Badoeng Strait (CVE 116) - Naval Cruise Book

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Martin and Coonradt perform a much needed overhaul job on the LCPL. Now the man with the keys to the piano, lay down to the band room, says Beck. - S fc If J J 1 V Second ro J.T. Wi A. Howard, CD. Martin, D.R.Redmond, J. E. Beck, J.J. Krannitz, D. Cuenca, ENS Stubl C. A. Floyd, A. R. Fuerte, J. A. Gannon H. W. Smock, J.S.Crawford, G.A.Henderson, R. C. Smith, W.Davis. D. L. Dodson, C.W.Whitney, E.L.Taylor, R. L. Coonradr, W.J. Arbeiter, J. R. Watts, H. L. McClantoc, C. T. Elder, C. T. Ricks J. K. Harrison, R. M. Guerriero, J. Z. Romero, I. C. Oertel, R. A. Yarman, R. H. Hegefeld, W.T. Wagner, H. Goldberg, J. W. Herman, C. E. Reitengaugh, E. Shover, W. M. Samuels, B. W. Davis, D. L. Parmley

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RD What hoppen now? says Cuenca to Oertel as they unlay some line. Dodson and Harrison hold field day with plenty of elbow grease. Men of the 3rd Division perform the routine but vital tasks that contribute to the ship ' s effective operation. They are Bosun ' of the watch, alarm clocks, drivers of the boat, crews tor liberty launches, talkers, ladder riggers and in general, jacks-of-all-trades. They shall never forget that night the division encamped in mass on the fantail, grateful to escape the torrid tropics below- decks. They pride themselves in keeping spaces assigned well boraxed and baboed. They coxswain the crew to liberty and carry them back, all tree of charge. And if you fall over- board they man the lifeboat while their man on the fantail watch heaves a life ring at your noggin. And, in many other ways, insure the crew ' s safekeeping and well being. Do you have that choked up feeling ? Whitney and Hegefeld take the rust off the fantail.

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The Foxey Ones are charged with the responsibility of maintenance and partial opera- tion of the ship ' s fourteen 40 MM mounts and fire control radar. The division, which is the largest in the gunnery department, consists of both gunner ' s mates and fire control technicians. The men are constantly at work on the quads, load- ing machine and radar directors preparing for that day when the sounding of general quarters ' ' will not be a drill and their efforts will be amply appreciated. The Fox men also have the task of keeping custody of the ship ' s armory of small arms and maintaining ready service rooms and maga- zines throughout the ship. Thus the Foxey Ones are never wanting for work to do, and are firmly established as an important link in the ship ' s team. Szenasy and Renz tune up the fire control radar. An ammo loading and passing drill is held by Anderson (D. L), Bodiker, Jackson and Anderson (H. E.). I Chief Kulczynski and Piche sort their way through a maze of circuits in working on a transmitter- receiver of a fire control radar.