Missouri (BB 63) - Naval Cruise Book

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D - haplam Boslet presenting prizes at smoker N THAT long run down to the Canal and then up the west coast to San Franciscog the Missourfs gunnery department worked at the job of per- fecting the fine showing they had made in the Shakedown. Commander Louis T. Malone, gunnery oliicer, was no believer in easy- going optimism. Said he: 4'The crews have done some remarkable firing. But each man has to keep on the job. There are 101 things to do to keep those bullets dropping on the target and if one man lets down the effective- ness slumps. When we see our guns hit every Jap target theyire supposed to hit, then we,ll be satisfied. Not till then! The thought was pounded into the crews, day and night, that without big guns there wouldn't be any Missouri or any other battleship. Com- mander lVIalone's job was to see that the guns shoot straight and often after they have been lugged to spots where they'll do the most good. On the Missouri, gunnery was, of necessity, the Number One department in personnel. About 60 per cent of the ship's company were attached to gunnery. Under battle conditions, 500 to 700 additional sailors help to man guns, pass powder and ammunition and otherwise lend a hand to speed the Missoarfs bullets toward enemy targets. Commander Malone, the gunnery boss was a peppery Irishman, a 1927 Naval Academy graduate, who learned gunnery on many ships, taught the subject at the fire control school in Washington and had practiced it against laps as gunnery officer of the battleship Alabama He had a deep respect for the tools of his profession and vehement distaste for careless- ness or slovenliness towards guns or ammunitions He pounded the thought into his men: A Gunner must be experienced and competent and its a good idea if he s a little cocky too BUT-he must never get overconfident or careless Then hes asking trouble for himself and his shipmates .