Colonial (LSD 18) - Naval Cruise Book

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LT. W. W. West OPERATIONS OFFICER perationA eJjepartntent LTjg. I.W. Ramsay NAVIGATOR LTjg W.D. Parsons COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER ENS. D.C. Smith CIC OFFICER ENS. J.U. Rhone ASSISSTANT COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER 18

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DLrJ 2 l ladion Sometimes the 40 mm mounts worked, but most of the time, well, that was up to Third Division. Ammo loading work par- ties, air shoots, and too numerous GQs kept Third busy when they weren ' t trying to fix the damage the loaders did the last GQ. Often on a lazy afternoon small arms practice was held on the flight deck. BARTH, G.R. BEESON. P.E. FOWLER, M.L. RUSSELL, D.W. STORTROEN, V.O. 17 w

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OC 2)! viAion ARSTA, C.L. RMC Hidden behind their curtain in air conditioned comfort, the radiomen could only be seen wandering around the ship looking for Mr. Larson or the Commander . The radiomen were the only gang on the ship to escape Bryzelak and his minor offense chits, for late sleeping thanks to their 14pp reville. At the start of our contingency operations Radio must have set a record for sending out and receiving messages when the message traffic increased by fifty percent. In Yokosuka it seemed as though Radio Central was a Sony tape recorder warehouse. CANALES, A. KIDD, CO. MOWELL, J.N. CHAFFIN, R.L. RADULSKI, M.S. LIATAS, K.A. SULLIVAN, J.G. SAMUELSON, R.G. 19