Worcester (CL 144) - Naval Cruise Book

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ECO ll lll I0 HE SECOND DIVISION, or the Mighty Duce which it is so often called, came into existence June 26, 1948, with the .coni- missioning of the ship. Any man who has been in the Mighty Duce since that date will lay money on the line that the Second Division puts in more hours during turn to and after working hours than any other ship they have been on and that includes many old salts who have really been around the ships of our Navy. Wlhat loyal Second Division man can ever forget such reassuring calls as: Man all special sea and anchoring details , One hundred hand working party from the Second Division report to PClk Griffith on the fantail , Crew of number One Motor Boat and LCM man your boats , Man the forward highline station , Standby for Guard Mail on the forcastle , Underway fueling details bear a hand in manning your stations , and a host of others too numerous to mention. In spite of these oft-occuring routines, however, LTJG. J. M. DEAL and his O. have a crew in which they can place the utmost confidence and can point to with great pride. During the many different battle exercises it became evident from the first that the Main Battery of the ship consisted of Turrets numbered One, Two and Three which the 'KMighty Duce handles so efficiently. On the AA Exercises it was and is no longer the question of how many runs can the towing plane make, rather, it is the question of whether or not the pilot can carry enough sleeves to replenish the rapidly dis- appearing red socks at the end 'ol his towhne. Several inclivithtals in the division have faire-tl out niches lor themselves in the lasting annals ol sliakt-down, post over- haul training, and cruises in the .Xlc-cl. 'lo mention only 21 lew: Mattera, DMZ, who according to latest inlo owns all of Long VVharl' in Newport: Peterson, CLNIZ, who stands his watches in the 20 Us: Driscoll, Nlf lzhath, and lVarren, GMCS, who will lay any money that il a ttniet Ines it will be either One, Two or Three: Gordon, Clhambeis, lVallace, Clreasey, Sheets, Stone, all CLM's who own Shore Patrol gear that they wear so olten to keep their shipmates on the straight and nar- row, Oullette and Smith, l3MI's, who are always saying, OK boys, here we Uno again, so hop to it : llnghes, ISHS and Sarver D 1 , BMS, the division jack-ol-all-tradesng lilake, Andy, Shank, Hill, the boat coxswains with liednar, ISHS, and Davis, BM2, who very capably oversee the operation ol the division's four boats, and many, many others who comprise the vast, unnamed army ol' wash basin polishers and main deck holy-stoners. As for athletics the second division is right out in front in baseball, softball, basketball, acey-deucy, cribbage, and check- ers. Blake, the number one righthander lor the diamond, Achatz, second to none in any position in baseball or softball, Simunek, Claspelich, Achatl, Tracey, Shank, Kern, Claeys, Scully, Blake, who comprised the basketball team that went unbeaten and hnally lost in the final game ol the divisional play-oils thereby winning runners-up awards. ir First Iloxv: George H. Praay, 532' Alln-rl Pilirlek. SA: L. C. l':irm:u-k, GWISX: xxlllllillll R. Gould, SN: lluvid V. Xllvright, SX: ll. lil. llunle. SX: Joseph J. Sousa. NY ,,.. Sveond Row: .lohn llonllglio. Sk: Alvin J. llxlll. SY: William D. Smith. SY: Vlunrlvs XY. Smith. SX: .lnnu-s ll. llrvndle, SX: Hur- ry XX, 'l'oomhs. SA: ElVXlll Roberts.: Kenneth F. Furpen- ter, SN: lfrzuu-is .l. Soully, SN. . . . 'l'hir1l How: llurry 0. Gil- lium. SY: 154-orgr l,, Oliphnut, SX: Sum Finn-lliu. SN: .hum-S IC. fillllilfll, SX: Sidney Xnder- son, SN: William Simuuek. SA: Us-xnlnler Nutlu-rlxuul. SX. l'1ll'N' llvnz flulrlvi ll. l'rt':lst'P'- 1.Wl2z Nhnnuon li, llughvS. 33.33 Imrrp Hutt:-ru. IHIII: xvlllilllll 0, 1llll'llt'llt'. IIWII: Ge-orare l'- lh-alnnr. Il Nil ,.., Sn-1-ond Row: 1'hnrIc-s I-'. llrlseull. HYIP! NN' lhony .I Ula-juremyk, IHIU: lllvhnral N 'lllllllllllililh ENS! .lunum WI In-nl. l.'l'.Hi: llnruld ll xll'l'ill'1lt'l, Ghllil Ulhffy H' Nnrrvn. 1Jlt'g SX llford li. XVII'- luve. UNI: Xlex liilfdllll. GMI- 'l'llir1l Nou: YI, li, l't'It'l'!0n' UNI: lhnrlo-5 I. Nhlplh 155135 I-'rmwrs lt: lnuis. ll1l2:VIl3lN' ll Nlolu-. Hill: Jllllll'! I , 53 Kei, llWlIlg 1'hurlt's U. Sllllill. nut, min..-rt .o sm-vis. IRWIN Muller X l'Iunmh4-rs. Gill. 'k .

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'Mtv tiyjrtxn. Agn' X I':l First Row: xxvillilllll F. Year- out, SX: Vincent J. Kenney, SX: Richard IC. Rt-utss-llil: Howvzlrd l'1l'l'9lllilll, SX .... S00- ond Row: Cheste-r Stover, S K2 Janus XY. Felton, GNISN: .Xl- hert Pvtko. SXz Anthony Y. Hush, SN: I-larvvy IJ. lllflfflllll, Hill: ,Krthllr ll. Luppzulnt, SA: George Snively, SN: Patrick J. Mullin. SA .... Third Row: l'1lllJ,'t'll0 P. llc-Hale, SA: Isaac' Reid, SN: Stanley L Fzlrpen- tf-r, SX: Junies XY. Czlntic-lol, SN: Orvin L lnlilllilgilll, SX: 11 Fairbanks, First How: Holm-rt Vunnimr- ham, WK: ilfrt-tl l1'. IVIHIIIIZIN, NK: Xntonio fl Rios, SK . . . Wvvonal How: H. x,l'llflll'1lS0, HHH: Lvonnral lillllkll, HY: Gvorgci- IC. VI!-in-r, IIWIZ: KWH- lilllll l,, llou--u-, NN: Fliiforel X. Koulm, GHZ: Xlfra-ol Jolnwon, N3 .... 'l'llircl Hou: Ilohs-ri IG. l':lrr, NN: f4llIll'Il'H ll. lirnsw. NY: Isl-Ily Willlll, gN2fil'1ll'l1l'I'. Noslllv, Ni: llc-rmnn Il Irxingg, NN f l t U-13 ll0W-1llWil!'N- l,l'0lHll'illg' to fire 3 int-h 50 lnount .54 'Q 'W ' ' 'Nm -7' f 1 - ,J .. X Spf ' ' X M r we , Wm I

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Realigning, turret optics T 0 Booth htqtwn, 'lr First Row: D. D. Beam, SA: Raymond M. Aldridge, SN: Thomas R. Craig, SN: J Fred Carter, SN: Thomas H. Nail, SN: Robert Timnlel, SA: Delon A. Byrd SA .... Second Row: Donald R. Pawloski, SA: Deryl L. Shank, SN: Richard L. Cali- mer, SN: Jannes J.vDanko, SN: Francis J. Falk, SA: Ralph E. Deckert, SN: John P. Burkett, SN: Harold F. Patton, SN: Ed- ward Labowsky, SN. . . . Third Row: George G. Bowe, GMSN: C W Austin, SN: James E. Hughes, SN: John F. Larkin, SN: C. E. Caspelich: Williann E. Kern, SN: Carl F. Achatz, SN: Joseph J. Goerl, SN. 'k First Row: Patrick J. Burns, SN: Fred C, Hill, SA: Ronald P. Houle, SA: Joe E. Hayas- tek, SA: Clarence F. Barr, SA: Virgil A. Ward, SN: Gaylord D. Mercier, SA .... Second Row: Charles J. Drongoski, SN: Harold L. Callahan, SN: Low- ell R. Frakes, SN: Roger E. Craig, SN: Lyle H. Curley, SN: Willialll H. Hollingsworth, SN: Alvin L. Harrison, SA: Edwvard Chlan, SA: John R. Sorel, SA .... Third Row: Eugene Reichenhuch, SN: Edmund Kol- boszewski, SN: Thomas S. Blake, SN: Gabriel C. Tippin, SN: James M. Gregory, SN: Robert E. Howard, SA: Rich- ard A. Schill, SA: R. J. Schwander, SA. L..,................