Barry (DD 933) - Naval Cruise Book

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0£ Mvssson The ET maintains, repairs, calibrates, tunes and adjusts ail electronic material (except airborne and weapon control gear) used for detection and tracking, recognition and identification, aids to navigation, electronic countermea- sures and communications. In reality we do these things only after the essentials of painting, dusting, scrubbing and myraid other musts of even more dubious nature. Only then are we allowed to concern ourselves with such trifles as the security of the ship to finally get down to the Nitty Gritty of a minimum of troubleshooting followed by a maximum of paper work. In the course of service and repair, if there is a rate we haven ' t had to become, the Navy hasn ' t thought of it. OE Division might be more aptly described as Galli slaves, Auxiliary Supply, or the Psycho Ward of 933 comprised of such classical cases as: D— DO, the Dude, Super Shutter, Magilla Gorilla, Micro Stout and Wheels, Wild man of Cicero, with an occassional assist from Maximus Dingus. A degree of insanity aboard any such vessel is always an asset, but in our case, it ' s an absolute necessity. Ever climb a mast in the middle of the rolling Atlantic, or troubleshoot a framus whose operation can only be described as witchcraft? Everyone at times (all times) feels a bit maligned or unsung ; but that ' s all right, ' cause we love it, don ' t we boys? Man overboard, port side. All hands man your stations ' Looks like he ' s got Number One tied to the back of that Renault.

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it Mvusuon First Division or Deck Ape Division as it is more often called, is composed of approximately 43 iron men, led by LT (jg) No Quarter SULZNER, the First Lieutenant. The main functions of this division are mooring and anchoring the ship which generally entails letting the anchor go and hoping that it won ' t wrench the bow off - and the all important job of painting over the rust on the ship. No Slack is the watch- word of the day with the Boatswains Mates, and it isn ' t at all surprising to find men over the side on holidays. Of course the line tenders may duck into a fan room for a few winks, but who cares? Enter the First Lieutenant — as everything sudden- ly becomes mass confusion — the great fan room furge is on!! Everyone out and on deck, as the hard bittenlifer used to say, when the wind howls topside, you ' ll be there!! Here comes the Weapons Officer puff puff, wheres the First Lieu- tenant?? What fan room?? CRRRACKJi Turn to, continue ships work. 9 What did I do now?