Midway (CVA 41) - Naval Cruise Book

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Education and not-so-fancy work . .

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[(h j -Y t ' S ITOPV Oxford G J ■ Ktarns, G. E. ; Rodgers. M. J., Offier, J. P. : M.tcham, G. R, ; Tackett. G. W. ; (MIDDLE). Sampica J. D. ; Gillit E E. ; Dove C E Ens GW. Sparrow; Purvinei, R. E. ; Akins. C. E. ; Saiz, R. ; Hart, K. G. ; (EOTTOM); Atwell, B. J. ; D.xson, S. ; Ga.ther, F. E. ' ; Doherty, j. J. ; Holmes, R. T. ; Kasinger, W. A. ; Poche, A. M. ; Fuentes. G. G. Now the smoking lamp is out while handling avgas ! ' JtM 1 M I H II llfl ' w l 1 H ' 1 tr i l Uu - ' ' H Si wl The boatswain ' s mates no longer climb rigging and swing cutlasses at the enemy, but they still steer the ship, scrape off old paint and apply new, practice knot- tying both for decorative and practical uses, man the ship ' s boats, stand sentry duty and provide the muscle and know-how required to replenish a modern fighting ship at sea. Three divisions are now required to per- form all these functions. First Division is responsible for roughly the forward one third of the ship. The number one U-boat, the foc ' sie and the quarterdeck are just a few of their special responsibilities. Ens. G. W. Sparrow 1st Division Junior Officer

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Ens. K. W. Keith 2nd Division Officer If tiie first deck division was born when the first log was paddled across some pre-historic lake, then Second Division started either when the first two-man log was launched, or when a log was built which was large enough to carry another, smaller log (the barge for ComLog- Ron One ). Since these early days the duties of all deck divisions (first, second and third) have been roughly the same. k¥b¥« H P TOPi : Moore. R. L. ; Wood, R. L. ; Carpenter, R. B. ; Johnson, J. ; Toney, J. S. ; Estes. H. L. ; (MIDDLE) : Peso, D. B. ; Metcalf, F. H. ; Marshall, D. I.. ; Clark, S. O. ; Orrick, C. J. L. ; Holley, D. I. ; (KNEELING) : Soltero, A. 243