Brooklyn (CL 40) - Naval Cruise Book

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Q, ,, ,, , , at . 5,12 Z f ' X ' ,, ,...,,f,a.,4 ' - Q. , ,W . ,V f I i 1 l i l l A l Captain CA WICKHAM USNR iretl l 1 l l l l l w l w l l I C.A. WICKHAM, Attorney Captain Conrad A. WICKHAM, Jr., born 6 August 1914, Kansas City, Missouri. He married Helen Frances CAMPBELL 21 August 1943. To this union were born a son C.A. Wickham, Jr., QTerryJ 24 June 1944 and two daughters, Katherine C. 2 September 1949 and Anne L. 27 October 1953. The Captain was a member of the first Navy V-7 Class and was on the USS Illinois a school ship in New York. He was graduated and Commissioned an Ensign 14 November 1940. Reporting almost immediately to USS BROOKLYN at Long Beach, Calif., arriving with total assets of 36 cents. Other members of the class who reported with him were Ensigns Wakefield, Waserhaley, Washburn, and Wilson. They were welcomed by F.C. DENEBRINK, then the Executive Officer of BROOKLYN. He reported for duty 4 December 1940. His duties were with the Gunnery Department as a 6th Division Officer and advanced through the grades from Ensign to Lieut. Commander seeing duty in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean before being detached 26 April 1945 to the Naval Gun Factory, Washington, D.C. Then on to Camp Perry, Virginia, Damage Control School, Philadel- phia, as Instructor of Training and finally to NROTC, Northwest University, Evanston, Ill., as Associate Professor of Naval Science and Tactics. His active duty was completed 23 January 1946. Captain WICKHAM has now been an Attorney-at-Law for the past 25 years with Bell Telephone Co., of Pennsylvania. His retirement from Bell Telephone was effective 1 September 1979. Mrs. Helen WICKHAM, Katherine and Anne I ., s , Te' ::,: .- X K A U., . : ...-- ..,. . . . - 1- ' - 1 m f i ' f V - Q-- -a s - s f ,-f. - 91,-...sf---. , aff.-if X . .QQ . ' -W .. .. . , Vik f , . ,,. . as .MM ' . MH Nd? ' , f 1 4- at f if J 592. H 231:12 'Fd' ,T Q f I' X .N Q .1 ' Q QQ ,x ' 5 3 . QI QQ, .. Q QA ,Qi QQQQ. ,Q V . v,QQ Q Q A . QQ . Q Q .. Q VVL, if , Q , f Z3 Vx .4 y Q YQ .1 . ,,1. 5 ey K. f Q , . ' -' ' Q ' Q. .. Q Q 11 Q v . 5 Q Q ' 5 1. ' A X 5.5 . ., , Q g Q Q5 Q ,, QJQQQ, ,Q, Q , Q , ,sg 1 N. a.-sg 1, i 4 , .3 asf. ,Vx ff ,XJ Q Xa, M., ...X 57,5 '-5 - ky e , gm- 4 . , 4.35 1. Q 1 N :vs M23 it W 4. V L Q , P 1511: XL: if 1. ,Q f- gsgfgfgsi'-? v 'hrs S . fa, ' P W-sf f X Z V ..: 1 5 l -' ik X xg N ' , f fsfgiv e if ' , K M... XX . n 1, L Q, ,sv . QQE Q Q -s 9 J .QQ , ' . ' ' 4 9 Q 3:5 : .Q A y A . X s, 'fgst 2 ,. .1 - y- 'K IF W1 . . 3 9 A ' -- 'L ig .- is f--.:ef..:'-A if-4 -W cf 1 A . it 1s.-. Q 1 . .QQ X Q ,.., Q x Q QI, , , 3 5 5 j, Q QQ Q um Q: .. Q .. X ., X .Q ,1,,,f:QQQg,.,,,XQQ,,,,,,.,. Q Q Q QQQZEQQQTQQ l 'I' 1 ' .t 2 A if ' I . I f . Q . A' P ' ,v 'A' 1 illvffif ,X X s S Q 1' YQ, J i fa iff.,-Q.. ..ri.,fJ . Travis as A . , X' I ' 'F .. ' 4 1 E X f if if Ray Washburn, C.A. WICKHAM, his wife, Mrs. Barb. Greene, H.S. Greene at the German American Club. l l manhole cum than their in tended USG l E l 1 l Brooklyfl Eagle, Feb. 28, 1945. Viewing a small scale model of a KEQTY dock as is used at the Brooklyn Navy Yard are RAdm. S.S. K6I'1lIS3g' Mrs. Sebastian Stiener who sponsored the USS BROOKLYN in and then Lt. Conrad A. WICKHAM, USNR. 7

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Lieut. Robert J. WOODALL, Jr., USNR., Commissioned Ensign, 20 June 1940, then thru the Grades to Lieut. Commander, November 1944. Decorations include, Navy Commenda- tion with one star. American, European Theatre of Operations, Victory Medal WW II. Robert J. WOODALL, Jr., 103 North Oakland Dr., Mebane, North Carolina, was born 19 June 1919 in Atlanta, Georgla. He entered the Navy 20 June 1940 from the NROTC unit of the Class of 1940 from Georgia Tech with a B.S. 1n M.E. degree and a Commission as an Ensign, USNR. He married Janet Murray fformer Navy Nursel and they have 5 daughters: Mary 15 February 1945, Patricia 14 August 1946, Jane 19 September 1947, Virginia 14 March 1954, and Theresa 28 November 1955. Mr WOODALL reported to USS BROOKLYN at Mare Island, California, 14 November 1940 and was assigned as Assistant A D1v1s1on Officer He also served as an Assistant Division Officer to the 6th Division With the installation HESTER'S A true I think it was right after Casablanca A tug had biffed our bow and we were headed for repair at Brooklyn After the mldwatch I had just ot to sleep hoping to feel better by dawn G Q when Ra arman Gross gently woke me M WOODALL they ve got Hester in the brig Hester was the Radarman I d last seen peering into the scope as I left CIC Now as everyone knows peremptory incarceration in the brig seldom occurs around 0400 in mid-Atlantic This coupled with a slight malalse caused by too little recreatlon in Casablanca and perhaps some feeling of weariness at having to constantly exercise patience with Capt DENEBRINK s tendancy to ask a lot of questions about radar performance inclined me initially to think I was in another bad dream So B1ll Gross had to speak further about the matter before getting me fully awake But once awake my mind swung swiftly into a posture of offensive reactlon My radarman Hester m the brig? What the Wilkes off our Starboard bow Who put him in the br1g'7 Captain DENEBRINK Well as I said I was weary and not quite up to my usual patience so I said What the hell did he do that for'7 Hester IS a damn good radarman' There must be something wrong here So Bill Gross got radio electriciansmate Harbridge up to CIC about the time I got there and together we found some bad tubes in Hesters radar set It wouldnt have picked up the Massachusettes at 2000 yards Then I really got mad I resolved to remonstrate with Captain DENEBRINK about the injustice to Hester Accordingly I beat a heavy tattoo up the ladder from CIC to the bridge where Captain DENEBRINK s unmistakeable outline could just be discerned on the starboard wing No 'Why Our Navy The Pretty Nurse on our cover , DALL, J . Robert J r is Miss Janet Murray, Nurse, USN, Stationed at the new National Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, just outside Washington. She's wearing the new seagoing uniform recently authorized for Navy Nurses. The shoulder boards indicate her comparable rank to that of Ensign. of Radar in the Communications Department he was assigned as Radar and CIC Officer. This was the beginning of a new and as yet unproven device to give the Officers of the Deck an extra pair of eyes to see in the dark, through fog and inclement weather, and over the horizon for approaching ships of the enemy. fAn incident is included below on this page.J LCDR. WOODALL was detached in March 1944 for the Naval Training School fTactical Radarl, Hollywood, Fla. December 1945 he joined General Electric, Schenectady, New York, as a Design Engineer, Sales Engineer and Application Engineer in Industrial Control Systems. The job located him in Atlanta, Georgia, Salem, Virginia, and Mebane, North Carolina. IN THE BRIG Sea Story one was near him to hear our conversation. This was good, because I would not want everybody to hear this. I walked right up and told DENEBRINK in no uncertain terms that those old thermionic emission transmitter tubes made by G E always ran too hot, that this had a tendancy to change the capacitance of the tank circuit, and as a result the frequency would drift, and the receiver couldn't pick up the reflections And although a really wide-awake radarnian might sense a little something amiss when all his bllps disappeared it really was not Hester's fault about not providing the bridge with the requested range and bearing. UPOII hearlng this, as I recall, Captain DENEBRINK Said something to the effect that this all sounded like a bunch of euphemlsms, and why not just come right out and say the radar was out of commission again. By that time I was really indignant, so I told him, Capt- DENEBRINK, that if he respected justice at all he would her let Hester out of the bri or put me in. Well., Captain NEBRINK was really understanding. He quletly told the Master At-Arms to release Hester. ' Now some of you are going to doubt the details of the story? p icularly the part about how the radar gOt out Od Inmlssion You'll all remember how much we Clependeu it in those days? KO. But I can guarandamntee You ah Hester got put in the brig during the morning Watc ' 0 8 an also guarandamntee you I went UP to Szee aptam DENEBRINK on the bridge and talked to hlm out it I can further guarantee you that I did nqt S0 to brig and Hester got out of the brig. The IQS Wlu Sho? ster in the brig, and out of the brig so that IS the PTOO of this sea story. . . , ri . i n , r. for? He couldn't give the OOD a range and bearing on git ' if ' 27 . ' . ' . . . i . -H i art' . co ' ' , - , ' , . On' ' ' that ' 4 t . I c . C ' . ' . . . ab ' , - - the ' . . , ' He '