Beatty (DD 756) - Naval Cruise Book

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WEAPONS DEPARTMENT WEAPONS OFFICER As is to be expected from its title, the Weapons De- partment represents the fists of the ship. The Depart- ment is divided into three major divisions: Fox, 1st and 2nd. Within FOX division, gunners mates maintain and operate the ship ' s 5 ' 38 gun mounts and magazines, fire controhiien take care of the MK 37 Gunfire Control system, sonarmen operate our underwater search equipment and associated weapons systems, and torpedomen handle our homing fish ' . 1st and 2nd divisions comprise the deck organization of the ship. In theii- hands is placed the traditional Navy problems of seamanship, including the maintenance of the ship s decks, bulkheads, and sides, linehandling, rigging of lines and tackle for transfers at sea, replenishments, and refueling, and the manning of key underway stations such as boatswain s mate of the watch, helmsman, etc. The Weapons Officer is assisted in presiding over the fists by the Anti-submarine Warfare Officer, the First Lieutenant, and the Second Division Officer. It might be added that both th e ship s leading gunner ' s mate and the ship ' s bosn think that they really run the whole ship. Such is the pride of the traditional Navy rates. In the eternal interdepartmental squabble over who ' is the most important. Weapons snicerely feels that without their talents, the ship would be indistinguishable from a second-rate passenger liner— fat, lazy, unsalty, and spineless. This is quite true. LTJG JOHN Gogg ' GOGGINS Newport. R. I. St. Mar ' s Seminai- -. B. A.

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STAFF A special page devoted to those members of the wardroom whose duties, being somewhat loosely defined, deserve special treatment. MARTY REVISITED from Piraeus Pirate 26 November 1964 In all honesty, it must be said that the Doctor and the Chap- lain have less to do aboard BEATTY than anyone else. The only difference is that the Doc has two assistants to help him. Naturally, this leads to much leisure time, and the Doc and the Chaps have become fast friends in order to conquer their com- mon enemy, boredom. The setting for the following scenario is the wardroom. Time about 1000, after the Doc and the Chaps have had theii ' late breakfast. (It was falsely reported that one day Doc made Officer ' s Call). Doc: Well, Chaps, what are we gonna do today? Chaps: I dunno, Doc. What do you wanna do? Doc: (After pregnant pause). Jeez, I dunno. (Long Silence) Chaps: Well, we could stroll about the main deck. Doc: I dunno, the sun ' s pi ' etty hot today. Chaps: Yeah, that ' s right. (Long pause) Doc: I guess I could read some medical journals. Chaps: That ' s too much like work. You trying to make me feel bad or something? Doc: Naw, I ' m not going to read them. I was just thinking about it. Chaps: What do you wanna do today, Doc? Doc: Jeez, I dunno. What do you wanna do? Chaps: I ' ve got no ideas. How about you? Doc: How about shuffleboard? Then we could go for a swim in the fresh water pool. Afterwards, we could have a couple of gin and tonics and then lunch. Chaps: Sure, Doc. Sounds great. (Long pause) Doc: Well, Chaps, what do you really want to do? Chaps: I dunno. The rays are pretty good today. We could always retii-e to the 01 Level. Doc: Yeah, but we did that yesterday. Don ' t you have any new ideas? Chaps: I dunno. Doc. Doc: (Angrily) I dunno, I dunno! Can ' t you say anything besides that? Chaps: What do you wanna do today. Doc? Doc: Jeez, I dunno. (Long silence) Let ' s go to our office and catch some rays. Chaps: We did that yesterday, Doc. Doc: We did it the day before and the day before that. So what ' s new? Chaps: I dunno. Doc. DESDIV 202 CHAPLAIN LT JOHN Chaps ' ALLEN Newport. R. I. University of Texas. B. A. Episcopal Seminary, Southwest, B. D. DESDIV 202 DOCTOR LT ALAN Mattapan, Mass. University of Massachusetts. B. S. Tufts University, M. D. SHIP ' S NAVIGATOR LTJONE. MORRISSEY Newport, R. I. U. S. Naval Academy, B. S.

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ASW OFFICER LTJG MICHAEL Raggy NAESS New Canaan, Conn. Amherst College, B. A. FOX DIVISION Gunners Mates Fire Controlmen Torpedomen Sonarmen Journalist JAMES Fuzz JOHNSTONE GMGC, Middletown, R. I. JACK Charlie BROWN GMGl, Aurora, 111. PHILIP M.F. RIVERS GMGl, Fitchburg, Mass. ■-.. KENNETH Mac McKIERNAN GMG2, Middletown, N. Y. r 1 • f W J EDWARD G. TOTI GMG2, Trumbull, Conn. FRANK Muntz ARNOLD GMG3, Cambridge, Mass. JOSEPH A. CHUBA GMG3, Cambridge, Mass. r iP ». » tr 1 RICHARD G. GOYETTE GMG3, Willimansett, Mass. NORMAN Guns THRUSH GMG3, Lockport, N. Y. 1 ROBERT D. HICKS SN, Erie, Pa.