Columbus (CA 74) - Naval Cruise Book

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7m E 7uclced away in a corner of The FirsT Division comparTmenT is The home of The ship's Tare Division. Under The capable direcTion oT LT. L. E. Klepin and CHRELE T. L. FreshwaTer, These men's iolo is To insTalI, service, and mainTain The maioriTy oT The ship's elecTronic apparaTus. During The course oT The day Their worlc may Talce Them from The keel, where The depTh deTermining gear's sounding head is locaTed, To The upper reaches of The masTs, where radio. radar. l.F.l:.. and counTermeasures anTenna probe The slcies. AT The presenT Time The division is broken inTo Three small groups Tor beTTer organizaTion and efficiency. Fire-con,Trol, under The direcTion oT l-larry GusTaTson, ET2, mainTains The radar equipmenT Thai' conTrols The gunTire OT all The ship's mounTs Trom The 4Olvllvl To The main baTTery. Leon EveTTs, ETI, is The head oT The Search Radar gang, responsible Tor The mainTenance oT The ship's navigaTing and early warning gear. EveTTs also doubles as The L.P.O. oT The division. And lasTly, The Radio gang, under RoberT Miller, ETI. services all radio TransmiTTers, receivers, and communicaTions equipmenT. The main worlcshop is loCaTed beTween The gedunlc sTand and The crew's lounge on The second deck porT, The radio workshop is inside Radio II, on The main cleclc. All oT These men musT graduaTe Trom one oT The Navy's longesT Class A schools, ElecTronic Technicians, locaTed aT GreaT Lakes, Ill. and Treasure Island, Calif. The school, which is now ThirTy six weelcs, sTarTs wiTh basic maTh and goes righT up Through some of The mosT complicaTed elecTronic circuiTs. ...LL , X pi IK?-wif mg, Jfc A 0 --T--T 997 9lf . i T fig - f V , X T .ga V in H T X .ig .ggi A-L. ... YE P, WE Fly TELEVISIONJTOO.

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v ig when 'The ship sailed Trom BosTon heading To PlymouTh, England The division was headed by W. E. Morris, LT lMCl U'SN,iSenior Medical OTTicer and The Junior Medical OTFicer W. C. Sharp, Jr., LTJG TMCTQ USN. TheiDenTal 'OTTicer was 'P. Hass, LTDC USN. The enlisTed sTaTf consisTed of 2 ChieTs, 4 FirsT Class, 3 Second Classfand 4 Thi'rdJClass. .IT was a good crew and everyone knew his iob and did iT well. We had The usual spaces in The sick bay. One large ward, one smaller ward, an operaTing room, a pharmacy and laboraTory, The DocTor's Office and TheisTorerooms. 5' K A ' The deparTmenT is now headed by W. C. Sharp, Jr., LT lMCl USN, Senior Medical OTTicer. Our Junior Medical OTTicer is J. C. Ladenheim. LT lMCl USNR. C. A. Harris, LCDR TDCT USN is The DenTal OTTicer. OT The original crew who came over wiTh The ship There are Tour OT us leTT, and one of The Tour now has his orders. z ParT' oT The Time There was a loT oT hard work and long hours. The TirsT case where everyone did his iob and proved she knew whaT To d.o was aT The Time The rnanxwas sTruck by The l'lelicopTer propeller. Due To The TasT and eTTicienT work of The crew The man's liTe was prolonged Tar beyond all expecTaTions. AnoTher accidenT wheres The'i H Division was on The ball came when The helicopTer crashed and sank. L. E. MapleThorpe, HMI using poor gear did an excellenT iob OT diving Tor The helicopTer. AnoThier Time when all hands were called upon To do a iob was The occasion where a man was accidenTally iniured in The gun mounT. Everyone piTched in and did a superb iob. One oT our presenT men, J. L. Cogborn, l'lM2, comes To us Trom The Marines and Korea wiTh a hero's record behind him. Wm