Columbus (CA 74) - Naval Cruise Book

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FRONT ROW: Ferrar, R.B., Giampetro, P.J., Trahan, A.J., Benson, J.D. SECOND ROW: Saunders, E.J., Veneziano, J.F., Basco, M. L., Creeger, J., Knutson, R.G., GMC, Busch, I.G., Bailey, R.A., Walters, E.W., Goodman, C.E. THIRD ROW: Edwards, B.J., Komara, R.J., Maschal, J.R., Smith, J.J., Debozy, J., Ferris, D.P., Bryson, J.F., Fulton, J.L., White, D.C. FOURTH ROW: Torbert, J.E., Grispon, R.J., Thompson, G., Tolbert, R.E., Ermi, J.F., Tomlinson. G.W., Chvilicek, R.L., Buchholz, G.A., Romans, R.E., Guttrung, R.A. LTJG Hill Get that rust ! When the Second division turns to on the port side of the forecastle, you can hear Creeger ' s whip cracking all the way back on the fantail. Campbell, BM2, is the strong boss topside, and what he doesn ' t know about seamo would almost fit on the point of a needle. Bailey, BM3, is another good man with a line and helps keep the boys turned to. The second deck is in the able hands of Jones, BM2. Besides making sure that officers ' country forward of the wardroom is spotless, he ' s a good man under the backboards on the Columbus basketball team. Way down on the fourth deck there works a portly gentleman named Veneziano, who is in charge of the House Beautiful boys, otherwise known as compartment cleaners. This is where people come to see how a compartment should really look. In the middle of all this deck space there towers a huge steel castle, commonly referred to as Turret II, where Prince Charming, alias Chief Knutson, and his little elves make merry. Busch, GM2, is the Ichi-ban elf in charge of making the 8 inch guns work. He gets a lot of help from Basco, GM3, and Goodman, GM3. The showplace of the ship and, If it works as well as it looks we ' ll be the best ship in the Navy : these are just a few of the comments made by some of the distinguished visitors who have taken the weekly grand tour of Number Two.

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ENS Emery The smallest deck division with the most deck to keep ship shape : you name it and we ' ve got it. Come aft to the fantail on any night to the open air theater and enjoy the latest movies. We also have an air field, a boat pool and a hardwood beach. These various activities keep the fighting Third hustling, but it ' s all in a day ' s work for us. Our quota of divisional clowns keeps the spirits up and helps end a hard day ' s work with a few laughs. But it isn ' t all seamanship. Turret III is often manned and we find ourselves passing ammuni- tion. The drills are sometimes long and tiring, but they do pay off. On field day the sun comes up to find the Third already pushing the holystone fore and aft in an even cadence across the fantail. Many nights the mid-watch will see the sleepless Third bring the ship ' s boats aboard. Some of the seamen may be sleepy eyed during these middle-of-the-night operations, but every one does his job smartly. Our fantail facilities are always at your disposal ; come aft any time, fair weather or foul, you ' ll find the salty Third division On Deck . FRONT ROW: Russell, J., Grubb, L.L., Clark, T.H., Taylor, R.G., Miller, A.E., Cline, C.R., Gunnels, R.B. SECOND ROW: Cole, CD., Owen,E., Blackwell, J.R., Berry, L.T., Bane, E.R., GMC, LTJG P.T. Shortell, ENS R.E. Emery, O ' Dell, J.E., BMC, Hogarth, W.F., Sheets, R.D., Byers, J.J. THIRD ROW: Cobb, R.W., Morris, W.G., Hurt, B.J., Webster, J., Hendley, B.J., Hubbel, J.N., Joy, D. W., Earnest, C. M., Talbot, E.G., Sherman, J.G. FOURTH ROW : Ruble, G.E., Drummond, T.H.. Ernes, R.D., Yeager, J.L., Borys, A.S., Nowak, L., Cella, T.W., Mumbray, D.F., Payne, D.E. ?L 7 TTTTT m