Robert H McCard (DD 822) - Naval Cruise Book

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G NNE What good is a Man-o-War without it's guns? No one can deny the fact that there wouldn't be a Navy if there was no smashing firepower aboard its ships to make an agressor think twice. However, the firepower of a modern destroyer is no better than the men behind the guns. To maintain and shoot its guns, torpedos, and depth charges and also to handle the nec- essary seamanship the Gunnery Department is organized into two divisions with four rates- Gunners Mates, Torpedomen, Fire Controlmen, and Boatswains Mates. The Gun Boss of the McCard is Lt James K. Welsh who is assisted by Mr. Adams as Assistant Gunnery Officer, Mr. Shanahan as First Lieutenant and First Division Oflicer and Mr. Wvatt as Second Division Oflicer. Under Chief Lynch and Domalgowski the live inch and three inch guns are kept operating smoothly and training is given to men of other departments who man the guns during General Quarters. Few people realize the tremendous amount of work that goes into maintaining a gun in a fully ready condition, especially the exposed three inch mounts. It's a tribute to the Gunners of the McCard that we are con- sistently able to Ere more practice rounds and shoot down more sleeves than any other ship liring with us. The Torpedomen are headed by Chief Hardy and Borchardt and are responsible for the firing of the Hsh as well as our other underwater weapons-the hedgehog and depth 4 :f Ifgifxf if ff 'f I lx av 1 h ifi- ' A s rv' ,M y HH, 1133613 f '71 f 'AFS :fzf-53 , 1- V ' .- ':-ffm'-. 1ih I Var -, .w- M his U 5, ., ,... 1 I YH? . ff:-' -.-.-:E:I-'.f'gr:5,:g2' '.l 7 ' : -' 3 . -'SU Qfif.-:ff5'A:4 Z: 56 -2-'f'f.35 'if' , ' '- :ha i ' ,V ' 1.-.f-, ..- 5 ' nu- A ., V uf -.6.-Q, .55 1 ,Rag ,- A -az: 55 -git' 4 ' it ,. .1 , 4 -4-. , --4. .i..:-:61:!ff4c4Zff-- -f ., 'ar 1 la' 1 ' ,A 1, My ,,4.,f.,g54- 9 4. 45,-' ,- . , fi? ' -L 4-..,.f:s::-afar-2' af. sr' ., t f A - -.f'- 'e'-2613-iglifcf' ,ya 47, ' In Q , if a, , ' -:W ,,,.g.f:-:i:2:f. glfiffi ':1: ' in v?12fE1af1215f,:,,a ' ' 71 t are s:s:Q:5:sfs:fif- ' '- .2121 F .215 1-5 5f' g'2',-' -.4-2-. Sfiiffliri- 7-, ' ., .-... - , 7 6' 'J ff. , , Y u. .4-- - 1 N!f -'11 no 1 h-...aa t I 'I Mr. Weeks takes a ride S I -'if General Quarters

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USN. Lieutenant from College as a member oi Lieutenant he acted as Electrical I . along with a degree in Business Administration from vlwlselrilie University. Prior to reporting aboard the McCard Mr. Webb served on the tanker Galoosahatchee. ROBERT H. WEEKS, USN, Communications Oflicer is a graduate Electrical Engineer from Renselaer Polytechnic Institute and was commissioned in 1951 after completing the NROTC program. ENS. ROBERT C. CROSSON, USN, Main Propulsion Asst., is an NROTC graduate of Columbia University where he was a pre-medical student. Mr. Cros- son is also a graduate of the DesLant Engineering School. ENS. JOHN L. THOMPSON, USN, Ship's Secretary, is a graduate of Princeton University and hails from Rockville Center, Long Island. He has been aboard the McCard since June. ENS. RICHARD M. WATT, USN, Second Division Oliicer, received his com- mission -as an NROTC graduate of Dartmouth College where he majored in English. ENS. STEPHEN J. HUGGARD, USNR, Asst. Communicator, was commissioned in December from OCS after graduating from Holy Cross College where he majored in Business Administration. ENS. CHARLES B. O'NEILL, USNR, ASW Oflicer, has been on the McCard since December after graduating from OCS. Mr. O'Neill received his BS in Chemistry at Scranton University and comes from Staten Island, New York. ENS. RICHARD MCGAW, USN, Electronics Officer, reported aboard in Gi- braltar from the Electronics School in San Francisco after graduating as a Civil Engineer from the University of Michigan. ll 9,492 'ZLLAHEAQMMKI K 'far CM' N r f xlib?-W' ,Y i I I p 64 Q I I .. . f V , C I C l .GMM E I ow r 'WSE comes-r Fm OOD H4 WEBB, SC, USN, Supply Oilicer, received his commxasifms

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