Phillip (DD 498) - Naval Cruise Book

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M 'fir S V' W 'A' ENSIGN BRUNELLI GRADUATED FROM BOSTON COLLEGE IN JUNE 1965 AND ENTERED THE U.S. NAVAL OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL, OR AS HE REFERRED TO IT, VICODDINGTON COLLEGE OF NAUTICAL KNOWLEDGEU, THAT SAME MONTH. AFTER ATTENDING GUNNERY SCHOOL IN DAM NECK, VIRGINIA, MR. BRUNELLI REPORTED TO PHILIP IN DECEMBER 1965, AS FIRST LIEUTENANT. EARLY IN. 1965, MR. BRUNELLI BECAME THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT AND COMPOD. DUE TO HIS PRIOR GUNNERY DEPARTMENT EXPERIENCE, MR. BRUNELLI WAS ASSIGNED A GENERAL QUARTERS STATION IN THE MARK 56 DIRECTOR THROUGHOUT THE WESTPAC CRUISE. DESPITE PERIODIC CONFERENCES ENSIGN JOHN F. BRUNELLI, USNR WITH THE GAS FREE ENGINEER TO HAVE THE DIRECTOR AIR--CONDITIONED, MR. BRUNELLI WAS SUCCESSFUL ONLY IN OBTAINING A USED MARK V GAS MASK. HE ALSO HAD THE OFFICER OF THE DECKIS ASSURANCE THAT TUBES WOULD NOT BE BLOWN WHILE THE DIRECTOR WAS MANNED. SOMETIMES THEY ACTUALLY . ITI 1 .ll - V Z mg S44 Z ,WI 7 f f e I Q f I 'FQ I ,975 X f ,M if Mil! ENSIGN BECK JOINED PHILIP IN KAOHSIUNG, TAIWAN WHEN PHILIP WAS WELL INTO THE CRUISE. HE WAS DELAYED IN TRANSIT AT U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND, WHERE HE WAS DETAINED UNTIL GRADUATION DAY, .8 JUNE 1966. MR. BECK WAS ASSIGNED TO WEAPONS DEPARTMENT, FIRST AS I ENSIGN RICHARD L. REPASKY, USN GRADUATING FROM OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY AND BEING COMMISSIONED IN DECEMBER 1965, ENSIGN REPASKY WAS READY TO SET THE WORLD ON FIRE IN 1966. HOWEVER ON RECEIVING ORDERS TO PHILIP, HE REALIZED THAT IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE HIS JOB AS DAMAGE CONTROL ASSISTANT TO PUT OUT FIRES AND SEE TO IT THAT THEY NEVER OCCURRED. FILLED WITH ENTHUSIASM, MR. REPASKY RIPPED THROUGH ANY OUTDATED PRACTICES HE FOUND IN THE REPAIR DIVISION, AND THROUGHOUT THE WESTPAC CRUISE WITH A SUPPLY OF NUTS, BOLTS, AND A MAGIC WAND HE KEPT PHILIPIS WATER TIGHT INTEGRITY AT ITS USUAL HIGH PEAK. MR. REPASKY ALSO SERVED AS ALTERNATE MOVIE OFFICER DURING THE CRUISE AND WON THE ADMIRATION OF THE CREW FOR OBTAINING MOVIES WHICH MAY NEVER HAVE WON THE TOP AWARD AT A FILM FESTIVAL BUT AT LEAST MADE A SAILOR HAPPY TO STAND THE 2.000-2A00 WATCH. WHO COULD EVER FORGET IITHE MONSTER WHO DEVOURED CREAM PUFF, SOUTH DAKOTAW ? 7214: ENSIGN ANDREW C. BECK, USN GUNNERY ASSISTANT AND LATER AS SECOND DIVISION OFFICER. BEING FILLED WITH VIGOR AND EXUBERANCE, MR. BECK WASTED NO TIME AND ALMOST IMMEDIATELY V ARRANGED A u.S. NAVAL GUNFIRE SUPPORT ASSIGNMENT FOR PHILIP SO THAT HE COULD ACTUALLY SEE HIS ,5l..,...q V I- L-- RJ! I I I Q-'I DIVISION AND EQUIPMENT IN ACTION. AI.I.. PARTIES V: ' vi AGREED THE RESULTS WERE OUTSTANDING. M '. '..,:yi:H.'L

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