St Louis (LKA 116) - Naval Cruise Book

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FOURTH DI I IO A ship with a Gunners Mate in the peacetime Navy is like a fis H b d the Lou we f1I'l1Sh6d the cruise with eight such misfits. bicycle ere a oar Four others went gunnlng for other meaningful challenges during the course GMGC Vick left the of the deployment Among those four one of them fortable riding old Cadillac of the ocean blue for the star of the wide com screen, the USS CAYUGA. Right now we have with us such crack shots as ' GMG2 Knott, GMG3 GMG1 Jones, GMG1 Durjan, GMG1 Epenesa, Kerstetter GMG3 Walker, SN Collins, SA Burton, and SA Theobald to tch their itchy trigger fingers only during the 1nfrequent gun-shoots scra which we had during the cruise Under the tutelage of LTJG Buhrlage, Fourth Division led us into some of the less memorable moments in the h with a 'fha dm V 9 S Q fu A history of combat on the high seas. FTG1 HEATH, FTG2 BENNETT, FTG2 JOHNSON K nm V sf In GMGC ELDRIDGE

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S PPLY DEPART Supply is the backbone of this or any other ship, After all, it's Supply who takes care of washing our sheets, filling soda machines, provides and cooks that FINE Navy chow, runs ship's store, etc. It is also because of Supply that we often slept on dirty sheets, drank warm for nol sodas, kept running out and somehow killing the taste of that FINE Navy chow and running out of soap, toothpaste and razor blades just in time for inspections. This wasn't always their fault of course, but it has always been more noticed because Supply affects everyone onboard and are, therefore, maligned more frequently and viciously than any other department except for Admin and I'll get to that later. LT Shoemaker has kept his cool through it all and for that he must be congratulated. LTJG Moinester is in charge of the SSS and is always happy. Must be easy to keep smilin' when you've got 50 grand in the bank at all times. To be sure, everybody gets down on Supply for things that go wrong without thinking about all the things you never notice that get done with the skill and precision of a 32.00 watch. And this was our spot to do a little kidding it is all in fun and they do a fantastic job. They don't get half the credit they deserve. Hope this page does at least half. 'Ld X X LT- QCHOPJ SHOEMAKER