Butte (AE 27) - Naval Cruise Book

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(tf-teea ”(2 ttmcutccatc t Much effort was put forth by all the men within the communications department of BUTTE to be considered the best within SERVRON TWO. Many hours of service has been put forth by the Radiomen. Signalmen, and Electronics Technicians to win the green C”. Competitive drills are a way of learning and produce effective radio and visual communica- tions throughout the navy, says RMI Thomas. Drills and command response only touches the surface of this award and the professionalism of the communication group will continue to be a BUTTE standard. Communicating their PRIDE, pictured below (left to right) Back row: ETI WITHERS (SW) SM3 BROWN ET2 WHITAKER ET2 CRAIG SM3 HENDERSON Front row: RM2 PIRE RMI RINKO SMSN KELLY LTJG CARTER (EMO) (COMMO) RM3 JIMENEZ RMI EHRREICH These men represent all the men of the communications department and their rates.

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” rfcuwict HC-6 S Ens BLACKIE s4 'Praeut (ZafcfoUa aacC (2'ietv Captain ROSSON, commanding officer. USS BUTTE, puts the final touches on the COMSERVRON TWO Battle Efficiency E” Award on the starboard bridgewing. Through many hours of hard work and a job that can always be completed or counting on BUTTE to make her commitments time after time without fail. BUTTE has earned the privilege to wear the C”, DC”. E” and the D’ crossed anchors of Deck Seamanship proudly. All other ships within SERVRON TWO have been informed that BUTTE wears these insignias with P-R-l-D-E. BZ GENTLEMEN, another job well done by the LONELY BULL” 12

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 Z cuncK e ( (mt'KxC You ask any Hull Technician what the most important part of the ship is. in a WAR TIME SITUATION, and he will tell you Damage Control. If you can keep the ship afloat, you can still fight. says HTI Jack Flaherty. Well, these men have proved they are the best at Damage Control and have the award to prove it. If we can’t fix it. It ain't broke.” Pictured below are those men representing their division with the equipment it takes to combat a fire or flood, displaying the DC” award with PRIDE: Standing (left to right): HT2 SLATTER HTI FLAHERTY HTI ZAVATSKY HTFN MICHAUD HT3 ALEXANDER LTjg MARCIANO (DCA) LCDR DAVIS (CHENG) FN SKUFCA HT2 HERMAN MR3 WEBER HTI WENTZ Kneeling: HT3 DALEY HTFA KEEFER HTFN LYNCH HTFN CARLSON HT3 BUNDY HT3 BRENNO 14