Cacapon (AO 52) - Naval Cruise Book

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. E Q I - SEICON D! SECOND DlVISION's responsibilities start from the mainmast aft to the fantail and from the top of the stack of the ship's six fuel rigs and the port and starboard hi- i lines. Just about every time the CACAPON has a ship alongside at least one, and usually more of the division's stations are over. As any man can tell youg the work is y V hard and during long periods of UNREPing there is little time for the luxury of sleep. Eating sometimes consists V Q of a cup of soup and some crackers. When they are not ' refueling ships, there is gear to be restowed, deck cargo Toof s 'Lu down to the bottom of the waterline. This includes three 5 ff! f gov to 'lo M to be secured, and there is the never-ending task of QD scrubbing running rust and chipping and painting every- ' um sippi11eS.S1iS Eilsfgak - ' l1'1l1C1'WlI El I 6 thing from kingposts to tanktops. trimmings 2 The Air Force wanted me as a pilot! QQ N ooner I'd rather be messcooking!

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FIRST ROW: Coyle, Banning,rRMCS Bradford, LTJG Martucci, LT Riedel, ENS Thompson, HMC Cochran, Maxey. SECOND ROW: Brine, Thurlow, Levesque, Ehlers, Fields, Knaack, Meenen, Rien, Gallien, Theber e, Gray. THIRD ROW: Adamson, Ryan, Tutt, Johnson, B, J,, West, Howard, Dunford, Watson, Tac er, Miller. FOURTH ROW: Wright, Johnson, D. A, , Singleton, Laws, Jessup, Thompson, Wisdom. H V . . , , X . , 22 521 9 9- ' . ' , Aces' f ' tai? , .f w sm v, N- ,f 1 . .sf iff, 5 A A V J , ,C i f , , V' Q , ,fmt I J I A , f fra 1 Wvfdwffw Qs- . f,f. arw ,..,. X, -. , s f. Affy,-yy Qi 1 ,,.,. , . .. , gc ,. 41,9 s , 4ff??'5ZsMs?Q,O-Kr Wir .--t Wy A f- , . 'f' mia f-f- yLS 'f5 0 I I 1 H A I s 5 M ' A ,,,,s - ,. 1 .4 f A as -z, 5, gmrsags - , 5 as A . 4 f , , , 4. , ,. f, asm, ,,,,,,,,, 2 ' rrrs f QI 55612 7 LTJG E. J. Martucci CIC OFFICER 'WF p ,f ,s . f .,,,.,,,,.,,,.p , V -:v,....,,.' . X A ffl C ' Qvnwlw f-1,655-Ex. ,zE'c2'Y1'v2:EfC:zf- 5 :V in ,V C .,, R .' , ' sa 'fisri-ff ,- ' s . ' 'mv' 1? V ,. ,,.. '.2-- H. ' Wgfgnui .. 1- ,-f' - A - f ,s 1 X' ' S' ffl ' .Z-, M -' 1, 7. , ,. s, ai, gigfgf a .f f is -' I-ff-www fwswsfw V X s M Y f X ,gi 5, ge fr vis-'a gifs , Y J ivw'fg.s Q9 ' ,Wa V . fmsfz vrksas ? ,-WX '90 'XQVSQW sf.SN ' s f fs -fs A 'fs Q for so V I LT R. Riedel ENS H, Thompson OPERATIONS OFFICER COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER