Belleau Wood (CVL 24) - Naval Cruise Book

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Gill DIVI S IU zines and the Ship's Armory, where small arms are kept and repaired. When ammunition is taken aboard these men supervise its stowage and check the magazines daily to insure safe temperatures. They man linefthrowing guns when we are ordered alongside tankers, ammunition ships, and supply ships at sea. GQ The torpedomen maintain aerial torpedoes. Their cxf pression for this is making sure the 'fish' will have a hot, straight, and normal run. Routine weekly and monthly checkfups and adjustments include the oiling of working parts, preservation of exterior surfaces, and charging with proper air pressure. They are rather proud of the fact that once they prepared eight fish for the enemy in something like two hours' notice. We also furnish the ship's Guard Mail Petty Officer. In port it is his job to call for and deliver oiiicial mail to the Fleet Post Qfiice and other ships in the Fleet. We have two men on mess cook duty changing off approxif mately every three months. The newest seaman usually starts out as a mess cook. Also on the line are the compartment cleaners who are assigned in the same manner as the mess cooks. They keep our living quarters in Afl shape which inf cludes the scrubbing and painting of decks and bulkheads. The following members of the Division were detached before the group picture was taken: OFFICERS: Lt. Cjgj D. A. Rudisill. MEN: Robert L. Adams, Nelson D. Bac-orn, John J. Bajor, John P. Bareika. Bruce O.Barnes, Georfre I. Bell, Matthew Belovarac, Eugene L. Berfl, Anthony H. Bordone, Raymond L. Bowler, Everett B. Breck, Jr., Herbert F. Brodie. James Brown, Albert H. Brunelle, Evan WV. Busse, William Campbell, Joseph A. Ca1'r, Dante Casolari, Francis A. Cassady, Richard J. Casfrriff, Charles R. Clay- ton, Leonard Cohen. James B. Crawford. Victor Devarney, Robert L. Dohenty. John A. Dowdall, John Ernerich. Jr.. Arthur W. Felton, Euirene H. Fueere. Raymond A. Fuller, Anthony R. Gallovich, Carl A. Carey, Sam Greco, Rowland R. Greene, Donald F. Gulelius, John Hanna, NValter V. Harrington, Harvey H Heaton, Fred W. Hensley. Charles G. Higbee. Richard K. Hunt, Joseph J. Ja- warowsky, Benton W. Johnston, John Karol, Donald E. King, Harold F. Kooken, William P. Koschuch, Rodney XV. Kuhn, Sr., Chartes E. Kushmeder, Harvey A. LaFosse, John Charles E. La Croix, William G. Lewis, John Mazurkiewicz, George R. McCoun, Joseph G. McDonald, Paul G. McKenna, Walter P. Miller, Charles W. Mooney, Santo S. Nardi. Bernard Nowak, Kenneth J. Peltier. James B. Powers, Michael Putira, Jr., Avery C. Putman, George Pyrch. VVarren C Reinecher, Robert E. Rennae, John Rhodes, Jr., Willard J. Rogers, Joseph VV. Roy, Bernard J. Salernoy, Eugene W. Scott. James W. Sheridan. Sidney L. Smith, John E. Sondey. Charles J. Solomon, Robert G. Spencer. John C. Stone, Daniel E. Story, Joseph R. St. Pierre, Max J. Strausberger, Frank L. Tucker, John G. Weigel, Solomon T. Williams, Melvin Young. On target Tin fshu gets routine maintenance in torpedo workshop Everything from bush knives to tommy guns-Armory Gunners mate shoots linefthrowing gun at destroyer 147

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TOP ROW: ChElec. G.Bzii'nes, Lt.. tjg5T. C. NVitte. ChMach. A. G. Ed- wards. Lt. ijgl R. B. Rathbun. Lt. tjfxl R. B. Tyler, Mach. D. J. Brussard. BOTTOM ROXV: Lt. tjgl B. NV. James. Lt. H. B. Vincent, Lt.-Cmdr. C. XV. Tippett, Jr., Lt. O. L. England, Lt. ijirb R. K. Reich. The Engineering Department is made up of four divif sions: A, B, E, and M, with a total wartime complement of about 230 men. These machinists, electricians, metalf smiths, watertenders, and their firemen strikers make up the third largest department aboard ship. The engineers' operational and maintenance duties range from the steer' ing engines aft to the anchor windlasses forward. The real job of the engineers is to keep the screws turning--operating the boilers, turbines, and auxiliaries that provide the main propulsion power of the ship. They kept the ship going during the two and a half years of wartime service, accumulating a mileage record of some 230,000 miles of steaming-over ten times around the world. In midf1945 occurred our longest cruise, a 72fday stretch in which the screws never once ceased turning. Over fifty percent of the original Engineering Depart' ment had never been to sea before. Few were qualified to take over the new watches they were required to stand, but the few experienced hands aboard taught their lessons well. The end of the war found these same ex' civilians holding down the top positions of chief, first class, and second class petty ofhcers. They are now the old hands who are passing their hardfearned knowlf edge on to the latest group of newcomers. N M ff ff x . ef as f-is 1, 'K .51 , .Y Y,,, , t -1 .I H ' 'H' f ' X, ,,.4, 1 :l..--.,.. . TOP ROW: Lt. A. E. Schooley, Lt. K. Shoemaker, Lt. N. S. Stafford, Lt. Cjgb R. W. Cummings, Ensl T. J. Scalese. BOTTOM ROW: Lt. fjgl W. C. Kenney, Jr., Lt. fjgj M. W. Hjalmar- son, Ens. M. Such, Mach. J. R. Martin. Mach. M. F. W. Donlon. 1 49