Leyte (CV 32) - Naval Cruise Book

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SOME ASTOUNDING FACTS ABOUT THE U.S.S. LEYTE 1. She carries enough fuel to sail non-stop 30,000 milts 2. She produces enough electricity for a city l 150,000. 3. Three football games could be held on her deck i length almost 300 yards). 1. She ' s as tall as a 19-story building, covers an ana equal to a 10-story department store. 5. She has more telephones than a city of 5,000. 0. She has more sleeping space than the largest hotel in the world. 7. She has o ver 2.000 watertight compartments. 8. Over 25,000 pounds of salt compound extracted daily in the evaporators. 9. She has enough gasoline to drive a car around the world 132 times. 10. The initial cost was around $90,000,000. 11. She carries some 95 planes. 12. The Engineering plant: 8 boilers, 8 turbines, 4 propellers with a shaft horsepower of 150,000. 13. Armament: Main Battery — 12-5 38 caliber dual-purpose guns; Secondary Battery— 11 quadruple 40MM mounts and 18 twin 20MM mounts. 14. The LEYTE displaces 27,000 tons and weighs her two 15-ton anchors. 15. The wartime complement of the LEYTE is approximately 3,000 officers and men. Its peacetime allowance is 82 officers and about 1,500 men. A Brief Description of the LEYTE ' S Organization The LEYTE is commanded by Captain W. L. Erdmann. For smooth organization, ship ' s company is divided into eight departments with department heads as listed below: Executive Commander F. N. Howe Operations Commander B. E. Day Air Commander F. G. Reynolds Gunnery Lt. Commander R. G. Gibson Engineering Commander J. B. Guerry Supply Commander L. J. McNulty Medical Commander R. B. Lautzenheiser Dental Commander N. 1 1 Martin Attached to the LEYTE during this Mediter- Air Group, Col. I. W. Seeds; a Navy Composite ranean cruise were the Flag and Staff of a Carrier Squadron, Lt. P. Tangas; Second Battalion, Second Division Two, RADM. Thomas S. Combs; a Marine Marines (Reinforced), Lt. Col. C. L. Banks.

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MEDICAL DEPARTMENT IN ACTION Destroyer sends over an emergency ease. Minutes later: One less appendix. Ouch! What seems like a shot of lead prepares us for Pilot Truex, who crash-landed at sea a day before Gibraltar diseases in the Med! ' « well taken care of.

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STAFF, CARRIER DIVISION TWO THE staff of a naval commander is the organization set up to assist him in the administration and operation of his command, and is composed of such officers and men as may he necessary to enable him to carry out properly all of his command functions. Spec ifically, the functions of a staff are to collect the necessary detailed and accu- rate information on all phases of a given situation, be it strategic, tactical, or logistic, and then carefully study and evaluate the infor- mation in order that plans, schedules, and directives can be drawn up for distribution to subordinate commands. In addition to the above, higher commands must be supplied with information and reports. Commander Carrier Division Two and his staff flew from Norfolk, Va., to Quonset Point, R. I., on 4 September 1949 and broke the Ad- miral ' s Flag in the LEYTE that same day. Nearly five months later, with the Med cruise at an end, the Admiral hauled down his flag aboard the LEYTE and broke it in the Coral Sea, his flagship under the new fleet organization. The LEYTE, under the new organization, becomes part of Carrier Division Four. Therefore, we part company with a good staff and wish you good luck and smooth sailing. First Row: LCDR R. W. Parker, Capt. T. U. Sisson, RADAA T. S. Combs, Cmdr. O ' Neill, LCDR J. M. Tippey. Second Row: LCDR F. R. Roberts, LCDR E. B. Abrams, LTCR W. E. McLaughlin, Lt. G. C. Watkins, LCDR W. E. Betzer.