Wisconsin (BB 64) - Naval Cruise Book

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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

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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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'Q E Z 7 Z Q74 ff Q. X. -is X Y Yi............. K I 6 I ! 4 i l 1 !f!!!iW7!f!!!!!!f!!! 'ff' ' Zffflllffp manning of these stations. Letls put on our 5.lP hones a ain: P '4Air Defense, Combat, air Contact bearing 0900 relative 40 miles, closingf' '6Sky I, Sky Ill, this is Air Defense, your targetf' HAir Defense, Sky I, our radar is out, but never fear, Richards is herefi lMinutes laterj 0Air Defense, Sky I, our radar is back in operationf, 'cAir Defense, Combat, that contact is now over- headf' uWhat time do we secure?'7 0Unknown station, this is Air Defense, who are you? We just began this drillf, uYeh, but we havenit eaten yetf, lSilencel Wfhis is Control. Let's settle down and get some- thing out of this. Combat, got any contacts for us? '4Air Defense, Control, this is Combat, I have a plane closing from 2900 relative, 35 miles.'7 '6Air Dclcnse Aye. Sky II your target. Combat continue flCSlgIlEill0HS.i7 Uclllllliili Aye. Target now at 2890 relative, 33 miles, position angle 20 . . .77 L'Sky ll, Air Defense: you're on the wrong bearing. Slew right! Slew rightlw 4'This is Sky II, sir, I seem to have lost power in train. MPlot, check your switchesf' 'cAir Defense, Sky II, we're all right now. Pan. nella was dragging his long legsf' Wfhis is Combat, target now bears 2800 relative, 18 miles, positions angle 100.0 '4Solution Computer IIIF' 4'Sky ll, locked onf, HSky II, this is Air Defense, Stations, Stations . . . Stand by . . . Stand by . . . simulate commence firing. HSky II, Air Defense, cease firing, cease firing. That's the way itis done time and time again, dry run after dry run, at night, during the day, in the heat of summer or the cold of Winter and usually during chow. But in spite of the sometimes awkward and lengthy sessions the spirit and morale remain high even if it be at the expense of good natured Abie Kline, who incidentally was clocked at sixty seconds flat from forward plot to Sky I, nine decks above. In addition FA supplies a majority of the baseball and basketball players for the ship,s teams as well as lielding their own superlative basketball team. To prove the worth of the myriad drills and the skill of the technicians and operators we proudly display our record of downed sleeves, small drones and, yes, even an F617 large drone. 7!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!A V!ffff!!XfffffflfffffflfffffflffffffffffffifffflfX!ffffffffffffffffffffffz!!!lV !!Z!! lfnou' llton: .L ,I.USh--nIl.r. II. tlglflis. Ii. lt. Clallzrglu-r. Mnmnu: Row: C. J. Euler, L. I. Burley, F. S. Cornagie, J. M. Griffin, . 'I't'l'Ill'lll U ' v- - ' 10 v ' ' . . rt lxons lt. 1-. I..rg,.rss1. rl, l.. frTIlC'llOM'SliI, lx. L. Lawrence, R. L. Mathews, D. J. Himshoot, J. R. Hull. . ,,,. t r .. , ' i I l