Joseph Strauss (DDG 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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ASW is a name the Navy gives to a particular phase of JCE STRAUSS' mission - seek out and destroy enemy submarines. It takes three different rates - ST, TM, and GM - to meet this challenge, And this job, with all the sophisticated gear it requires, brings the three rates together in one division. They all must be ready when the alarm sounds, from sonar and Ere control system, tO ASROC 12111HCh6r, and torpedo mounts. Recently, the addition of 50 caliber machine guns to Protect against the ever present threat of a hostile junk or PT boat gives AS division an additional duty whenever the word is passed to Man the Fifties. What's happening on the ASROC deck? Often the outsiders aren't too sure except that it seems AS is always going through another NTP1 or one of the countless other inspections. But whatever the task or the happening, AS takes it all in stride, rolling out of the rack at 0200 to AS DIVISION OFFICER LT. G.S. SMYTH AS DIVISIO the shocking buzz of the sonar contact alarm while in the Gulf of Siam during Operation jungle Drum, manning the amidships station during endless unreps, keeping Walt in coffee, Ending something for jimmer to do, training some new chickens , catching a nooner on the torp deck, getting some temps , running MEST, correcting SWOPS, listening to that kind of music in the rail room, spending a weekend in Tokyo, living the good life in Hong Kong, watching Phoney count his money, keeping The Nose sober, the vacuum tube men and the solid state men bickering, the Indian recovering, Cockerham writing another letter, Weiner reading a book while the rest of the world goes by, serving up popcorn or other goodies at the UB snack bar, driving for Dan , listen- ing for PT boats, talking on Genie , or just riding out another month's tour in the gulf. fbgejxllgqqs 3TS3,NEg bsTg1sJN,B.f:1+j. lieiter STG3, A.Li TM2, WE. WeiS'S'N. , . . Illle STG3, B.C. Stepp FRONT ROW: L.R. Hill cligglflelgtlsligzelylg2,WriipASgc5Eg? 112.3 Smyth. f ' - , .L. Hawkins STG3, LT G,S, l ,I

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