Navarro (APA 215) - Naval Cruise Book

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ROTAN'S RAIDERS MY DANANG TRUE LOVE MAC, YOU'LL PLAY END! al BEND STEEL WITH HIS BARE HANDS I TOLD CHIEF HOULIHAN WE SHOULD HAVE COME BACK EARLIER

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I FIRST ROW: POLLARD EM3, MILLER EM3, WEBSTER EM2, ALAMEDIDA FA, ROTAN EM2 QLPOQ MORRIS EM3, HALSTENCARD EM3, LUX EM3. BACK ROW: EMC. BELCHER SN, BAKER EM3, QUICK ICFN, SHERMAN E DIVI IO During the 1965 WestPac Cruise, Echo Division had a total of six of thirteen men advanced in rate. Five men are making their third WestPac Cruise, with the remainder of the division making first. The majority of work accom- plished by the division is limited to maintenance and upkeep of electri- cal equipment, but several new instal- lations have been made. The instal- lation of an intercom system for the Supply Department has greatly de- creased its work load. Installing a juke box and hi-fi speakers on the mess decks has resulted in a big morale boost for the entire crew. Echo Divi- sion has also provided its share of boat engineers in meeting our com- mitments during the cruise. Rotan EM2, was nominated by the division for WHITE I-IAT OF THE YEAR , and went on to win the Ship's nomination to represent the entire crew. I-laving no First Class EM on board, Rotan has had all the lead- ing petty officer responsibilities which he has carried out in an outstanding fashion. Since commencing this WestPac Cruise, Echo Division has had three division officers. Two of them have returned to civilian life, while the present division officer, LTQJGg Cherin, came aboard from the US POINT DIFIANCE QLSD-319 in August. The efficiency of Echo Division during the cruise has proved the old adage that quality of personnel can and does overcome quantity.

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BOTTOM ROW: CANNON MMI, REYMER MM3, ROBINSON SIAS MRFN, BARNEY MMI, BICNER, MRI, HERZOG MM3, BIGLOW MMI, ATKINSON MM3 , HERRINGTON ' MM3, ELEK MM3, MUNN FN, DUROSS MM2, BRODRICK MMFN, O'BRIEN MMFN. BACK ROW: REFUERZO MMC, MM3, ENS B.L. HOLMES. M DIVI I0 M Division can best be described under two general areas--the leading Petty Officers and the performance of the machinery. The division is led by Machinist Mate Chief Jose P, REPUERZO, called Joe by his men. He is a young, dedicated, knowledgeable chief with ten years of Naval service. He has by example and teaching installed a pride of doing a good job into his men. The engineroom is led by First Class Machinist Mate Dan BARNEY. BARNEY is thought to be very demanding at times by his men, but each will admit that no matter how hard he works them BARNEY will spend many more hours on the job than do they. The evaporator gang is led by First Class Machinist Mate Pat CANNON, CANNON is a dedicated, career-motivated Petty Officer who takes great pride in his work. He took over the evaporators shortly after deploying. During the cruise the re- quirements have been extremely demanding, but in every instance the Happy Nav water department has met the challenge. While serving as station ship in DaNang for sixty- two days, over two and one-half million gallons of water were made. A discussion of Petty Officers wouldn't be complete with- out mentioning Pirst Class Machinery Re- pairman Jake BICNER, Time after time he has been given difficult jobs to do. Many times, working around the clock, he has turned out important parts of high workman- ship to keep vital machinery operating. As one walks into the engineroom, it becomes quickly evident that long, hard man-hours of work have gone into getting the space into the material condition that it is. Keeping the machinery operatingis a never-ending job. The nineteen men in'M Division are proud of the fact that during the cruise there has not been a single, major machinery casualty. We th1nk.W6 have the cleanest, most dependable engine- room and evaporators in the squadron. Our performance has proved it.