St Louis (LKA 116) - Naval Cruise Book

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'Sf u-1' 4 ss u b OE DIVISIU FRONT L TO R3 ET2 HIRAHARA, ET3 GILMORE. BACK L TO R5 ET2 PRUE, ET3 LAROCHE, EW1 BROWN, EWSN LYCHARD, EW2 BELLAMY, EW2 TERPENING, EW2 FRISBY, ET3 MCSWEEN. E Division on USS ST.LOUlS maintains the ship's communi- cations, radar, electronic warfare, and navigation equip- ment. OE consists of ET's and EW's. Our Division Officer is ENS Kuehne who arrived here October 1985 fresh from Surface Warfare School in San Diego. For most of this year, though, the man in charge was ETCS CSW5 Evans, a dedicated professional with the warm smile everybody knows. He's also known to send shivers up and down the spine of any boot seaman that confronts him. Our outgoing LPO was ET1 Johnson. This soft - spoken and knowledgeable individual departed in January 1986 for instructor duty with FTG in Hawaii. Our new LPO, EW1 Brown, came in Nlay 1985 from USS KlRK. ET2 Jimbo Prue is our Supply P.O. and is remembered for the days he was stuck onboard trouble shooting the LN-66, while anchored off at Phattaya Beach. EW2 Bellamy left in December 1985 for sweet shore duty in Pensacola, Florida. He'll be an instructor at Consolidated Naval Electronic Warfare School. The leading EW, EW2 Frisby, knows the SLQ-32 inside and out. ET2 CSWD Hirahara also left in December 1985. Kenny was the Sailor of the Quarter for January-Nlarch 1985. He really deserved it. , gl , . , . , .. A , 5 X 'JJ r 'x yi f WY ,Q ,7 1 5272, 2, 1 V Y' f . , az mp s.,gf,,,- .-4 1 2' 9 Q J ii rf w ...M , M, , . ,,,. 1 H .112 f ,.-,lf-gtagigfiifg, Lf if' 2 .A 12 f ,L ra 2 Vx 'W jx' Vw: ,, gi, M ' ,,- . '55 3-2 ENS KUEHNE ETCS EVANS ET3 Tom Gilmore maintains HF and VHF comms, along with test equipment. ET3 McSween Chilly-mac maintains our UHF and navigation equipment. EW2 Dewey Terpening is a t'2lVl tech as well as a SLQ-32 and SRBOC tech. ET3 LaRoache just joined OE this November. He's here following his A and C Schools. We were delighted with the arrival of our two new seaman. EWSN Rod Steele and EWSN Larry Lynchard. They are coming along just fine. Lynchard was named Junior Sailor of the Quarter, October to Decem- ber 1985. . tg ,. ax it j E. j ,J 1 i?a.. L 086995 tx qt A ww ,s, 'LHR -. S R' 1 eQQgx Jiv-