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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charges. During wartime the McCard would have ASW as one of its main jobs and the Torpedomen are very much aware of their responsibility to- wards keeping all their gear operating. Incidentally, George Borchardt is always available in the Torpedo' Workshop to tell tales of the Old Navy. No one can really understand wlmt Bordeaux and the Ofhif Henderson and Harmon on 34 Fire Controlmen do. One thing s certain-it's technical with a capital T . The FC's can confuse anybody who wanders into Plot, the Fire Control1nen's wartlroom , with their chatter about electronic theory, mechanical imputs, and level and cross level. You can also hear Bordeaux complain that if he's given any more typewriters to repair he's going to change his rate to Typewriter Repairman. It's safe to say that no other group on board know the meaning of Turn To better than the Deck Force. They work from dawn to dusk and then at night get booted out of the sack to hoist the boat, fuel or heave around on lines. But any Boatswains Mate or striker will tell you that it's the best damn rate in the Navy and the Deck Apes certainly have more real characters to the square inch than any other group around. Mr. Shanahan, our First Lieutenant, Chief Blackman, Palmer, and Paul all agree that other rates may come and go but there'll always be a Bos'n. I I I ...XD Q , .X .fvff ? X jf! like hell you tlitln't heat' 'l'ut'n to , Flayltan