Nitro (AE 23) - Naval Cruise Book

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DECK Lieutenant Commander William N. Euans is the Nitro 's First Lieutenant. He was born in Columbus, Ohio, on 23 March, 1938. He is a graduate of Ohio State Uni- versity where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. He joined the Naval Reserve in 1957 and received his commission in February of 1962. His pre-Nitro travels found him as the ASW Officer on the USS I. D. BLACKWOOD QDE-2195 and Weapons Officer aboard the USS I-IAMMERBERG QDE- 10155. As First Lieutenant, he is responsible for the supervision of deck seamanship operations and evolutions, for maintenance of the armament and ordnance equipment and for procurement, handling, stowage, and issue of ammunition and pyrotechnics He supervises loading, unloading and stow- age of cargo, and plans anchoring, moor- ing, fueling, and sea replenishment de- tails. V . Lieutenant Commander Euans has re- ceived the following Service Medals: Navy Expeditionary Medal, National Defense Medal, Armed Service Reserve Medal. ENGINEERING Lieutenant Ralph H. Lord, the Nitro 's Engineering Officer, was bom on 9 October, 1921, in Providence, Rhode Island. He is a graduate of Cranston High School, Crans- ton, Rhode Island. As Engineering Officer, he is respon- sible' forthe operation, care and mainten- ance of the Ship 's propulsion plant and the electric generators, hull repairs, and maintenance of the ship 's interior com- munications equipment. He supervises fire fighting and acts as technical assistant to the Executive .Officer in Nitro 's NBC de- fense procedures. W During Lieutenant Lord's Navy career, he has received the following medals: Navy Unit Citation Ribbon, Navy GoodsConduct Medal, American Service Defense Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacif- ic Campaign Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal, World War Two Victory Medal, Antartica Service Medal, Amaed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Republic of Viet Nam Campaign Medal.

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U.S. S. NITRO CAE-233 ZCARE OF FLEET POST OFFICE NEW YORK. N. Y. 5 U!! 1971 To the Crew: Historian Douglas Southall Freeman once wrote, n 'Know your stuff. Look after your men. Be a nan. Simple fundamentals, but they are as applicable for us today as they were to the men who sailed the wooden ships with canvas sails. Time and technology have brought many changes to a sailor's life in the years since those words were written. Electronic equipment and computers have replaced top sails and belaying pins as tools of the trade. The mess decks now grumble about 'too mach roast beef' instead of the classical complaints about salt pork and hard tack. The liberty uniform has nearly disappeared and a crew-cut sailor is hard to find. But new dress codes and better chow are .only superficial benefits to the seagoing sailor. His computers have ll not taught the winds to be still or the seas not to boil into thirty foot swells of steaming spray. Long hours of hard work and little sleep are as uncomfortable to the liber- ated sailor of the 1970's as they were to hardnosed swabbies of 50 years ago. Navy life is still tough and probably always will be. I , Many began this cruise as inexperienced naive young men, fresh from the fam or the sandlot. Most will complete the trip as well-travelled, well-rounded sailors with a good knowledge of themselves and the ' world they live in. We've worked hard, played hard and learned from our -shipmates and the countries we have visited. For those leaving the ship, my best wishes for fair winds and following seas. For those remaining, keep up the .good work! Sincerely, ' 19,2 G. E. Hott Executive Officer

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OPERATIONS Lieutenant Robert I . Gould serves as Nitro 's Operations Officer and Navigator.. He was born on 19 February, 1934, in Prov- idence, Rhode Island. A graduate of James T. Lockwood High School, he has attended the University of Rhode Island. A former Chief Quarter Master, Lieutenant Gould was commissioned in July of 1963. As Ops Officer, he is responsible for the planning, scheduling, and coordination of Nitro's operations and logistic service. He collects, evaluates, and disseminates combat and operational intelligence infor- mation, supervises maintenance and repair 'of electronics equipment, and insures re- liable, secure and rapid external communi- cations. He obtains clearances and operat- ing area assignments incident to the move- ments and operations of the Nitro. Before service on the Nitro, Lieuten- ant Gould was stationed on the USS SALMONIE from 1963-1967, acted as a Naval Science Instructor at Officer Candi- date School in Newport, Rhode Island, and was the Nitro's First Lieutenant until assum- ing duty as Operations Officer. He is authorized to wear the following medals: Navy Good Conduct Medal, American Expeditionary Medal, European Occupa- tional Medal, National Defense Medal. SUPPLY Lieutenant David M. Santucci is the Nitro 's Supply Officer. He was born on 18 August, 1940 in Palmer, Massachusetts. He attended Monson High School and later the University of Massachusetts, where he grad- uated in 1963 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics. The Supply Officer is responsible for procuring, receiving, storing, issuing, shipping, transferring, selling, accounting for ,the command 's stores and equipment, and feeding the crew. He also supervises the Disbursing Officer, the ship 's stores, the Welfare and Recreation Fund, coordi- nates departmental operating budgets, and supervises inventories. Before coming aboard the Nitro, Lieutenant Santucci spent tours on the USS LEONARD F. ,MASON-QDD-8525 and on the USS GRENADIER QSS-5255. He wears the following medals: National Defense Medal, Vietnamese Service Medal, Vietnamese Campaign Medal.