Mispillion (AO 105) - Naval Cruise Book

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W-Yiwu-w., if AVAA I c MR. TANSEY lf you have any question about the Navy, see Chief Boat- swain James B. Tansey. Born in Monroe County, illinois, the Bos'n started his Naval career in April l93i. He relieved ChBos'n Waits as Ship's 8os'n in April '53 and is directly responsible for all the diversified deck operations of the Mispillion. Mr. Tansey and his wife are residents of Long Beach, California. MR. RAISON MR. LUNNING A family man, Chief Machinist Marshall Theodore Lunning boasts of two charming daughters and a pair of boistrous boys back home in Bremerton, Washington. Mr. Lunning started his Naval career as an Apprentice Seaman in 1936. He steadily climbed the Navy's ladder of success to become the Mispillion's Main Propulsion Officer - also M Division Officer and Spare Parts Officer. 1 MR. WAITS A Californian and graduate of the University of California, A sailor from Florida, Chief Bos'n Waits rode herd on the Ensign Robert Railson was an assistant to the Communications deck forces until he was relieved by our new Ship's Bos'n Officer before being transferred to the Naval Communications Mr. Tansey. Station in Guam.

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The officers turn to at dinner time i ' 4 2 and relax in the evenings. ,3 , X x J v' 'Q ,f' G sc , , . , o .7 THE WARDROOM is one of the most important spaces in Officer's Country . This is where the officers gather thrice daily to indulge in the universal custom of eating. In the evenings and after working hours they read, play games, or iust loaf and shoot the breeze here before retiring to the privacy of their state- raoms. The wardroom is also the scene of critiques and court martials, and serves as a battle dressing sta- tion and emergency operating room. H c . ,, rf' V- I mm'l