Castor (AKS 1) - Naval Cruise Book

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FOR INNER MAN AND OUTER MAN The butcher, the baker— no candlestick maker, but a fine bunch of cooks keep Castor ' s inner man happy as pictures of baking and roasting testify. Not all the roasting is done in the galley. The outer man browns himself all over against that stateside rendezvous so that he can show off that Pacific tan. Tanning is healthy and so is aired bedding which is accomplished weekly as shown.

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SEAMANSHIP ENGINEERING Daily work in the machine shop, the carpenter shop and in the armory as well as the work above decks keeps the Castor in the war. Taking cuts (bearings) ' on the bridge when entering or leaving port, steering and all the other activities aboard add up to determine when that anchor will be backed out or heaved around.

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;f:NSonED you can ' mil it The SUNDAY STAR Because C tii or is a star, it had (o be named The Star. It is issued on Sunday because thai is sometimes a day of rest. In other words. there is a reason for the ship ' s newspaper to be called The Sunday Star. The first issue (Vol. 1, No. I was published March 18. 1945. Its founder was I ieut. Salter E. Huclle, t ' SNR. who hadn ' t been without a newspaper for 20 years and uas lonely. Yeo- man Louis Herman was interested in helping and so was ' ayne James Ditsch. Between the three the first few- issues were written, minieoed and distributed clipped to the Radio News ever ' Sunday morning at breakfast time. The staff grew. The paper continued to be pub- lished weekl without a lapse until 2 i July 194 ' y when the final issue for this cruise was put to bed. Due credit must be accorded to Miss Lulu Q. Caslorbilt. queen of the Castor, to whom this Lucky Bag is dedicated, for furnishing lead stories when humankind failed to do any- thing startling enough for a headline. Miss Lulu obligingly got kidnapped by the crew of another ship, met other dogs, fell through a hatch and broke a hip. received fan mail and generally fulfilled the expectations of a top billed star. The staff of the Star shown poking their physiogues through a typical issue on this page are. left to right on top: Lieut. Huelle. advisor: Ivan Lansdown. associate editor; Louis Herman, editor; Norman Kamp. car- toonist, who drew 20 consecutive original cari- catures, and Lt. (jg J. H. Crum, also an advisor. Left and right below are: J. R. Smith, a regular contributor, and Bob Carson, press- man. SEND L SOIvE NEVS ' guppl ' ment to the Radio and Press Mews of the U.S.S. CA3T0R AIIG-i OL. I i:o. 16 SUNDAY 1 JULY 194:- FRZ :. FOR ASKTiV SIZ IJEN GO IT? IN RATE ON CASTOR AS OF TODAY on tl -day, rst BIG GAI IE HUNT LIVE NS V eary signalmen lounging about the b :o do but send messag ' j their first real excit ube other day. Led by ;oie 57, himself) as chief beater, the signal bridge safari drove a monster Into the open and exterminated him, (and with a mere handful of men, too). So it was only a rat. But that rat out up a helluva battle throwing con- are tr.70 new seamen ass on board, Iters and L.G.Wengros AIN FliroS SHIP IN -NE COl IDITION DURING the war - ' .b SURPRISE INSPECTION intz According to Capt, Hun toe the Castor shov ed up very wc during last- v eek ' s surprise inspection. Said Capt.Huntoc I was vory much surprise