. Piper, ChGun. Fleming, Lt. Beacham, LCDR Fell- meth.