Walke (DD 723) - Naval Cruise Book

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LT fjgl ROBERT J. MCGREGOR LT Ljgj STANLEY M. TITUS ASW Officer Main Propulsion Assistant I LT fjgj HERBERT A. MILLER ENS WALTER R. FUCHS First Lieutenant ENS WILLIAM W. SEATON Damage Control Assistant Electronics Officer ENS RICHARD E. BULLENE Second Division 0 icer ff I

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A Q. I-I, v ...wfiariiz-mlsi -4'-4 -.. -IH? J' as ra 4 I FIRST DIVISION SITTING. Davrs Rocha Jemison Watzek Giachino Patton Lt fjgl Miller Windham Brown Palmquist Wentworth Norman. STANDING: Leis Gundiff Broadwater Gold- strand Jensen Falardeau Storey Martin Gunter Brown Kmg Connell From mrdshrps forward Frrst Drvrsron rergns supreme The hull, mam deck and bulk- heads, the guns, and most of the machrnery rn thrs sectron rs Frrst Drvrsron s responsrbrlrty It rs d1v1ded between the Boatswarn s Mates, Gunner s Mates, and respectrve strrkers The bosuns, the only real seamen rn the Navy as some wrll say, are charged wrth a multl tude of tasks They handle lrnes and ground tackle at Sea Detarl, they man the forward sta- tron when refuelrng at sea, and handle the forward hrghlrnes for personnel, marl, and movre transfer Probably the most rrnportant and tune consumrng job for the bosuns, though, 1S the preservatron of the shlp It 1S only because of the contrnuous scrubbmg, chrpprng, and parntrng that the shrp looks as smart as she does when comrng rnto port after a long stretch at sea The gunner s mates, the other half of Frrst Drvrsron, marntarn and frre our mam and secondary batterres The two forward 5 and 3 mounts belong to the drvrsron, and rt IS up to the gunners to keep the mounts, guns, and horsts rn constant reparr They have done a good job Mt 52 won an E for excellence durrng the crurse mu.-.':+:2.ggs yrr- f:w'u.,nwrmmwr'+sf:-.1 -... I we aIr-t wg, ref-1'-uiismw 2