Missouri (BB 63) - Naval Cruise Book

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A Did you eat an ice cream cone on this cruise? Or get your blues dry cleaned? Did we steer the course or- dered? Were your guages accurate? Did the boats run smoothly (though maybe not on time)? Did your compartment stay warm or cool as you liked it? Did the big gun return to battery as it was supposed to? Was the shower hot enough (or cold enough)? Was there air for the needle guns? Or did the anchor come up when it was supposed to? Were the plaques made, the holes tapped or the bolts threaded? Did the helo get enough fuel or the whistle whistle? Did the foul gasses in the 5 breech get blown out? Was there enough water? The answers to 98 r o of these questions are Yes! because A Division was on the job, quietly, consistently, 24 hours a day. The challenge was great, but the men greater. Ma WW ' BE P r - y i ' j.. r M f Whether it be a large gear or a small plate, preci- sion millwork is the goal of MR2 Lagrimas in the MR Shop. To assure constant climate control, MM2 Miranda keeps an eye on the ship ' s refrig- eration plant guages. It may not be steam, but YN2 Lewis handles the enormous flow of paper- work in the Engineering office. Massive hydraulic components in after steering keep the ship going straight. MM3 Watson continually monitors the steering hydraulics.

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MMC West and MM2 Rittenour share a quiet moment on deck in the Indian Ocean. It ' s not easy being Electrical Officer on a 40 year old ship. LT Maes oversees the combining of old and new technology. MMCM Floyd Pruet BTCM Vincent Savage HTCM Gene Schurr MMCS Robert Grant Jr. EMCS Harold Petersen BTCS Thomas Perry MMCS Ronald Lohmann BTCS Robert DuBois MMC Herbert Barr BTC Steve Cox ENC Roger Fisher MRC Lester Foster HTC Stephen J. Greer BTC Darrell Hebert BTC Frank Miller ICC Jerry Rice BTC Richard Taylor EMC Robert Webber MMC William West

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E Mil: k.f ■■r ' rci If 1 pi p V ■f 1 • Though it is some four decades old, EN3 Nelson keeps the vital water producing evaporators pumping in Forward Auxiliary. Careful and me- ticulous checks by MM2 Eden and MMFN St Clair keep the port boat davit operational. Out of sight but always prepared, MMl Poole stands ready to operate the rudders in Aft Steering should the bridge lose control. MMl Clarence Achziger MMl John Cook MMl David Mawhirter MMl Nilo Ollado MMl David Poole MMl Francisco Tadav MR1 Todd Ulin EN1 Dempsey Walton Jr. MR1 Leonard Webster EN1 Jeffrey Thatcher EN2 Javier Bazan MR2 Doug Bishop