Albany (CA 123) - Naval Cruise Book

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OS ' Division R. Buono, SN. Hornell, N. Y. R. H. James, SN Allegan, Mich. E. Nasser, SN Gloucester, Mass. L. Casineau, SN Springfield, Mass. I J. Meyers, SN Detroit, Mich. W. Page, SMSN Chicopee, Mass. R. Mc Coy, SA Akeley, Pa. J. Parks, SN Fort Wayne, Ind. M. Dibbles, SMSN Loke Geneva, Wise. J. Sullivan, SMSN Hartford, Conn. W. Thorpe, SN Weehowken, N. J. C. Moscowitz, SN Cincinnati, Ohio P. Patterson, SN Belfast, Me. R. Weller, SN Wannasko, Minn. 12

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OS ' DiviAiott W. Adams, SM3 Greenfield, Mass. D. Pepper, SM3 East Lonqmeadow, Mass. P. Maurer, AG2 Madison, N. J. D. Biscardi, PN3 Philadelphia, Pa. F. Petras, SM3 Edwardville, Pa. fBw D. Wilson, SM3 Tilden. III. T. Wilson, SM3 Pueblo, Colo. J. Powell, PH2 Chicago, III. J. Honer, SM3 Muscoda, Wise. W. Rush, SM3 Washington, D. C. 3 R. Billman, YNSN Reading, Pa. P. Smith, SM2 Greensburg, Pa. L. Pendara, YN3 Chicago, III. D. Smirnoff, PH3 Van Nuys, Calif. P. Brouillette, SA Palmer, Mass. I 1

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01£ VwiAiott H. Herring, LTJG Petersburg, Ohio W. Finke, LTJG Wichito, Kan. M- dm W. W. Salmon, ENS Merchantville, N. J. L. Lamar, TEC Springfield, N. C. J. McKmney, TEC Pittsburgh, Pa. The job of keeping the ship in contact with other commands outside of ourselves belongs to OR Division. There are four main radio rooms , Radiol or Radio Central housing the majority of the watch standers. To remain in communication with the other tactical units is one of the toughest jobs in the Navy. The job is such that only through constant practice is a satisfactory performance achieved. However, if you ' re a HAM operator, you know that with radio frequencies you ' ve either got it right or else it ' s all wrong. Practice — and on the Med Cruise we got little else — makes perfect; I believe we came as close to being per- fect as a ship can get. The Post Office on board is, as you might expect, a vital link in the sailor ' s life. There is no need to tell you that, away from home, many of us live from mail call to mail call. Those in the Post Office don ' t get much sleep if mail comes in late but work until it is all dis- tributed almost as if they were in danger of their lives until they got rid of every last letter. So, keeping both the ship, as a unit, and the men, as individuals, informed is the job of OR Division. 13 A. Piaconte, RMI Washington, D. C. P. Bates, BM2 Birmingham, Ala. K. J. Handley, TE2 West Rutland, Vt.