New Jersey (BB 62) - Naval Cruise Book

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From left to right, front row: V. Lautato, FN: I. Caldwell. CSl: E. Buchanan, YN27 I, Busch, RMI: V. Cleary, SN. From left to right, rear row: LTIG W. T. Iohnson: H. Trent, MMC: LTIG V. G. Crane. BCDWLING ln 1955, the crown of a champion team was worn by the New Iersey keglers, as it has been for the past four years. Bowling in the tournament by proxy, the team rolled its tournament games in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and sent the scores by speed letter to Norfolk, Virginia, the tourna- ment site. When the New Iersey arrived fro-m Guantanamo Bay, team trophies and all indi- vidual honors, except one, went to the Iersey Squad. In the Atlantic Fleet Tournament, the Iersey Bowlers stayed at the top throughout only to be driven to fourth place just before the end of the tournament. Once in the Med, the Iersey Bowlers again be- gan readying themselves for Stateside matches by engaging foreign teams from those countries that had bowling facilities. Under the direction of Coach LTIG Wesley Iohnson, the team com- peted against squads in Spain and lftaly. Several matches were held in Barcelona, one a cham- pionship affair with the lersey's Ioe Busch emerging as victor. Defense of the BatCruLant title is now the big goal of the keglers, and the future looks bright. NYM W Captain Atkeson presenting trophies to the 1955 Bat CruLant Champion bowlers. Left to right: Captain Aike- son: LT Ugj V, G. Crane: I. Grove, MUS: H. Heiser. BT2: I. Caldwell, CSI. we 1, lXt ' l xt A M, f7 N ,N 1 f 1 - . iff' Q,

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BASEBALL After extended sea duty, the New Iersey diamond squad was a little rough at the edges but nevertheless closed an exciting summer of baseball by taking one of three contests in the annual BatCruLant tourney. Beating the USS Macon for their only win of the tourna- ment, the lersey squad suffered successive setbacks to the USS Columbus and the USS lowa, and were thereby eliminated from fur- ther competition. While both contests were tight all the way, the lersey voyagers gave way in the latter innings. Four New lersey players were selected on the All-BatCruLant tourney squad: Iohn Dixon, Sn: Robert Weeks, PFC: Donald Albany, PFC: Charles Gower, CPL. The team had operated with Ens. Louis Hamel and LTIG William Whitridge at the helm. 1 f l 1 4 t SOFTBALL Always a popular sport among lersey gobs, the softball activity was on the ship's team level during and immediately following the Midshipman Cruise. Under the tutelage of En- sign Louis Hamel, the New Iersey Squad's ac- tion culminated with its entrance into 1955 BatCruLant Tourney. The Iay's softballers bat- tled successfully in the first rounds of the tour- nament, only to be edged by the Iowa in the finals, 3-l. On the inter-divisional level teams were organized midway during the Med tour First round play of the 22 team two league organl zation took place in Trieste While the program accelerated sharply to a heavy Barcelona slate the enthusiastic support given the league divisional action in the Med has paved the way for plans of the league s continuation throughout the ship s 1956 schedule 4