Samuel B Roberts (DD 823) - Naval Cruise Book

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l i GUNNERY DEP RTME Commenve Fire. Two simple words but before they can be said months of training and preparation are required. Somebody once remarked a Navy bhip is a floating gun platform. This is essen- tially true-although the 'forpedomen might want to' change the words slightly to read: A floating torpedo-launching platform. ' i The secondary lunrtion of the Cuitnery Department is the main- tenance of the exterior and certain interior spaces of the ship. This 1 in itself requires constant attention, if the ship is to present 8 I' , , P stuart appearance. Exery one knows that you ean't hit a target if the guns aren't pointed in the right diret-tion. Getting them to point in the right diret-tion is the l-'ire tlontrolmaxfs joh. A frequent complaint heard was that, we hon-sighted eserytlting hut the K guns. Keeping the guns in firing vomlition is the Gunn:-r's Mates job. Painting, chip- ping, grinding, luluirating, and repairing't:oes on day after day. Meanwhile the lim-k l'lot't'm' was husy, trying to keep the decks and lrttlklttmttls painted, passapm-ways clean, heads and wash rooms up lu par, lt takes mr-eks to svrape and paint the main deck, hut one dafs had storm and they Imam- to start all over again. Nou don't ser- the sonztrtm-n often, hut they Nlilllllcdn their way L around the mould. 'lihv Sonzmnen also received quite a workout during ASW t'Xt'lt'ls1'S. The Yli0l'lH'tlUIll0Il have five fish to worry ztlmut, 'liheii total xalur- is upproxinmtely S90,00U, and it represents ull llllllltlllllll lvsptulr-llnlllly. 'fake all these trained pr-oplv. put them togvtlter at CQ, lie them lotta-tlivi with few :-tmnd- ol sound powered telephone line, and you JAMES W. LESLIE, LTJG Gunnery Officer haw- a Ivana ic-udy to shoot. 't ut ' N ' Si , N A ss, , ' 1? - ' f I l l ll V Q vb 1 it nl e.s e ORDNANCE DlVlSlON s R w A B ELLS JR SN J A Z RBE N A CURRY SN B C WREN SN R K RIDEOUT GM3 P E JACQUES FT3 E F BREZNYAK SN W H DUVALL. GM3 R J CUNNINGHAM FT3 Second Row F O OL SON GMI K R W CURRY FT! P W WEHRMAN LTJG J F Mc6lLL ENS A S LOVE FT2 G D McGAR VER GM2 Third Row R R EGERDT GM2 W E McGEE l Q GM2 J E PARENT FT2 L ALEXANDER SN W E HARTZ SN J H BROWN SN H ZEIER SN J W CRUCE SA H A ZUMBAUM SN R C BANKS FTSN B J BONNER GM3 J J SHEEHAN GMSN J M DU BETSKY SN A J DaCAMPO GM3 R G NORMAN FT3 E D MILLER JR FT3 S R J LOGAN GM3 Mass ing from Pucure W E BOUNDS SN H GARABEDIAN GM2 J L RAMMAGE GMI P? .V t.. E gt...

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p Q O DIVISION Fin! Row: C. L. MUEHL, ET2: R. WESTCOTT, RDSN: R. A. SMITH, R035 H. G. CUSTER, RDI: R, J. VASCOTTO, RD! W. P. TYMINSKI, RDSN. Second Row: A. M. VILLANTI, SN O. JOHNSON, RDI: E. T. FENNESSY, ENS: J. D. HENDRY, ENS: C. W. COX. ETI: J. A. GUNN, RD3. Third Row J H FARRAR. SN: H. C. FREE, RD2: S. 6. STASZEWSKI RDSN R. N. VORNDRAN,RD2gR.J.MICKLUS,RD3 G L HUNT ET3: E. LA FRANCE, RD2: H. M. WELLINGTON RD2 Missing from picfure: J. A. TURNER. SN, :Tasks 'vo in X I I f OQRUSBO. CODTBC - X kxonr Enom! X A A ,acofnmenda 5 1 A bT.I qc 71 M5 'D S Sena Ike os:. 4 X nl X 5- ' 9 , as , ,, 3 I Whai's 'che bearmg' 7 L ' 4 . Cougar Warnina Aquamarine ,, alcoxugon ' KARL G. HEINZE, LTJG Assf. Navigafor

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, W 5. xl? - 1 S xx. TX Quan - RWU4' SN C L PEART BMC V GARABEDIAN BMI, Ge Iv : If . . 1 . . F. W. GREEN SA' S. C. LIBBY, SN: L. J. MCCOY. SN H. J MJSARVEY SN: E, L. MILLER, SN: R. C. MURRAY SN L. J. ROOD SN' G. H. SAUER. SN: N, M. SHAMES SR: J G, SOPKO BMSN' R. J. SHIELDS, SN: C. H WALKER SN: J. J. ASHCRAFI, FN1 G. CLEMENT, SN G. E. CORBIN SN, H. A. GRAHAM ,BMIg E. F. LYMAN, GMSN P. J. MASTRANGELO. SA: M. B. PALMISANO, SN: R, L. ROSS SN. C. J. SCHROEDER, BMSN: B. L VVAGGONER SA. DECK CIVISIONS Fird Row: H. R .FOX SN J, R .JARREIT SN A. J AL- LAIRE, SN? F. E. MCCREARY SN. Second on Nf P SKEL- TON, FA: D. F. RYAN SN L. SEAVER ENS: R E BART- LETT, SN: R. L. OLSON SN J. A HOHLE? SN Twrd Row: M, A. BATTLE SN S J. CICERO SN D. H WALL- ENTINE. SN: R. J. NICHOLS SN: E J SHANNON SNS H. J. PIERRE, SN' D. C. GOLUADE SN Manwq Wo-n Picfure: J. E. ARNOLD. SA H. C. ANDREWS JR SN: . E. BELCHER, SN: C. J, CIBOROXNSKI SA A. C. 3 vi-51 I' ASW DIVISION Firsf Row: A. ANASTASIO, SN: R. H. ARCHIBALD, TMSN: S. P. MESSINA SN. Second Row: E. J. MOODY, SOI: L. W. EHLERS, TMC: C. F. MCNAMARA P' Firsi Lieufenanf '. CHARLES J. smes. JR., me me. J. D. ALExANosR, mu. K. H. RITOLEHTO, som. Third Row. A. Msssuw.. mz. o. L. HoLLANo, sos. H. J. eeaoes sgia. K. HONNOLD, sos. J. e. cms, JR.. sos. 2 Q ,sms wiv 3.1! ni