Brinkley Bass (DD 887) - Naval Cruise Book

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Bock tow, left to right: C. D. DENBOW, C. E. DICKEN, R. W. PATTON, E. L. CRUSE, J. J. KOEPKE, R. J STEPHENSON, AND H. A. MARSHALL. Front row: D. D. HENDRICKSON, E. T. RICKETTS, J. T. CDL LINS, J. D. KARRES, J. R. ASHTON.

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Bll5'lXl MATES SEIIUNII DIVISIIIN The second division deck hands' work begins at an imaginary line at the amidships passageway and con- tinues aft to the fantail. The duties of the Bos'n and his strikers are not strictly cleaning, scraping, and painting but when the ship is called to general quarters they form the bulk of the gun crews. The deck hand. represents a true picture of the civilian's conception ot a typical sailor. He can tie almost any knot from a square knot to MacNamara's lace, coxswain a motor whale boat, rig a double lutt, and steer the ship. The Bos'n Mates are the salts of the Navy. X W l I l -l K., MIND YOUR HELM

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EUNNEITS MATES The main duties of the Gunners Mates aboard ship are the upkeep and maintenance of the main and secondary batteries. The ship's guns must be able to fire anywhere, at any time. As can be expected in all machinery and electri- cal installations you have breakdowns. The gun fy ,- mounts are no exception, l 3 therefore you will always find the gunners mates 4,1 working hand in hand ' with the fire control tech- . nicians trying to keep the , guns hot to go. With- out the guns to protect Q l, the ship against the en- ' emy all might be lost, in 5 fact the guns are the only gf' I I reason for the ship being N K in existence, all else T I aboard is designed so that i through some means it sl , -1, r 3- can aid the guns 'in firing. T '- Although the gun gang is X drastically short-handed, ', 4 l . the gunners mates have f 1 it done exceptionally well , 'F' ,T N during the cruise of 54. 2 TF' ll -'lf'7TTIijT-,5L,1L-jfffrgnqfzj Now today's lecture is on Gunnery Safety Precautions