St Louis (LKA 116) - Naval Cruise Book

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OE DIVI IC O ' a blue moon Chas anyone ever seen one. of those by the nce in wayb, a piece of radar or communications equipment goes on 1 1 1 ' ' t the fritz and that's when good old OE Division swings 1110 action. On call 24 hours a day, this group of human dynamos ' ' ' th moment sleeps soundly day and night always anticipating e that they may have to be wide awake sometime. There were occasional instances where they all were actually needed and at those times they always performed superbly. LTJG Lebeaux is the pillar of strength that CE Division looks upon for confidence and direction. In a crisis, Mr. Lebeaux can be counted on to be as cool and collected. ET1 Miller, better known to his boys as Gramps still likes to tell of his drinking days with Marconi and Alexander Graham Bell, who taught me everything I know , he proudly proclaims. ETN2 Oxenford, ENT2 Christiansen, ETR3s Tucker and Husky, and ETN3 Crane spend most of their SPARE time working because they need a change of pace from their usual workday which consists of sleep at sea and liberty inport. There were, of course, times when things did have to be done and the fact we are back indicates they must have done something right. fur Ami Q 'Q,iH,,, , O OCSQ If ' , P , g X fi M,,..w- ETR3 HUSKEY, ETN3 CRANE, ETR3 TUCKER 1 . , -1 1 ' , V , , in O 9 ,, Q 34-W, A' 4 A 555 ,-, - if - I E aa 'X fr ' ., S 'I A . R f , Y . 3 . 131, . I ,,-if '- , .Nah V .IE A . :gf V- , , ., .gi ETN2 OXENFORD, Q ETN- CHRISTIANSEN 'wk r X ET1 MILLER Et. ii 20,880

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DIVISIO Equal to few and superior to none: that's our boys in OS Division. Will somebody please tell me what could he a softer job in the entire Navy than being a signalman. Occasionally imposed upon to stand watches at sea. and first across the hrow for liherty, they live the life of Riley as does all of OPS come to think of it. But at sea, we really do depend on them to read visual messages from other ships. I.'l'.lG Neiman sits tall in the saddle as the Div Off of OS with SMI Shore, SMI Douglas. and SM2 White, leading SMSN Hogan, SMSA Hicks and SMSA liorenschek around by the nose and teaching them the technique that made the ST. LOUIS signal gang genuinely unique. 'f 45:3 Ffa LTJG NELMAN, SM1 SHORE, SN REED, SMSA GORENSCHEK, SM2 DOUGLAS, SMSA HICKS, SMSN HOGEN, SMSR POPE .1

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CUMBAT CARGO W -W L On most ships we have a handfull of guys who just don't belong lu A anyone and here are a couple of ours. We have two misplaced I Marines here in the persons of1ST LT -Johnson and SSGT Hedlund. l who are in charge of Cargo and Combat procedures. It is these 'lb gentlemen who must play arbitrator between us and the real Marines i 'A 3 during loadout. When they are not resting they also act as the legal 'J' K H ' Sex office giving expert advice to anyone who can afford ir. Take a bow 6 4 ' U Marines. i ' Q f 'nl' f A X . nb. ff 1 1 . H 1 P 9 . J ' ' f. AW 4 W 1 of -N e .. 5 if a,. f Ne: X fx . ,A st A 'Qs lS'l' lfl' JOHNSON SSGT HEDLUND Ili' ' ' , , U' P ll H 5 ii ' fm-1 K A ii if tels , 1, 11 t r ! A W . , , r 5 M