Joseph Strauss (DDG 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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OC DIVISIO oc DIVISION OFFICER ASST 0C LTJG. D.A. GARDNER DIVISION OFFICER ENS. F. PTUCHA In all the Ops Department, the Radiomen of OC Division are often the most frenized. The Captain Wants a Greek on the RSC-10 ASAP I answered with blood curdling oaths are the most common sounds above the din of typewriters and radio receivers heard whenever the door is opened and out bursts a messenger streaking to make it to the wardroom with the boards , or returning with a quicker-than-the-eye finger technique on the cipher lock. A perfect contrast are the happy-go-lucky Signalmen, the only rate on board which can get a decent tan, mainly because none of the wheels can see them running around on the Signal Bridge with their shirts off. Granted they have their days, but in general much time can be spent contemplating the horizon and passing shady jokes back and forth with other ships by off-the-cuff hand signals during replenishments. v BACK ROW: K.M. Hewitt RM3, DJ. Szydlo RM3, L.M. Poyser JR. RM2, L.A. Regalado SN, E.E. Koskela SM3, R.P. Jones SMC. FRONT ROW: LTJG D.A. Gardner, J.W. Boggess RMC, RJ. Leyba SN, Kelly SN, M.L. Finseth SN, K.W. Walker SM2, ENS F.F. Ptucha.

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I li l W, P J rl J W I lf 7 COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER il I l I 4 LTJG. D. A. GARDNER y ELECTRONICS MATERIAL OFFICER ENS. W.K. GAYLORD D E P OPERATIONS OFFICER LT. M.B. HALL At sea the Operations Department is easily the busiest on board 3 making the machines chatter in Radio Central, controlling air craft, plotting surface contacts in CIC, rewriting OP orders, burning on the fantail, tuning the IO radar or reviving the 4O . Ops personnel are kept frantically on the move. The gruel- C I C OFFICER ing pace continues day after day and many of the less experienced are learning by sur- prise that it vvasn't all caused by Screaming Tom , but rather by the schedule necessary to make our commitments in the Far East. The Ops Department has been responsible for a great deal of JOE STRAUSS' glory. ASST. C I C OFFICER LTJG. B.J. MACKMAN ASST. COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER ENS. J.M. BROWNE ENS. F. PTUCHA

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