Wedderburn (DD 684) - Naval Cruise Book

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WEDDERBURN is only a little ship, but her mission was a large one. Acting gg rescue Destroyer and relay ship for our biggest and best Carriers, the entire Operations Department had to be on its toes, Every mile had to be plotted, every message received and recorded. To do this took the best efforts of every division. and as the records show all operations were handled with precision and efficiency. Heading the Department, Lf, Richardson was assisted by his Division Officers, LTJG Greenland, Navigator, LTJG Belser, Communicator, LTJG Bright, CIC and Ens. Rasmussen, EMO. Our Quartermasters, with nerves of steel when it came to refueling from the TICO, steered us straight and true. In their work they were assisted by the Radarmen who hid mostly in the deep recesses of the CIC icebox, glued to their scopes. What the bridge eouldn't see the scopes did, and together they pulled us through some tight ones. On the bridge the Signalmen were re- sponsible for visual communications, while the liadiomen were busy down in Radio Central pulling all those little radio waives out of the sky to keep us in touch with the rest of world. Just ln case the radar or radio went down, there was always an ET drifting around to switch tubes, and generally hiirziss the equipment by hammer. into working. Down in the Ships office the Personnel- men and Yeomen were busy with all the 1 My . I t T n' ,,.,, i -f i t .- ' Hari' . , F 'IP' ' f'f'i t JQN 'N -i I W -.., jess-:L pligv-s ,iiiil iiigw- i itigwi' xxtirk live- .'inll - iw PM-gf '-N'-iii: i z:i::iiiig ,ind fully iiiiiirii-il. Hai'-i',i'i -:is iziiist Z'-iiw-ii iii.ixi is the li-if li: llillf -ii iiiiii ln- is .il grew 1-mist iriwi-, but -.ali--ii it iwiiiiwsiiiiii- oi' shots. ln- ln mst i iiiiii. .uid uni . ' - i uh i , Ili'-ii rlifri- ls iv-ii'liiimlil kiinw ' f' llillf' l'H-Yiiiiii 'Aliir is -ii lin -ll X' - ilivrf- ln iillll, in-l ,ii hit'-il when ilu'-rv is rin iii.iil. flint the Xfl hui to init up iron liirs 'iii hi- flour to iiiwiii-vi him from ill those lug l-Lnigin--1-i's. XJ was -if GE ilu ii l ai GPCRT099

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