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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WEAPONS DEPARTME The Weapons Qepartmenfi, headed by LT. Gabryelski, comprises an interesting group gf people. Wh11f-2 Oper-1t10r1S made sure we got there. it was the job ofthe Weapons personnel to make sure we had the cleanest, sharpest shooting ship to sail on. To help keep things Squared 3W-Hy. Lt. Gabryelski was assisted by LTJG Lerner. ASW, LTJG Veitch, GUNS and Ens, Gray, First Lieutenant. ln First Division, live all those big noisy Boatswains Mates, forever cussing out someone for walking on wet paint. or heaving stuff over the side. Then of course, there are twenty-year Boaitswztins who talk about how short they are. To First Division goes at Well Done for keeping Ole Arleigh looking top notch even under the most adverse conditions. .Xlthough Wedd had a chance to let her Big Five speak on only it few ocedsions. the Gunners Mates kept their mounts ever ready for action, so at gl moments notice they could main their stations and hurl their deadly rounds on to the bench. To make sure the guns were lined up properly, the FT's were busy up in our old, rusty, and sometimes not so trusty director to lead those fifty pound shells right on to the target. For her work in Artillery, Wedd was commended by her spotters for l-Ixcellent Coverage and Out- standing shooting , in the Quang Tri and Uquiptng ure1tot'South Viet Num. Besides the enemy above and on the beach, there is LllNVLl5'S the constant threat of the enemy below. WEDDERBURNS underwater ears were IllllllIlt'Il by thi- Sonatrimfn who did quite a job of frustrating the submarine during .XSW exexvisi-s comlucti-d while on station ln the South China Sea. Once they had the pings figured out, the t-:dl went over the phones to the torpedo tubes, where our 'l'or-pt-dozmfii had six big fish rt-tidy and waiting to plunge into the water to search and destroy. FGX 11 1 , I 1' 'U-gt Il Huh vu- 'Ulf S xx fi , if t wgfft' 111, ,lzhhux N g.'.a A f i 2 5 J . I 'V L .' , C Y 4,5 i ' I Q 1 A 1 ,fl ff- far. rglfugil :Q if r g f N V I A if .4 Ahffeiif QQ.,