Wisconsin (BB 64) - Naval Cruise Book

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D Division canvas may not be used for sails anymore and the line isn't rigging but the skills necessary to make them into functional apparatus are the same as they were when great-grandpappy sailed the blue. No electronic tech- nician can make that statement! The i'Three B's', of the Dog Division are Beeson, Binnicker, and Brandon, who along with a fellow named Moore make up the Chief Boatswain Mate con- tingent. From them come those sharp, on-the-spot orders that get boats hoisted, mooring chains sheckled, mess lines orderly, and things running smoothly in the First Lieutenant's Office. Chief Brandon is comptroller of the First Lieutenantis purse strings and spends the long hours of the day figuring out the cost of canvas, squeegees, line, paint, and office supplies. His favorite saying: HNOW letis see if we can't cut down a little bit heref, A great part of the division's work centers around the word 'ilockern-Paint, Sail, Bos'n,s, and the Side Cleaneris Gear. F. A. Klees, DC 3, assisted by T. S. Thrasher, SN, and F. J. Pupalitis. SN, holds the fort in the 'Paint Locker, and through a very calculated Hstinginessw manages to get that precious fluid to the places where it's needed most. Rumors that these fel- lows are color blind are almost without basis in fact. If you can poke your way in through the block and tackles, coils of line, shackles, and punching bags down in the Bos'n's Locker, youill find 6'Dutch'7 Slovensky, BMS, and his helpers T. J. Henderson and Paul Dal- rymple splicing up a storm or getting ready for their next session with Buoy 21. ln the Sail Locker John Hiram 'gRawhide', Darkis, BM1, D. H. Rhoades, BM3, and their needlemen Sweatt, Newert, and Smith can whip out a tailored cover for the ship's pickup truck that would make the Hong Kong tailors green with envy. Wielding a gentle club over the headis of the side cleaners are T. J. Eagan, BM2, K. H, Woodroof, BM2, and K. D. Adkins, BM3. You can imagine how this trio groans when they see the ship massaging her sides up against the concrete of the Panama Canal. And letis not forget our compartment cleaner, K. J. Komperda, SN, who wonit be satisfied with less than a '4Very good on the upper decks inspection. From barnacle to binnacle the Dog Division's serv- ices are indispensable. This is one ship that's not going to the dogs . . . itis going because ofthe Dog. f- X -x v Q w I - f 0' na- f if ,gf QW if ,N XJ 1. If , .ff ', , git., -'J I M W i, fp S., la ': 4' f i - gig Val , . ' , - in ' 1 has f ., b 'fxhil f 1 ff!-gig.. Too bad 'da loolenant didift see 'dat we 01' X i- ' ' took 'da ladder out . . . , ' - J! A 1 ' lf' sl? ,, 1 v ,sf .g I ff y Q- -,ff 5225 E1 . ,E Z ' g ' -lf T-31 C gas HAIEE ,. . F. -.T ,V -ss- 42

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:Rs 1 - f' A 3 T' ati V , sf V. J FRONT ROW: J. H. Darkis. hllDDLE.ROW1 F. Newert, F. J. Pupalitis, D. H. Rhoades, C. C. Smith, F. J. Henderson. BACK ROW: K. D. Adkins, F. A. Klees, R. S. Slovensky, T. J. Egan, J. H. Sweatt, P. Dulrymple. O O O D S I O n !!!!W7!!!!!!!!X!!!ff!!!X!!!!i!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! V !!!!! !f!!!!,77!! !!!!!!W!!!!!!!!!! ff! To foul up an old saying, aliivery Dog Division has its Dayf' Ours is a Boston bulldog by the name of LTJG Lloyd F. Day, a work-hard from the Engineering Department. Witll a smile that could make roses bloom in the sand locker and a frown that makes the gruffest old boatswain shiver in his Hong Kong boots, Mr. Day, the shipis First Lieutenant, accomplishes ta tre- mendous volume and variety of shipis work. He can be readily recognized by newcomers, heis the man Who starts off every conversation with 4LWe don't have aliyfi Assisted by his two able tentacles, LTJG F. Crawford, Jr., and ENs Thomas E. Jones, the First Lieutenant and his boys aid, abet, and coordinate the work of the deck divisions in their maintenance of the ship, doling out the paint and polish, not to mention Pf0miSes. They see to it that the shipis boats are run On schedule, an important point for a liberty-loving crew, and dangle hoards of side-cleaners over the gunwales at every opportunity in order to keep the Wiscy looking her Sunday best. CHBOSN James Duff is the mainstay of the deck force and to most of us seems to be as much a part of the ship as a man could be. ltis been said that he was aboard the WISCONSIN before it was taken out of mothballs. At any rate, as emcee of the Sail Locker and the Boatswainis Locker he supervises that part of ship's work which is as old as the Navy itself. The LTJG F. CRAWFORD, JR. ENS T E JONES Division Ojicer Ir. DLULSIOVI O cer Ass't. Ist Lieutenant

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LTJ I-l.lG .l F HON.-Xlrlix FXS J. F. Splixlflfli Dzuszon UfhC?I fl 011191011 Offlter lr D111 ion Officer Jr. I1 I-l'l'.Xl-U11 Cljfirwf- E I S I O n WffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffnffffffffffffffffW!!!ffff!!!ff!!gf!!!77!!!!1!f!!!7!f!!!!y!!!7f!ff!ff!!777Qff!fff! Air Defense. After Plot: port battery manned and readyf' Control, Air Defense: 5 and KLOMM batteries manned and ready. And the ship is ready to repel an air attack-its twenty 5-inch and eighty 40 millimeters poised for action. Now itis all up to the FA Division, the brains and nerves of gunnery. manning their four 5-inch directors treferred to as Skys'l, twenty 40 milli- meter directors. and the assorted plotting and radar rooms. to find the target and point the guns at it. The FA Division with its highlv skilled Fire Control Technicians is responsible for the maintenance and FRONT Row P NI Witkliffe J W Fox E B Kline. E. W. Tantum. 3lIDDLE Row: J. D. Waite. R. F. Feddon. R E Carter W L Garbin lxew FTC T C Enmun. R. J. Harrison. C. A. Ficalora. BACK Row: W. D. Maynard. Nlilli n D C lerbs C B Petrie T. F. Rive. I. C. Bit-seeker, D. J. Dodson. J. R. Frederick. his DDDDD DDDUL7 U l