Frank Evans (DD 754) - Naval Cruise Book

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Now what? 1 UNAUTHOR PERSONNEL KEEP OUT Cxclusiot? AIR CONDITIONED SPACE KEEP CLOSED It ' s 0800, where is my breakfast Get a repeat on the last hundred groups ' Need we add more ? Dear Mom, this cruise is fun. Signal Bridge aye 13

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I ' Z ■ »■ .-«■? LTJG G. A. CHAUNCEY and Chief Radioman M. D. SHAW represented in OC Division. Doc WILSON, HM1, ran a taut sick bay dur- ing the cruise. He was most popular when doling out shots of brandy to per- sonnel who had gotten wet and cold dur- ing an underway replenishment. This is similar to being a bartender when some- one cries drinks for the house on me. Then there was the ship ' s office. PURTZER, PN1, andSITNIC, PN2, handled service records, transfers, and swaps smoothly and efficiently. The Yeoman were OSTRANDER, YN3, and DELL, YN3. They typed volumes of letters, reports, plans-of-the-day, and kept the filing system. They were very valuable. No one could find anything in the office without them. OC Division personnel also do the ship ' s navigating. DAWSON, QM1 led a good group of quartermasters. WRIGHT, QM3, HUBER, QMSN, and RAGIEL, SN, completed his team. When not standing watches on the bridge or correcting charts (DAWSON prefers to call them maps) the quartermasters could be found reading Playboy in the chart room. The final two ratings in OC Division are responsible for the ship ' s external communications. These are the radio- men and signalmen. During the cruise Chief M. D. SHAW headed the RM ' s. He, along with FISHER, RM1, WOOD, RM2, MAC ARTHUR, RM3 - the list is too long to finish - typed incoming and outgoing messages, routed them and listened to the radios in Radio Central. From them we got the news at sea; but perhaps their most notable contribution was picking up the Army-Navy game so The Radiomen are: Top Row, Left to Right: GILBERTSON, G.D., RMSN; WOOD, R.J., RM2; HOLM, N., RM2 ; and MC ARTHUR, D.H., RM3; Middle Row: FISHER, J.K., RM1; HAYENGA, D.L., RMSN; SILVA, J.B., RMSN; and PORINCHAK, J., RM2; Bottom Row: SMITH, J. A. , RM3; PATTERSON, H.W., SN; and LEG ER, R.N., RM3. 12 The Signalmen, left to right are: JOHNSON, P.J., SM2; WHITNEY, G.H., SM3; DUNCAN, CD., SN; MOSCOSO, T.T., SM3; and NICHOLS, C.A., SN.

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u The Quartermasters, from Left to Right: DAWSON, K.A., QM1; HUMBER, C.G., QMSN; and WRIGHT, C.H. QM3. The Hospitalmen from Left to Right: YEAR WOOD, J.L. , SN; and WILSON, C.E., HM1. All I see is a photographer that Mr. BARCLAY and the other Roger Staubach fans could follow their hero to victory. Signalmen stood long, cold watches on the signal bridge. REGAN, SMI, was their leading petty officer. He was ably assisted by JOHNSON, SM2 , WHITNEY, SM3, MOSCOSO, SM3, and DUNCAN and NICHOLS, SN. Through them passed most of our operational traffic at sea. This kept them quite busy, making the long, cold, watches seem short and at times very hot. The other operations division has an equally mysterious name - 01 - but not as many different ratings. This division is the home of the Radarmen, Electronic Technicians and the ship ' s Postal Clerk, Mighty fine brandy, Doc CIC! 14