Mataco (ATF 86) - Naval Cruise Book

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I 11 ...L-fs..l....,, Qf i' no 'A' can fig s. vi I!!-J ig. . ..lv v e. .fvsis-X .QQ 1,62-rr.-:za Z IHK g E: 5 'tip ' The ships helm sketched at the top of this page is especially signifi- cant for this Narrative on re-enlist- ment because of the thought of career naval personnel that many of our fa- mous admirals and other top ranking officers started their careers at the helm . The height of their careers at- tained because they possessed both the desire and ability to steer their ships and careers on a straight and true course. H5 my , 'mil' ABOVE, HELSEL L. WITH CAPT. EVANS BELOW, ODELL R.R. WITH CAPTAIN EVANS This page of our cruise book is dedicated to four men aboard the MATACO who also feel that navy is the future for them. O'Dell R.R. BM2 has been aboard the MATACO about eleven months. He has had duty aboard two other ATF's prior to his assignment to this ship. He served aboard the U.S.S. LIPAN ATD-85 andthe U.S.S. QUAPAW ATF - 11115. He also had duty at the Marine Corps Air Station at Yuma, Arizona. O'Dell re-enlisted for 6 years on 1 December, 1965. Leroy Helsel CS3 served aboard this ship about six months. His previous duty stations were Naval Station Lake Mead, Nevada and the U.S.S. MOLALA ATF 166. He is now on duty at Ar entia Newfoundland g , - Two other members of the crew who have taken this coveted step in their Naval careers, are Poff J.P. RMSN and Barrere J.F. EMFN. 7

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Left to Right First Row: Lulow L.L. SN, MANINI L.K. Jr. BM2, Cranford J.E. Jr. GMG2, Earnest J.L. SN, Wood J.T. SA, Palmer R.R. SA, O'Dell R.R. BM2, Brazet, J.L. SA, Lewis, R.H. SA, and Milam W.T. BMI: Back Row Left to Right: Vance L.E. SN, Hamilton A.T. SN, Johnson D.M. SN, Young J.A. SA, Johnson C.C. SA, Cartwright T.L. SN, and Mosca A.C. Jr. SA The Deck Department is the responsibility of the First Lieutenant, under the commanding officer for the supervision of the deck seamanship, operations and maintenance of armament, ordnance equipment of the ship, and for the procurement, handling, stowage and issue of ammunitions and pyrotechnics. J The Deck Department is made up of boatswain mates, gunners mates, and seamen. The evolutions,these men perform include anchoring, mooring, fueling, and replenishment at sea, loading and stowage of cargo, rigging of the ship and tow for towing operations. Maintenance of all running and standing riggingg operate the paint, sail, and boatswains locker, maintain ships boates, davits, weight handling devices, booms and deck winches and painting of deck and ships sides. Also included in their many jobs, boatswains maintain the ships armament and fire control equipment such as smokeless powder samples and magazines. They are also responsible for upkeep and stowage of the ship's diving locker, of all diving and salvage equipment.