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If e: Jn, Qaxxxxxsxkf gxw Q 5 f 'We Wanna 5 sylv PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENT 0FFICEBS ABIIARD if if af MARCH-JUNE, 1946 two LIEUTENANT COMMANDER LAWRENCE E BROMBERIGK Qehbahbn O L1eutenant Commander L E Bromberxck we respectfully ded1cate th1S CTUISC Book Our Trammg Offlcer for the three months that we were 1n trammg aboard the Columb1a, our counselor when doubts entered mto our mmds Commander Brombenck was ever ready to g1VC adv1ce and ass1stance to those needmg lt For th1s and h1s firm fr1endsh1p we extend our deepest apprec1at1on do ,L- D8 USNR l 2 HERE f Fo ND from the temple of the Gold Braided Father there came the murmur and the roar as of great violence, and the earth shook, and the skies clouded over, and the rivers dried up, and the trees withered, and the prophets said unto the populace, This is the year of the great plaguef' And they heard themkand straightway went to their homes and called their families about them, and made ready for the great scourge. But it came to pass that this scourge was to be of a form that was strange to them all, and fearsome in its unknown qualities, for there xt Far were those among the people who were timid, and there were those who were brave, but even the strongest and the bravest and the wisest were to see something in the days that came that was to set them shivering and quaking as the leaf on the tree during the great wind. And I say unto you that the plague struck, and great Caverns opened in the earth, and from them issued forth black smoke, and fearsome oaths and the smell of fermented grain, and the black creature, with the gold stripes that was to be known to all as the Ensign. three And the people of the West knew of the scourge as great caverns at the places where before had been the sunny campuses of Cal. Tech and Coloradog and in the Midwest the sky blackened about Iowa State and M1ch1gan wh1le 1n the sunny Southland the people stood by and watched for they were used to the v1le org1es of those who were known to them only as the Rambhn Wrecks the Blue Dev1ls the Gamecocks and the Tarheels but th1S was to be a day to remember and they d1d Bel1eve me And the snows of the Northland melted and the streets ran w1th blood as the hordes from RPI and Brown found freedom and 1n dulged 1n lt causlng great notre and great mewzment and great zll eelmg among the populace And stra1ghtway they set about to reach a rendezvous where the 1ll assorted group could assemble and as the b1rd fhes to h1s nest so they d1rected themselves to the place that 1S to be known as Newport And they belabored the ra1lroads and they bes1eged the a1rl1nes and It has come to the attent1on of the Leglon na1res of the Law that one was k1lled when he 1 1 f, l U AA, l'..Llh F ou! LEFM Kww R four ,M K' At f is f l 'A X f lk 'LR X Z' N K f A MW Cl QALU 6 I, f X X xxtv OH COME NOW, Mac pcm 1' sive ME THAT LINE ABDUT THIS BEA TIFUL DOLL EE mc, youk wir could not produce that whlch 1S called the t1cket to the place called Newport And the tr1ckle became a stream and the stream became a rzver and for the day and the mght and the next day the r1ver broadened and the earth trembled as these men came Down the pathways from the great c1t1es roar1ng and shout1ng as 1f 1ni'l1cted they swung 1n a great arc through the Clty of Newport, causlng much d1scuss1on and much fear for And lt came 1nto bemg that the gates of the base were Stfalned and sprung from the vast 1nHux of these men as they poured 1nto the confines of that place of ev1l name 1n a man ner that was 1ntended to frzghten but suc ceeded only 1n amuszng Into the headquar ters through the l1nes down the walks to the barracks they fought and pushed unt1l at last they came to the place to wh1ch they were asslgned and the place was crowded as the stable of the em1r dur1ng the great feast W1th anlmal growls they threw that wh1ch 1S called gear 1nto the p1le and they cleared the place for the game and henceforth they were happy ' ' , .lt ' l Y ,H 1 ' g o 0 x K ' ' : ' , f x 1 1 . 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And they bathed their bellies in the oil of the grain, and the quantities that disap- peared that night from the shelves about that place are spoken of only in whispers even now, and the deed is long passed. And it had been said that the liquor that disappeared that night was indeed the work of the unholy of unholies, for the place has not been as before in many days. And the wrath of the Frost god was called up on them for the air became cold, and the water solid, and they marched in ever decreas- ing numbers to the places that were to be known as the class, where they made merry, for the work that was set before them was as that of a child, and they were told of things as the father tells his child, so henceforth they wrote the letter, and drew the picture, and played the game until he who stood before them grew pale with anger and asked them the question which they answered with a sneer, and the tension mounted, until they laughed at the great joke, for they were men of no fear, and acted as such. And it came to pass that they would spend some days upon the great galley which moved through the water as though from a thousand oars, and they stood up straight, and marched as the legions of Rome, with the band blaring, fb L - 7 Flea Frei-WING SCHOOI. , 6' X 1 eivssafz , f A-1 ,Lv N fl ,I f l ll: Q I, ,L Q ji W at 6 x .2 1,1 V , 'A I iff In f GCWL 0 ovu w 0,0 L-Z-VW ti 0 . Ahh ffl u , f D-iv ., 3 W 7 fill 5 o U .,-0 J , l f l all 0' it D L L.. Q, My X Wf' 9 117127 'f2'2:' ..-.- jive .X I NRM k t -Sl f-f-f oaov,,,E k M N BASE U V3 NEWPORTRI -g,f'LQ6A' f. Lb H! 3 ff7W U 41 9 , ,6-D1 f' s.J 1, x If f 1744-'ii 5'-QT f ' ef no - SE 'X' wmm vw , is -fi Q P W , HF f M., -TE? 7 xsrfw if n 'R' Ygv I-I ag 'F f-Asha 5 5 U Mug 4 Fi M , f ' V 'uh H HI Ill Ill 'I mu, Unarfm 'C of 1 ' if if l A 11 491413 Q Q - - 0 31- . f ' , . 4 . ': Xi' Af' - L 1 ' A Y Q 2 I ,V , ' . 1: , 8 F ' ' , ., ' 5 ' 3 1 N, 1 It vga p , .. ,. J . '3 '- 'X . 'fb I ' itagja' L V 1 5 4. 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In the perverted manner of men who have been tricked, hood winked and sold down the river, they set about them to make the miserable life even more unbearable, and with the able assistance of those who led them, they accom- plished it, and turned to campaign of valve closing, wheel turning, lever pulling and gen- eral screwing around that hasn't been equalled in the history of the Navy. Jlfmzf Ukbets UR careers as Naval Officers commenced in a small brick building, the front of which was almost entirely covered by a large sign announcing unmistakably: V-12 and NROTC Headquarters. Here we were counted and assigned to one of our number who had the misfortune to report in a day or so earlier. This individual acted as guide and escorted us to the various stages of processing. During this tour we imparted exactly the same information concerning our previous lives that we had filed innumerable times before to a group of disinterested yeomen. To these peo- ple the only apparent joy in life was to pass acid remarks to the uncoordinated of our num- ber, who could not sign all Hfty copies of their orders in ten seconds Hat. From here we wan- dered around in the immediate vicinity, collect- ing bedding, coathangers, notebooks, barrack numbers and a few other indispensibles, p Q- 0 V 6 t. 3 S fix yin l 5 gi 'Z gil . If ' ff 1: I H N- ' f 1 ' f i . I X ' W f 1 -l nADAn,1 AH AN omcea AND A GENTLEMANJ At last we were permitted to inspect our quarters. We remembered tales of the luxurious life enjoyed by those who lived in the Bachelor Olhcefs Quarters. We crossed the portals of our homes to be. Alas and alack! The lounging rooms and pool tables were no where to be found-Oh well, we had lots of hot water and each of us had a whole foot locker to ourselves. According to instructions, the next thing to do was to get squared away. This consisted of emptying the contents of your valpac into your foot locker, and throwing a couple of sheets and a blanket on the sack. We hurried through the process, and sat around waiting for the momentarily expected order to fall out and immediately apply ourselves to the task of becoming future admirals. This order was not immediately forthcoming, as it seems that five days had been allotted to getting squared away. This period gave us the opportunity to look .YEZJZTZ n eight over the base, Newport, and the surrounding country side. After the first day, the base ceased to hold much of interest, so off we went to Newport. March, it seemed, was not the season for big doings in Newport, so the crowds on the Providence busses grew larger day by day. Our duties at Newport during these first few days consisted only of meeting morning forma- tion, and standing an occasional watch, and turning out at reveille. This last was not scrupulously carried out for long, since we quickly lapsed back into the deeply ingrained habit of the V-12 in regards to the sack. For one reason or another a lot of us began to hang around the barracks more in our spare time. We amused ourselves there in various ways. There was the perpetual bridge game, the rowdy game of hearts, and the latest Es- quires. For the beaver there was flute practice, washing clothes, or if he had a mad desire to exercise, a little basketball practice. Naturally, we all took time to give the bul- letin board a daily once over, for it was by this medium that we were administered the latest jab .... V-12 and NROTC Ofhcers will not wear insignia on the station. They will be permitted to wear blues on liberty, howeverf' Or the tongue in the cheek jab . . . V-12 and NROTC OHicers will be permitted to use the Of'Hcer's Club, but due to their large num- ber they are urged not to over-exercise this privilegef, . . . and so on. .nfs ..., As days wore on, things smoothed out, or at least, it seemed so. There are those of our number that claim that like a fighter who is hit so hard and so often that he ceases to feel pain, we were, to put it in plain language, punch-drunk. We stood in a line two thousand men long to get paid. We stood in a line one thousand men long to get something to eat . . . and cursed long and heartily at the consuma- tion of the act. We couldn't eat it anyway . . . but there was always the everfaithful bulk of ships service, where- the line was only five hun- dred men long. fNote: It moved slower.j However, as the month struggled to a close, we managed to live it through. We shut one eye a bit more tightly, clutch the pillow angrily, and worm our way just a bit deeper into the blankets. Newly married, newly deprived men mumble something about, Oh, go to sleep, Honey. But' slowly our pri- vate room for eighty comes to life. First twenty men stay in the sack. Better hurry up . . . Huh? Seven-fifteen? I must have gone to sleep! Let's go to chow. Beans? No, its Tues- day. The chow line is there, swaying like. a giant Conga line to Serenade to Blue Fingers. Hurry up and wait. Hey, let's pull the cord up there. . . . c'Cereal should taste good. It'1l have tomato soup in it. Wonder who washes these bowls? . . . uSay, what is the--. No, maybe you'd better not tell me. The odor of dish- water, steam, and hot coffee, along with the crash of trays and the yells of messboys endow our wardroom with a certain intangible decor. Breakfast having been taken care of, we burp our way to morning quarters, unless, of course, beans have been served. Imagine the spectacle: 4-50 impeccably groomed, handsome, debonair young Ensigns standing in perfect formation, alert, eager men, men of brain, bone, and sinew! And then in a dynamic voice, comes the clarion call we know so well, Regiment-td attention! Regiment-to-attention! And a strange, fierce pride mounts within us. QDamned strangelj But we are not here to play. We rnust study, and strive to master intricacies of Navy work and Navy tools. We may leave behind our slide nz- rules and integral tables, but trod with deter- mined steps to our classes-say, for instance, firefighting. There can be no question but that firefighting knowledge is of prime importance in many emergencies at sea, and we agree wholeheartedly that we should understand it. And with its usual thoroughness, the Navy is interested in giving us the best possible instruction in the short time available .... To give us an appre- ciation of Hre, we learn that fire requires oxy- gen. Fire needs heat to start. Fire must have fuel. Water extinguishes Hre. Another Audio- Visual-Aids masterpiece shows us that a float- ing body displaces its weight of water, that the water produces a buoyant force, that a moment is a force acting through a lever arm .... All this we learn in only two hours. Then to the fires .... Break down those hoses .... Roll up those hoses .... Hook up those hoses .... Nozzle this way, handle up. Forward position off, vertical position fog .... On these Christmas Trees, keep low .... How diya keep these boots on? I have to take three steps before mine move. But we get the feel of it, and the fires get bigger. The applicator gives us an umbrella of spray, possibly to filter the smoke we breathe. Then the engine rooms .... Hey, stop push- ing the hose! . . . Take it slow, no hurry. . . . How do you breathe? It's pure smoke! . . . Can't see that again .... Cold out here, isn't it? . . . Then it's foam and CO2 and Handy Billies, and as we nurse our wounded, dirty our faces, and Ungentine our burns, we begin to think that maybe we could tackle a fire. But it is work. Our pictures show it, and our stomachs know it. Back to the barracks. just try to get that oil off. Best way is to light a match and burn it off. But why bother-our hands are probably cleaner than the spoons anyhow. So we walk briskly over to the chow line-again, hurry up and wait. But we can take it, because we,re Ensigns, and they can take anything .... Once inside and seated, we immediately determine that there must be four cooks. This becomes intuitavely obvious in that the soup has just exactly four times the pepper in it that it should have. We are relieved to find that the peas have been salted by only two of the four, and finally decide that the meat dish had been assaulted by three. But anyhow, the ice cream is good, and with half a can of milk added, the coffee is drinkable. We may live, if nothing worse happens to us. Having eaten our fill, it's back to the pad till a few minutes after we're to muster-After all, the squad leader never comes in 'til then any- how. But when he does, it's, fall in and we march off on another mental conquest. We are amazed to find out that the models they have in the engineering building cost the Navy something over 825,000 each. But look at them: a perfect reproduction of the Columbia in every detail save perhaps for a lack of student officers running around for a hawser pipe with left- hand threads .... Maybe' sometime we will be able to explain how that DAT works. Water at 2180, 57.5 psi, steam from air ejectors and gland seal condensor at 5 psi and a million other dislocated figures running through our minds, making the ME blood boil .... 'gClose these valves in the right order, or you'll foul things up .... Remember, the larger the num- ber the smaller the burner . . . Well, that hour is up. What next-gunnery? We stop to silently praise', the magnificent organization of the classes. They are alternately from one end of the base to the other. Perhaps we took all those strength tests in V-12 just so that we could get callouses on our feet, huh .... Now remember, before you start to play with the joy-stick on those 4-0's, make sure everyone is on the mount .... When you handle those ammo loads, keep the shells in the clip. If she jams or you drop one, there'll be trouble. As our gun spins gayly around, we wonder who will have the honor of first shooting out the lights in the pilot house. Or how many seagulls will become widows at Casco Bay .... But now it's secure. Be it door, galley, head, or class, it's still secure! , In line with our usual policy of walking miles, the next period finds us in Navigation, doing a little brain-work over our plotting and giant economy sized stack of manuals, trying to look up the integrated havesin of the cosine of arc- secant of .780l2. Then back to the plotting board, the sextant, the DRT, and finally the paper of the man next to us, and we find that we are in the Grand Canyon sailing up the Colorado Riverq . . . Couldn't be us-impossible! Ensigns never foul up! Perhaps the compass was off, or the tables-or anything! But just wait till we try to hit Bermuda. Bali, here we come-but perhaps that wouldn't be so bad after alll Last class over, back to the barracks via the mail boxes. A letter from Mother, or perhaps the Little Womann! 'Oho, well, another day, another five dollars. It will be better, though, when we know that we are earning our pay. Just give us time, and we'll learn our stuff .... But tonight, let's go over to the rec hall and have a couple of beers and then see the show. Maybe tomorrow .... y -ff' . he-4 E K5 'f 5,3 'mg,.'.I, ' ' A A Qehzzfifwe ITH departure three days off, some of the more foresighted of our number spent ten minutes in buying some of the supplies necessary to life, while the rest slept. Two days from E-day, a few more patronized the ships service, a few went to town, and one man went to Providence, ostensibly to buy his mother a gift. The rest sleep. The day immediately preceding embarkation was spent in furious games of chance, with large sums of chips pass- ing from hand to hand. The more level headed and less nervous of our numbers spent the day in the arms of Morpheus. Then with startling suddeness, we realized that the time was now. We had, at the outside, thirteen hours, and the lights would be out for eight of those. In other words, it was time to get on the ball. Packing was one of the prime requisites of moving several cubic feet of gear from the barracks to the ship. And on hand, to accomplish this minor miracle of logistics, were a few old seabags, val- pacs, and suitcases . . . and Joe Basler had a gunny sack. Throughout the evening and early morning the cramming process went on in as- sembly line style . . . some made it, some didn't. As a result, the Duty Officer was accompanied by a wave of blackness that night . . . the lights went off in front of his illustrious personageg thirteen then came on again behind him. By the morn- ing, we were ready, come what may. Fall ing and the blue clad, red eyed ranks stood fast, in a fair imitation of a military form- ation. Piled in front of each platoon was a mountainous mass of gear, the result of the previous nights work. In each hand was a manila envelope-the Navy's stamp for the newly commissioned. Past the trucks we Bled, straining to lift the packs into the waiting arms of the working party, then on to form again, and stand in readiness to march down to the landing. The order was not long in coming-not more than thirty minutes . . . so humming Chickory Chick and marching to a waltz rhythm, the Columbia Detail stumbled onward in their journey. Past the library, where qualms of conscience touched those who had neglected to return books 3 the Rec Hall, scene of those midweek beer parties, past the infamous OHicer's Club wherein many a gay evening had been spent, laden with wine, women and song, and to those who had a more serious turn of mind, to study +Study of the liquid capacities of various con- tainers, all of them human. Foremost of these scientists was V. Miner, Hydraulic Engineer. Then the clear morning air was rent asunder with a violent noise. Those of us who are more of the sensitive type quivered, while all felt qualms of some sort. A large group of men stood off to one side, blowing, twisting, beating, and wringing strange noises from a variety of objects which they held in their hands. Music, a bystander said. Being of agreeable nature, we concurred. Band, said the same character. Again we nodded. After waiting patiently through the better part of an hour, and watching innumerable boats come and go to other ships, watching a draft of Training Station stewards mates em- bark in a covered launch, and a LCM leave several times, loaded variously with cabbage, meat and canned carrots, we finally were herded aboard our waiting boat, and man! we were drawing sea pay. Ou7'f6eTL K' ld ex A , I'-.lkff'J -ff' 49 gl fnw TSN! ,H llflElllkXXX5EUll fam ,radar E gathered 1n the motor launches for the tr1p to our home for the next three months The coxswam gave the three fateful bells and we backed out of the shp and headed 1nto Narragannsett Bay for the USS COLUM BIA we knew we were at last completmg the plans of our whole Navy career up to thxs pomt we were on our way to sea For some lt was an old exper1ence but for many lt was new For a varymg perrod of months none less than twenty elght we had wo1ked toward a goal to go to sea as a Naval oflicer We were reachrng that goal but we had been robbed of a lot of our fechng of achlevement for were we really olhccrs 9 Perhaps though 1f we worked hard we rrnght yet become real officers The launch moved toward our sh1p We looked at lt wondcrmgly How would lt be? How would the quarters be? How much hberty would we get? How would the food be? Would we be laughed at? What sort of pos1t1on would vxe hold? A m1ll1on quest1ons and t1me alone were answered dehmtely and completely We came aboard Some used the starboard gangway others struggled uncertalnly up the port ladder loaded w1th numerous envelopes golf clubs tenn1s rackets and yo yo s We faced the colors saluted turned to the officer of the deck and saluted We were aboa1d What d1d the name COLUMBIA mean to you? Was lt just a place to eat and sleep and gr1pe about the chow? Was lt just somethmg to keep your feet out of the ocean? To some fifteen 4 'J-X . 4 X 3 at V ffl Ea Q V 4' , 0 D 'V ' 'A' ' f Z ik -lv Q F.: , f' :lx ' w 0 ' l r K f l 5 As the sharp, cold salt air struck our nostrils, would answer them, and all of our questions it may have been, but a ship is more than that. It is a home away from home, everyone aboard was a member of the family whether we liked it or not. And it is a family that tolerates no drones-every man must be the breadwinner. Ask the plank owners whether or not the COLUMBIA was a good house, whether she ever failed in time of stress. True, she was not built as we would build our home: unseen by the future tenants from the laying of her keel in August, 1940, to the final commissioning exercises in August, 1942. But she housed the men that lived, prayed, and died together in the years to follow. The Gem's chance to prove herself was not long in coming. After her shakedown cruise in September and October of' 1942 she proceeded to the Pacific, and joined a group of seven other cruisers and four destroyers. With the later sixteen arrival of other units, Task Force 18 was formed and carried out extensive operations during the Solomons campaign. Transferred later to Cruiser Division 12, she continued operations in the Solomons area, participating in the attacks on New Britain and New Guinea. Not until April, 1944, did she turn for home. Thus finished the first battle cruise of the COLUMBIA. She had been through the Solomon Islands campaign, and had seen the first signs of a change in the tide of the Pacific war. She was now a fighting ship. Leaving the dockyards in the latter part of August, 1944, the COLUMBIA started on her second battle cruise-this time to the Palau Islands to support that invasion. From thence to the Seventh Fleet, and Philippine operations along the east coast of Leyte, in the middle of October. In the lead Task Group, the COLUM- BIA and the DENVER are believed to be the first major U. S. surface units to see the Philip- pines since the occupation. While at Leyte, she was in the thick of the famous battle of the Surigao Strait, during which she was credited with assisting in the sinking of two BB's, one CL, and one DD. The Gem progressed from Leyte to Mindanao and then Lingayen Gulf, and it was here that she took the punishment of three Kamikaze planes. The results of this were the silencing of turrets three and four, loss of steering control, the flooding of nine compartments, the loss of the forward directors for both main and secondary batteries, plus a number of casualties. It was February, 1945, that a battered but undefeated COLUMBIA arrived in San Pedro for repairs, the hero of many a Stateside newspaper reader. Back to the Pacific in May, the COLUMBIA aided in the invasion of Borneo, and then pro- ceeded to patrol the China Sea. Then peace! The third and last battle cruise of the COLUM- BIA was completed. The COLUMBIA has now completed its fourth cruise-a voyage to train the men who may someday have the duty and honor of pro- tecting their nation. It was commanded and administrated by such able men as Captain B. B. Adell, an old submarine man, Commander H. F. Gorski, Executive Officer, and Com- mander F. O. Iffrig, Navigator, and the cruise was made more enjoyable and purposeful by Chaplain T. H. Bodie and Lieutenant Com- mander L. E. Bromberick. And though crowded, it was a home after all, and one that fulfilled every criteria for a 'Lhouse on the sea. We hope that we did as well as a 'ffamilyfl Our first act after coming aboard was to determine the location of our bunks and lock- ers. The compartment numbering system that had once been so clear again became an unin- telligible mass of digits and letters. We wan- dered in the maze of passageways and compart- ments until by luck or sheer fortitude, we found our berths. Later, when the bilges were cleaned, two half-starved, dazed men were found whose first statement was, Our names are Henderson and Gilmore. Please tell us where B-302-L isf' The way back to the main deck was care- fully retraced to prevent any further confusion. We now waited for our luggage. It soon came aboard by the netfuls. Pictures that had been carefully packed away were broken or bent by the ponderous weight of twenty other bags piled on top. Lighter fluid carefully packed upright was spilled over everything when the bags were turned upside down. We all gained, however, the great truth of Burns that The best laid plans of mice and men gang aft agleyf' We then struggled back to our compartments to start the task of stowing our gear. With the help of a book of math tables and a slide rule fwhich each of our professors at the various universities told us would be indispensablej we integrated the area of our lockers and indi- vidually found a secret formula by which we could pack, squeeze, and cram the most in our lockers. The rest we stowed away again in our bags. The compartments became congested beyond description. To walk ten feet was to step on at least one foot, get hit in the stomach 'by a very hard elbow, to trip over some hapless soul pack- ing gear in a lower locker, and to say, pardon me until it became a reflex action. for I-at-F. ., Uniforms were hurriedly carried to a com- partment and stowed there until the steel rods assigned the gargantuan task gave up with a creak and collapsed. Then they were put in every conceivable and a few inconceivable places. Peacoat lockers were filled to the over- flowing and each corner was solidly Hlled with bags piled in Leaning Tower of Pisa fashion. Later we wandered around the ship trying to orient ourselves. Much to our embarassment we wandered too far, for we were shooed from place after place declared as restricted territory until we discovered ourselves just wandering around our living compartments making notes of the ventilator ports. That Hrst night as we slumped wearily into our sacks and fell into the arms of Morpheus, we were carried away to a night riddled with nightmares of lockers with bulging sides ex- ploding a geyser of clothes, or a locker door opening to release an avalanche of clothes, papers, bottles, etc. on the hapless owner. But we had a feeling of getting settled, for we had at least claimed and cleaned a place to sleep. We were not long in discovering the in- evitable lines, for as soon as we left the ladder to come aboard, we were greeted by a line to collect our orders. This, we discovered, was only the beginning, for our whole existence soon became centered around a certain routine of lines. Upon awakening from our sleep, we would -roll out of our Beautyrest mattresses and dash 0 l -fx le-as ssgkxi- 'fiilll fl i Q-it ,ji QL:-1 to the head to wait in line: first to wash and shave, and second to attend to Nature's neces- sities. Then we would dash to the breakfast line. After a morning of classes we would dash to the noon chow line that would often curl aft to the fantail, curve around the turrets, and even to the bow. After chow, it was the ship's service line, a line to get laundry, and another for mail. In the afternoon there were the lines tb get paint scrapers and the line to get buckets and rags. Later there were the lines to get on the liberty boat and a line to get off fof course, that was according to an old Navy traditionj. As a final act of the day, there were the lines to get on the liberty boat, and still another to get aboard the ship. For variety, there were the intermittent lines that came up occasionally, such as the small stores line, the pay line, the line to submit cleaning, and the line to draw it out again . . . and the crowning touch, a line to get discharged. Although we soon fell into the routine of waiting in line about half the day, we did, however, become forcibly aware during the cruise that they had things well lined up! At first we were confused, then amazed at the weird noises that came over gadgets that were latter called nsquawk boxes. These strange noises varied from a garble of notes that re- sembled Harry James playing Shostakovich to a shrill ear-splitting call that lapsed occasionally into a canary warble. When we first heard these sounds, we would turn blankly to each other and guess what they could be about. We knew they meant some- thing, and we feared that we might, indeed, miss the pay line sometime unless we could get the word on this secret code system. Finally one day, one of the braver souls, who cared nothing for his reputation as a salt, dashed up to a seaman after the latest outburst and asked, What in the hell was that? The seaman's face lit up like a lightning bug on a dark night . . . he reached over, patted our hero's head affec- tionately, and drawled in a sable voice, What in the hell was what . . . sir? The atmosphere became heated with guesses as to the reason for it all. Some charged that it was a dog whistle for the ship's mascot, if it had one, but this was discarded when the bugle calls could not be explained. Some swore it was a modern orchestra practicing, but these strange calls hailed from the quarterdeck, and we knew that nothing so terrible would be allowed there. Some said that it could be a series of love calls of the inhabitants, but this was immediately ruled out because of the limited effective range of the Hsquawk boxes. The Hnal conclusion, and the one still most generally believed, was put forward by a psy- chology major. This learned gentleman de- clared that undoubtedly this was the result of a distorted conception of the old phrase that Music hath charm to sooth the savage. He supposed that someone had taken this to heart and had immediately arranged for this strange music to soothe and relax us during our day's labors. He further pointed out that the whole reasoning was wrong, for truly instead of civil- ized music to soothe the savage, savage music had been imported to soothe the civilized. The attempt had, therefore, been in vain as evi- denced by those poor souls wandering dazedly around the deck strumming their lips. We have 1 X0 A -if in 2 OWL 1 I i t ar by X galil' it I 1 2 twenty - ll np it - Q? 1 'f ,, Ml 17 Q., be , l 8 I Xl lf J- Tx' if 5 ca -any 1 l wq . mV. , A K I: . iff XE, 3 ar ' V: - N K I reported as much to the Navy Department in a coded dispatch on the subject, but, unfor- tunately, it seems to have been lost in red tape for these eerie interludes still continue. We came aboard on Friday. After two days on a bar-room floor for some and watches for the rest, we launched into a regular schedule on Monday. We were divided into groups and sent to various departments for instruction. Some were sent to Gunnery, some to C8zR, some to Communications, some to Engineering, some to Navigation, and some to C.I.C. After we served out our time in one department, we would shift to another, so that by the time the cruise was over we would have spent some time in each department learning the intricacies of each departmenfs duties and where they scraped paint. For most of us the classes were boring .... damned boring .... for we saw old Films and studied already familiar books once again. Some of the periods were interest- ing as we recaptured an old skill of a former rate or as we looked in detail Qscrubhing detail, scraping detail, steel wool detailj into the deep secrets of the modern technical fields. Our class day was divided into four periods. The Hrst, an instruction period, was devoted to lectures, movies, and field trips to the gear being studied. During the second period we manned our gun drill stations and painfully learned what not to do, so that by the time we Bred the guns, we did not blow up the ship. This concluded our morning activities and we raced like mad to the noon chow line. In the afternoon we had two more periods. The first was called Departmental Drills. We soon found this to be a glaring error and that a dozen more apt names could be used. Under this heading came chipping paint, wiping grease, scrubbing decks, and on Friday we were carefully instructed in the values and proce- dures of Field Day. The last period was devoted to much the same thing as the opening period: films, lec- tures, field trips, and sleep. This was our procedure for the cruise, and whatever our ideas might have been, we were suddenly aware that we were back in school and old classroom habits cropped up: sleeping, writing, doodling, and occasionally listening to the lecture. The main purpose of any Navy lighting ship is to get its guns to the scene of action and when there to maintain the greatest rate of fire possible. Pursuant to that purpose we learned how to fire the guns, fired them-and there the purpose ends-no ship. We spent fouriweeks in gunnery training. Each week found us tackling a new phase of the whole shipboard gunnery system and a new place to scrape paint. ' One week was spent in the six-inch turrets wavering between attacks of claustrophobia and suffocation and trying to gain at least third hand the principles being discussed by the knot of men sprawled and jammed over the breeches and rammers of the guns. In the class room we learned that Explosive D was not a new, de- vastating perfume but was truly that-Explo- sive D. The paint scraping area for this week was on the fantail. One week was spent on the five inch turrets. We saw many films on the five-inch gun of a revolutionary new character. These films had little fairy bells that rang periodically: first, to Q? ,ETA-Jrgxyfb Qt f . f,aQ5 F gi' :MTL '11 fmfm ? Ogg ini: fc! l K f 0 SQ 10 vu. 7, ,, K, , N S4-. 1:.' ix if ZW -lg bn.:-'fr-X 1 S Q W ' Lf My 4 ,W , .f ,dia . , j3f W.' H. 'JF' .f . N ,-. M MW' 1 1 I I I u I r 3. soothe our frayed nerves and secondly fa most insidious purposej to awaken us. Instead of the usual scraping this week the monotony was broken by scrubbing down the turrets. The cam plates and numerous springs of the 40mm and 20mm mounts took up time if not our interest during a third week of training. We were told what not to do but we happened to awaken at the wrong time and misunderstood the import of what was being said. As a result we finished the cruise a few men and a couple of pages short. We scraped paint on the mounts this week. The fourth week of training was befuddled in Fire Control. We met in Main Plot and made many abortive attempts at mastering the equipment there. The computer was probably the most absorbing. After turning four knobs fwith only two handsj, watching five dials twenty-two r W +t 1 ,- f with only two simple eyesj and working fever- ishly to match many dials only to have them race madly around and leave our feeble solu- tion about tive thousand miles behind, we de- cided that all fire controlmen must be hydra- headed octupi and we wouldrft care to be working in that department permanently. Our daily routine differed slightly from the normal routine in that we scrubbed decks in the morning. The rest of the day we spent gamboling over the mounts and turrets with magnifying glasses Qmuch the same as archeol- ogistsl hunting for signs of civilization-past or present-or loading dummy shells into the guns and finally the shells loading us. When we finished Gunnery, we felt that we had learned many skills that would be of ines- stimable value to us in our future Naval career for our proficiency in many Navy arts was la- boriously practiced fscraping, scrubbing, not to mention loading the gunsj . This is the Combat Information Centerf' explained the ensign fshipis company, of coursej as he led us into a dimly lit room, spotted here and there by a bewildering dis- play of illuminated dials. We stood around awkwardly, shifting our weight uneasily from one foot to the other. KNOW, when a skunk or a bogey, he con- tinued, is picked up on the SG, SK, or SP, we can find its course and speed by applying the three minute rule on the DRT. Oh!',, someone gasped in amazement. Encouraged by such rapt attention our in- structor strode to the other side of the room. And this, he patiently continued, is the air plotf' An embarassing silence followed as each of us tried to think of some half-way intelligent question to ask. Finally, in desperation, some- one inquired with affected interest, What is K I -l,g, 137' www? this? , pointing to a slowly moving circle of light on a transluscent table. That, our guide replied, swelling up with importance, is the bug. We all nodded wisely. So thafs what it was! Uh, the meek looking trainee hesitated. Yes, our instructor eagerly promoted him. What is CIC for? , he asked with childlike simplicity. The function of CIC, our informant recited impressively, is to collect, display, evaluate, disseminate, advise, and control? An awkward pause followed. We were duly impressed. Any questions? our instructor asked confidently. The silence was unbroken. Very well, he stated magnanimously. The class is secured. Navigation, from whence the Navy got its name, is the science of knowing exactly where we are going and finding out where we are when we wind up somewhere else. Up forward in the Warrant Officer's Mess we spent a full week learning the intricacies of the navigation business. We worked with dividers, protractors, and not--so-parallel rulers finding the theoretical position of a hypothetical ship on an imaginary course at some arbitrary tirne. After a series of enlightening films we were convinced that the sun revolves in a circle around the earth. The practical applications of navigation were discovered at four-thirty in the morning when, twenty-four sextant in hand, we climbed to the signal bridge and shot stars. The whole idea was to find the star we wanted in the place we wanted it, or some reasonable facsimile. They all looked the same at 0430 anyway. The sextant gave the possible elevation of the probable star in con- sideration, which when checked through a series of doubtful calculations showed us whether we were before or behind ourselves. After we had undergone all this hearty in- struction we had to pass a final examination based on material we surely knew by this time. We were assured of passing easily if we paid attention in class. Everyone is suddenly wor- ried. Given the course of a ship whose captain is three feet tall located in the eighth latitude above 720 Fahrenheit, we must find the speed of sunrise and the temperature of the Executive OHicer's shower. With the test completed and navigation safely a thing of the past, we decide that we didn't really want to go USN in the first place. In our week of instruction in the C 8: R de- partment we acquired still more of those in- tangible little qualities which are so essential to the good officer. Indispensable information which was overlooked in our formal training, 'gknowledge never learned of schools, was then revealed before our wondering eyes. The exact science of opening and closing a vise, the most practical stroke in scraping paint, the complex inter-locking grip used on a hammer-all these fine arts were explained with meticulous care. Here, too, we Hrst became acquainted with the traffic rules of the high seas, The Rules of the Road. Many of the more naive student officers learned with disappointment that a red light displayed aboard ship had quite a different meaning than our experiences ashore had led us to expect. Our weary heads were filled with still more mental notes, such as red over white, fishing at nightf' and white over red, pilot ahead. The rules themselves we found to be comparatively simple, but the exceptions to those rules proved to be an endless source of frustration. Many usually diligent students were overheard fervently praying that they might never have to navigate on the Red River of the North, which seems to be gov- erned solely by the exceptions. As seems to be the policy of every depart- ment, everything that was not covered in our instruction periods was fully covered on the test. Most of us felt that we were fully as sorry to leave C 81 R as C gl R was to see us leave. Gentlemen, the function of Naval Com- munications is to provide-er-ah-welL it is all contained in the book called Communications Instructions, Anything you want to know is in this book and you are not supposed to memorize it. That was our introduction to Naval Communications as taught during our memorable cruise. Each squad was assigned to communications for one week, and during that period, we learned all there was to know about Naval Communications as taught by Slover, Stone and Sirap fParis spelled backwarddstrictly for ef- fectj. All phases of communications from sig- nalling to the proper form of letters was cov- ered. It might seem to the observant reader that this is an impossibility. Take it from those who have successfully fanother question mark twenty-five is appropo completed this course, that it most certainly is impossible. The watches were very interesting to stand. One man remarked, 'Tll never understand why they say stand watches since most of the watches I have ever 'stood' were sat. Upon entering the shack we were handed a copy of communi- cation order No. 13-46 which put the skids on any ideas we might have had about tuning in a New York station for Stan Shaw 'gThe all night record man. Since that was the case, we would settle down and curl up with our little copy of Comm. Instructions. When we awoke two hours later with an aching wrist, we would find it was about time to be relieved so we began to ask all sorts of stupid questions to show that we were interested in radio. When we didn't receive an answer after repeating the third time, we concluded that perhaps the super- visor was too busy to bother us. Besides why should we wake him up. Some were lucky. They didn't have to stand a signal watch. They would wait in the com- partment for the aspiring signal oificers to come OH watch. It was a little messy with that ice melting from their noses but they always had exciting tales to tell. It seems that the signalmen had a better time on liberty than the radiomen. Most of the receiving of messages was done in Radio One and the transmitters and RBO fthe ball game boysj receivers were located in Radio Two. Down in the bowels of the ship in some incovenient place was tucked Radio Three which is mainly for emergencies. The TBS ftalk between shipsj may be operated from practically anywhere on the ship. Under- way, the bridge usually operated it for tactical operations. V The Communications Department did a fine job but was handicapped by lack of suiiicient time to give more than a smattering of ignor- ance to the ignorant. After some time on board, the extent of said time depending on the squad we were in, we were all exposed to the rigors of the Engineer- ing Department. From the sunlight and air of the upper decks, we were herded down, down, down, into the black depths of the ship's bowels, there to learn the science of the Engineering Gang. From dawn to dusk we were in classes, large open forums in which the instructor told us the war history of the COLUMBIA, their own personal records, or the type of women to be found in Fall River. But from this, and a sprinkling of drawings, we were able to glean some gems of information that, together with our previous training, tended to make the tasks twenty-six .4 in that were thrust on us from dusk to dawn a little less on the intelligible side. In the A Division, Mr. Kuhlken presiding, we were initiated into the mysteries of the Ice Machines, the Evaporators, and the Air Con- ditioning Units. One enjoyable feature was the discovery of Joe by one of our number, and the pause that refreshes that all hands joined in on. When the B Division passed before our eyes, it was as something from the brain of Jules Verne, what with the maze of pipes, cables, extensions, lines, and catwalks. Here, too, we were introduced to the art of bilge cleaning, and the undeveloped potentialities of the common wire brush if used correctly and ambitiously. All this under the expert super- vision of some grinning enlisted man. E Division and Electrician Howard's talks- on parallels and bus bars was duck soup for some of us-The EE's. For the rest it was just the former-parallels and bus bars. From the stem to the stem we followed cables that ran from one black box to another black box, through bulkheads, allies, passageways, heads, and the WAVE barracks, and nodded sagely as the doughty Electrician explained how the for- ward generator had to be raised to higher speed to take up the surge. Most of us knew what speed meant. It was in the teeming stronghold of M Division that we learned one of the closest guarded secrets of the Navy-why they need so many men. Two must watch every third man as he accomplishes his task. Careful and detailed instruction in this art was given to each student oHicer when he reported for his watch, and then he was put on a watch of his own- generally watching the pressure gauge of a secured pump. But in spite of sleepless nights, mental anguish, lack of air and light, and a general rundown in health, we were all able to make it through the month, and retained enough vim, vigor, and vitality to celebrate at the end. On the cold morning of the 13th of April, 1946, the Columbia was anchored in Nar- ragansett Bay. All hands were assembled on the fantail to witness the awarding of the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon to the USS lowmg the prayer, refermg to the Columbla as a F me fightmg shrp The eeremonles we1e closed wxth the N T S Band playmg Columb1a he Gem of the Ocean Some sage of old once sa1d that man s nature was a soe1al one and smee we eonsxder our selves as men, a soe1al gathermg of some sort would not be out of place Aeeordmgly and w1th the help of the Padre, a dance was ar twenty ezght ranged, complete w1th band, women, and w1ne We shaved showered shampooed and shoved off for the beach, where some of us gathered 1n our dates, wh1le others made for the nearest tavern to forufy themselves for the evenmg But one 1dea meessed us all, to gathe1 toffether at 2030, or thereabouts, and have us one fine dance 'Ihe scene of our past conquests, the mfarnous N - - - n - , ' 2 ' J . . C, . . . . , t V as - - . , N - . a ' a . , - Newport Officers' Club, looked particularly good that night. All the requisites of a perfect dance were in evidence. The skipper was pres- ent, the women were plentiful, the surroundings pleasant, the band especially good, and the happy water plentiful. The stag line was not too long, but made up in ferocity the lack of numbers. For those who lacked women, there was always the goodly boys from his own school, and we gathered together as the evening wore on, and sang the songs of our respective schools in the manner of old, and felt a warm glow of fellowship that had been lacking for some weeks. The dancing went on, of course, but in the darker corners the drinking and singing when on and on, with all concerned waxing hap- pier and happier as the evening wore on, until at the stroke of midnight, with the bar closed, cutting off supply, we bid a fond farewell to the O.C. and drifted back to the ship. When we first came aboard we purposely avoided the issue of watches because we were afraid that we might have to stand them and we were afraid of what they might be. Our efforts were in vain though because with un- usual Navy efficiency we found ourselves beset by an imposing watch list at each bulletin board. At first there was utter confusion with each relieving of the watch for we sought vainly to find our stations or even the man whom we were supposed to relieve 5 gradually, however, this confusion changed to utter chaos fwe lost at least two men over the side trying to find the motor whaleboat watchl. Finally, as the ship became more and more familiar to us, we twenty nzne thzrty could find our statlons w1th a m1n1mum of casualtles We found to our surpr1se that our watches mcluded a great varlety of dut1es Some were h1ghly 1nterest1ng and some were not In Gun nery we stood guard over the turrets and other mstallatlons Some wandered over the dark ened superstructure bangmg therr sh1ns and heads on all of the unseen appendages but nevertheless managmg to guard agamst m1s haps 1n the upper gun 1nstallat1ons CIC watches were stood 1n the C I C room actually workmg w1th the equipment there and helplng to supply vltal mformatlon to the brrdge wh1le underway the coffee wasn t bad elther' C8cR watches conslsted of holdmg down Cen tral Statxon and a comfortable cha1r wh1le keepmg an eye on watert1ght mtegrlty In Nav1gat1on we stood O OD and JO OD watches w1th the regular O D s from sh1ps com pany oiicers Wh1le underway we stood on the bridge and hstened to the preposterous amounts of mformatron that came 1n We reallzed that w1th about SIX years more trammg we mlght be come quahfied OOD s We stood lookout watches and learned whxch end of the b1nocu lars to look through and after that how to re port and how th1s mformauon was evaluated In Engmeermg we watched valves d1als pumps d1als bo1lers d1als gyroscopes d1als machme shops d1als and swrtchboards w1th more d1als Although we all seemed to get nothxng but mld watches we dxd learn how to stand the watches and at the same tlme a l1ttle about what we were workmg w1th The br1ght spot of our day was the tlrne set as1de for us to agam become officers and h1t the beach on llberty About 1500 act1v1ty would speed up and a sort of expectant hush would fall over the whole Shlp No lengthy study of psychology or ph1losophy was needed to charactenze each of the faces near us Those w1th long sad faces could be delinltely catalogued as e1ther on duty or broke Those Wlth that 1ndescr1bable gleam 1n thexr eyes were undoubtedly headed for an evenlng of femmme compan1onsh1p Those w1th thelr tongues hangmg notlceably out were ln fo1 an evenlng of compan1onsh1p Wlth what was poet1c t 7 I - C ' ' l . , . ' 9 1 1 J 3 J 1 1 1 : J - J ' : if FAKTNN rf '13, 5 6. llllll y E it Ffa -gf FC: nl ' 'WU T x n Ig, 1 x , X J l A, L L 2 CSU.-ll, ' E255-'53 4- 0700 -El Q Q le-lm .W V fli ally referred to as the nectar of the Godsf' They could be spotted by the fresh drool spots on their shirts. As the chronometer hands crept toward 1600, all activity ceased, and there was a noticeable shifting toward the compartments. As the fate- ful eight bells struck, all hell broke loose. The living compartments swelled with their human cargo till their sides bulged. Inside, each man was desperately pushing and fighting his way to his blue uniform, with its unused stripe, then back to his locker. Clothes were Hying every- where. Men assumed all types of positions in frantic efforts to make enough space to put on their pants. Y As suddenly as they came, they left. They swamped the quarterdeck bent only on reaching that tantalizing shore. In the compartments there were piles of motionless gear, and here and there a broken body, looking enviously at the retreating horde. So they went, some to be reunited with old pleasures, some to be introduced .to new ones, but all to banish for a few hours the thoughts of Load! , Fire! , Student Officer, et al. But as it must to all things, the end came to our sojourn in Newport. No longer would the spires of the Queen City of Narragansett Bay pierce the morning brightness and awe the sleep from drowsy eyes as we stood at morning quar- ters. No longer would we have Christie's, the Viking or Luke's Lodge nearby to prepare their world-famous Lobster Thermidor for us, nor be able to attend exclusive parties at the swank Ideal Cafe. No longer were we to be served by the handsomely appointed and adroitly handled craft of the Boat Pool. No longer could we attend the latest Broadway hits or newest films at Newport,s theaters, and then stop for an after-performance snack at any of the popular Drive-In's, such as the Texas Lunch. No longer could we visit the T. S. Officers' Club for quiet relaxation or perhaps an afternoon cocktail in its aristocratic atmosphere. No more of these frivilous pleasures for us, now it was off to the wild, unconquered watery l thirty-one wastelands. And for these fearless adventurers there lived a prayer in the heart of many a Newport maiden, as they sat by their candles in a window facing the sea, and watched us weighing anchor for faraway New London. Having made the hazardous trip from New- port, we anchored in the Thames River off New London. The term anchored is used with reservation since it is rumored that the hull was in the mud before our anchor, but be that as it was, we were. And so to the business at hand. A careful study of the probability function as applied to student officers showed that by working two shifts a day, and by throwing overboard all prospective USN signees, all stu- dent officers could have the chance to visit the submarine school and base, actually the source of all submarine personnel in the Navy. So soon we found ourselves in an LCM head- ing for the fleet wharf. From there, a half hour ride in a rwank bus made by the Inter- national Truck Company terminated at a point, also on the river, at least a full half mile from where we came ashore. However, we did not arrive too late, but rather, just at the right time. For we were immediately ushered into a chow hall, and. . I N ' D 1 it fr : if ' AR- - 5 - j X auch Z W7 Y xy W.. f fa ,. err ,., , ' 6-SJ1, Y 2 u l mf xc actually ate, foff plates and with clean silver- warej, steak, mashed potatoes, a variety of vegetables, and pie, all in unlimited quantities. Happy sighs were heard, broken only by the popping of buttons. After a few minutes spent on the lawn, bask- ing in New London sunshine, we began our excursion. Armed with polaroid glasses, our first stop was the machine gun firing building, where six Daniel Boone's tried to hit stereoscop- tically described planes with electronic bullets- which no doubt explains the low scores! From there we traveled by foot, by bus, and by elevator, to buildings crammed with blowers, hydraulic systems, control boards, torpedoes and Hring chambers, Diesel engines of all types, dry cells, mock-ups, and mock-ups of the mock-ups. Of particular interest was the escape tank, where it was demonstrated that free ascents could be made from a depth of 100'-although it was admitted that fins and gills would be helpful! After this exhibition, plus demonstrations of engine room technique, consisting mainly of a cacophony of beeps and dings and honks broken by the crash of control levers, and the irml example of diving procedure with full suit, one visitor was heard to sum up the trip with the following intelligent comment: .............., tHe, as were all of us, was speechless.j Carefully brushing fresh salt on our blues, shining up our American Theater ribbons, and taking our gold braid out of the brine bucket, we started off to sample Connecticut hospitality, feminine variety, the occasion being the formal dance sponsored by the New London Elks, and decorated by the women from Conn. College. This proved to be a somewhat milder party for the fellows, as compared to what was done at and to the Newport OfHcer's Club. Characteristically, the Ensigns were divided into two groups, the haves and the have-nots, the former aglow with enthusiasm for New London, and the latter just aglow, but sure that icy North Atlantic water must How through the girls' veins. Needless to say, all enjoyed themselves, danc- ing, being cut in on, cutting in on Windy f the blonde with the very bare midriffj, being cut in on, dancing again, being cut in on, and finally ending up at the punch bowl, and sincerely appreciated the efforts of the Elks, although l E it is admitted that some of our COLUMBIA boys were more antlerish than Elks. But then, Elks are land animals, and our- home was the sea. So back to it! In our best seaman fashion we swung our- selves over the side and down the ladder into the waiting whaleboats, for transportation to either the SPIKEFISH or the GROUPER, which were waiting to receive their sightseers. Having been to the sub school, and seen how all the machinery could be crammed into only ten buildings, none with over an acre of floor space, we were now to observe how the same equipment could be put into a submarine only 300 feet long. Once inside, we were herded very systematic- ally from forward torpedo room to control room to engine room to after torpedo room, and saw in each place the amazing ingenuity of design which makes our submarines among the best in the world. But an even greater source of astonishment was the precision of the crews, the efficiency of command, and the speed of the mens' movements as they answered the sig- nal bells and lights, whether in the quiet con- thirty-three L J I nmg tower and control room 01 the engme room operatmg somewhere over 100 db Pump 500 aft Control officer ln bedroom shppers and sweatel speaks qu1etly Pump 500 aft Aye aye s1r An enhsted man repeats the order and opens some valves 100 pumped s1r Very well 300 pumped s1r Very well 500 pumped s r Very well Secure pump Pump secured s1r And all th1s wh1le the all w1se Enslgns huddled m the background attemptmg t crouch out of the way and mrndentally hunt mg for then' eardrums wh1ch they were certam must have dropped somewhere around there when that dive was begun In splte of these mmor casualt1es however the submarme corps 1S happy to state that no NROTC s were left swlmmmg when the shlp submerged and only two V 12 s tr1ed to bo tops1de for a breath of fresh water before we had surfaced The tr1p was a deHn1te success Home to Newport Reve1lle was sounded as usual A httle later the spec1al sea deta1l was stat1oned as usual and finally quarters was called as usual We crowded up the ladders half awake and un concerned to quarters for muster and leavmg port The whole rout1ne was an old fam1l1ar tune For nearly three weeks past each week day mornmg had been the same thmg The anchor was welghed and we headed out of the harbor The customary remarks were passed back and forth concernmg the cupolas sug gestwe shape Out of Newport Harbor Wlth re treat from quarters and the speclal sea deta1l secured there were no 1nd1cat1ons of anythmg more than the da1ly cru1se we were accustomed to From outward appearances no one would have known the COLUMBIA was bound for Bermuda For the majortty of student officers 1t was to be the HI'St prolonged Journey on the open sea and many were soon to doubt the honor Evenrng came and clouds appeared the wmcl veloc1ty went up the swells p1led h1gher the thzrty 15 . Q , T. i , , . 1 A U Ci 55 ' p ' 1 . . l , . l CC ' 33 ' . , , . - 1 . cc Q - ss , . ii 37 ca - as , . LC 35 il ' 33 1 15 CC 75 EC ' S5 , . O J - 1 3 7 . , W 1 , . . - U 4 1 1 , . 7 ' I I , . I 1 1 - UZ sun went down, the ship began to pitch and roll, and several people on board began to wish they had never been born. The ship went on swaying and heaving and more people Calso swaying and heavingj began to wish they had never been born. Most of us had trouble sleep- ing that night. It was like riding a roller coaster with a stomach full of cheap gin. A good many stayed topside. Some of these claimed a fascin- ation for the view. The others, more sick or honest, just hung on to a stanchion and gave it all they had. But the morning brought calm out of pathos. We had hit the Gulf Stream, pleasant weather, and smooth sailing We all breathed sighs of relief doffed our shirts and donned our Skol to bask under the brilliant sun The sea had become very blue under a balmy breeze and a mounting ternperatule The second night at tlznty mf Hill A 7 3 L . , . f ,, ,, 4 .,,, . v W A V , A A 5 1 I ' A 'T' - - .gn lx ' 4 A- ' ,,. rs.. .. r sea was much easler Early the thlrd mornmg when we got tOpS1dS agaln Bermuda was there a blue green hump m the Chstanee As we ap proaehed the 1sland became greener and whxte roofs appeared The water was a turquo1se color We all stood gogghng at the green and gold troplc splendor of thxs lush l1ttle coral rsland set away by rtself 1n the Atlantre Ocean A dapper pllot 1n flannels and yachtmg cap met us at the approaches to the harbor hopped aboard and dlrected us through a str1ng of coral reefs and 1nto the Bay w1th ease The clean wate1 the thxek green fohage the wh1te sand and the wh1te coral bu1ld1ngs looked llke a mov1e set from Hollywood topped off w1th Br1t1sh flags It was all rnueh too good to waste Shlp s wolk classes and dulls could go to the devll the order of the clay was for l1be1ty and 1ecreat1on an order wrth whlch the entlre shrp s company cornphed wlthout the shghtest s1gn of a struggle A rcereanon party for the standby sect1on was formed of dungaree clad non watch stand ers who had a thlrst for beer baseball and bath Reereauon commenced when the party was herded mto a whaleboat taken ashore to the Naval statlon p1led mto covered trucks cal ted off to the falthest gate and dumped out s1de From there lt was an easy walk to the sw1mm1ng a la mode the four hour h1ke to the beach Just over the h1ll and the three or four thzrty :even ' ' I J 7 l I ' I 1 v l - 5 . , . . . 3 . . . n I A 7 . J I Y . . V X . ing. . V . . , 7 Y l , J l ' l Q . 1 ' 1 9 3 - , - , - 1: A D A ' J ' ' , , ' ' ' recreation field. Looking back on it all, the . . . ,,. . ,, . . 3 K baseball games played on one Held at one time-all these may be forgotten, but never to fade is the memory of the beauty of that spectacle, a hundred foamy geysers spraying cold, fragrant beer to the winds. All hands sported happy glows at the end of the day g some were sunburned. The thing about Bermuda that we enjoyed most of all was the liberty. And the most in- teresting sport was the search for pubs not out of bounds. The trip to shore from the COLUM- BIA was nearly an hours' cruise by APC, but no one really cared. Cameras sprouted from the life lines. Hordes of navy men stormed ashore and swooped down on glove and per- fume counters, buying American made goods at only twice the price. Sightseers, exercise fiends, and just plain crazy men rented bicycles and pumped furiously off in all directions, dumbfounding the local citizens by pedalling uphill. Even the mad dogs stayed inside. Horse drawn carriages were enjoyed by those with little respect for their money and by those thirty-eight who were not up to handling a bicycle for some reason or another. For long-distance travel there was the Toonerville Trolley, the three- car railroad guaranteed only to make it from St. George to Somerset before Summer did set. A favored few even managed to procure jeeps and free rides with the SP's. There were very few motor driven vehicles, but those few were intent on downing as many pedestrians as pos- sible to make up for it. They even had a neat trick of sticking to the wrong side of the road, where our boys were pedalling in the opposite direction. There was plenty to see and do in Bermuda. The weather alone was enough to keep all of us contented, aside from swimming at Coral Beach, goggling at the Aquarium, Devil's Hole, and Crystal Cave, window shopping in Hamil- ton, dancing and cavorting in general at the Bel- mont, and gawking at grown men in shorts. The Bermuda gals, few as they were, added pleasantly to the surroundings. Among the best remembered activities of our stay were the festivities at several small cocktail parties and at the Ofhcers' Club, but it all distilled down to the most spectacular orgy in the history of the cruise, well seasoned with the presence of Xavier Cugat, his blonde companion, the ex- ploits of our own father of the C 8: R Depart- ment, and a few other odds and ends. Jeeps pulled disappearing acts on all sides only to reappear in unexpected places with unexpected cargoes. There weren't nearly enough femin- ine companions, but no one was in a condition to care. Somehow everyone managed to return to the ship, and somehow the ship managed to return to New England, with one evaporator brewing fresh water, and the other, Bromo- Seltzer. Putting away our bottles of suntan lotion, swimming trunks, hangovers, and the British pennies hoarded to use in the half-dollar slot machines, we reluctantly left our vacationland paradise and proceeded to make our way lei- surely up to the great Northland. Skivvie shirts were again in demand, and shirts once open at the collar were covered by foul weather jackets. Best-seller aboard the Columbia was no longer Tourist Guide to Bermuda! And so it came to pass that in about two days we were anchored in Casco Bay, Maine. Just fifteen minutes from Portland by Picket Boat, and just forty-five minutes by Motor Launch. But in spite of the fact that some of the boys swore they couldn,t get into town without a Vvxww 'M lNNT'Kxv-ye-'N as c L as af1,'-- I . s. -2 , Q 'aw 'lf' C ,ti- s '- 1 mv I' 71. I I beard, the two-week stay was far from dull, what with dances at the Great Diamond Island OHicer's Club, a lobster feed on Little Chebeag Island, a six-hour bus tour of Maine, and most of all, the hospitality of the Portland lassies towards the heroes of CRUDIV 14, plus the speedy location of Spas which were not too anxious to examine ID Cards before serving the usual Pepsi Colas. After the many weary hours at our gun sta- tions in the turrets and mounts, we were finally to fire the guns. The scene of this great event was in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portland, Maine. We predict that this spot shall some day rate historically with Bikini Atoll for this was truly a great experiment. We manned all of the gun stations from the directors to the loaders, and this was to be a test of our ability to assimilate a lot in a very brief period of time. On the return trip from Bermuda, while our Officers' Club pallor was still peeling off, we had been initiated to firing when we test fired all the guns. Now we were ready for the Big Push. The six-inch guns were to fire telescope con- trol which was Hring by the pointer whenever he was on the so-small target, and director control, which was automatic firing. We were to forty fire at a target towed fby a very lengthy xcablej by a tugg but, unfortunately the tug seemed to make a better target. The Hve-inch guns had Hred proximity fuzes' earlier, and were, during this period, to fire AA Hre at sleeves towed by airplanes. The planes also made nicer targets but were a little more fortunate than the tugs because of their speed. The 40's and 20's were also to fire at towed sleeves. For day after day we sat calmly munching our fingernails as we waited for H Hour. Fog kept rolling in, bank after bank, frustrating our efforts to fire. Some days the bank would lift and we would dash madly out to sea to catch up with it. Finally fate relented and we had a few clear days. We sailed forth to fire. The main battery fired first, then the 5 and 40's and 20's tired. All the guns joined in to end the Big Push in a day's battle practice when we let go with everything but the Very Pistols. Mirrors crashed, clothes fell, cans jarred loose, but we came through without a casualty. During the firing period we fired 161 six- inch rounds, 325 five-inch rounds, 1029 forty- millimeter rounds and 2866 twenty-millimeter rounds. There were no casualties to personnel, fir, 4 L .QQ LL the ship was still floating, and no tugs, targets or airplanes were lost. In fact the target so painfully constructed, papered and equipped with radar reflectors, was parked on the fantail for the whole time as an annoyance to movie- goers, and later torn down and stowed. We were pleased to find that we could safely fire and we were pleased that we had done as well as we had with as little background as We had. No official comment was made other than praise for ingenious methods of loading, Firing, and aiming that we constantly devised on our own, so that we guess everyone was at least satisfied. All through playing Cops and Robbers in wintry Casco Bay, the good ship COLUMBIA once more steamed toward the land of mint juleps, plantations, southern belles, and Con- federate money. Leaving the less fortunate members of CRUDIV 14- stuck in dingy old New York, we prepared to negotiate with the Rebels. After traveling in spirals for three .lg -'fc , days fone of which we spent shooting S304-.22 worth of 20mm shells at a floating mine fsome still say that the Hydrographic Office will be bitter for yearsl and then up went the cry Sighted Mine, Sank Sameuj the rest of which were spent washing bulkheads, scraping paint, repainting, and titivating around in gen- eral, we greeted Charleston, S. C., on the first of June. Yankees suggested that quarters for coming into port be general quarters, but we managed to pass Fort Sumter and creep through the cattails and muddy water to our pier with- out incident. As usual when reaching port, thought turned to how and when we could get off the ship, and liberty call brought forth hordes of gray and white garbed men surging down the gang- plank and starting the trek to town, regardless of the 99.970 humidity. For sightseers, there was the old residential district around the Bat- tery with its ornate ironwork, the old slave market, and innumerable old churches, for sun-lovers, there was Folley Beach and the Isle of Palms g for the thirsty, there was either soda fountain products or sympathy. Primary eve- ning entertainment was dances, attended by about 100 local belles, plus an equal number of lassies imported from Columbia, along with about 100 chaperones armed with impressive forty-two muster lists. In all justice we must admit that the Southerners do not exaggerate when they describe the beauty of their womanhood. Standby liberty was not granted fit says herej, and for those who remained aboard was the not too onerous task of guiding the visiting citizenry of Charleston who swarmed aboard all three days of our stay, and trying to impress them with our salt. Beribboned seamen told them that It was Hell at Lingayen Gulf, and fuzzy-cheeked Ensigns told of the mechan- ical intricacies of rigging paravanes, conning procedure, and what the funny-looking baskets were on the masts-besides explaining to wide- eyed youngsters just how far and how fast the various guns could shoot. As always, the stock escape of 'A . . . Sorry. That's restricted in- formation. was used whenever the going got too tough. More difficult was the job of pre- venting little Rebels armed with Screwdrivers from taking souveniers, and convincing dis- charged Bosun' Mates that they really knew all about the ground tackle, but these obstacles too were met with Columbian fortitude. The next day, officially proclaimed USS COLUMBIA Day, brought forth the antici- pated oratory and the presence of many south- ern luminaries, including the Governor of South Carolina, the Commandant of the Sixth Naval District, mayors and ex-mayors of Columbia and Charleston, and two bands. The ship was presented two dozen silver goblets Ccontents not disclosedj and a magnolia wreath, and we reciprocated by presenting a battle flag. Speech-making was brought to an end with a few remarks by Captain Adell, and the playing of America concluded the ceremonies. Gradu- ally the spectators left, and favorably impressed, we hope. In spite of the fact that we felt like wet blotters most of the time, and that our living compartments had the air of an over- heated gymnasium, we enjoyed our sample of southern hospitality. And besides, think of the money we saved by not going to New York right away! . . . And then came the time to pay the piper. For two months we had been enjoying those delicious G. I. meals, and now we had to re- plenish the supplies. fYou canit just eat the shingles, you know.j Consequently, we were greeted that fateful Monday morning by five freight cars crowding the Charleston dock, and all hands turned to to bring the 93 tons of chow aboard. Even the Master At Arms force turned out to make sure that everyone was working-an unnecessary precaution, of course. What a scene of industry we presented to the Southern eyes! Long lines of men carefully avoiding the crates of potatoes and sacks of Hour nearby, and eagerly awaiting the next car- ton of Post Toasties. But when the light stuff was gone, they pitched in on the heavier goods with equal enthusiasm, even to the extent of dropping a crate or two of juicy oranges in their haste. In fact one stevedore was so hasty that he had to let go of his box three times before it finally cracked open. 'Round and 'round we went through the cycle: carry a carton aboard, rest up with a cigarette, fall back in line to get up on the dock, take a couple of glasses of lemonade while waiting for the line in front of the cars to -Q., ll .giants 'Trl' forty-three lengthen, fall in at the end, get another carton. It was rumored that this was the Hrst line not dragged by the chow line moochers. Finally all the cars were emptied, the bodies mangled during the scramble picked up, and the dock swept down. Then lunch-and after carrying aboard roasts, canned turkey, cake flour, and pineapple, how welcome was the Spam, cold beans, weak coffee and belayed liberty. A tribute from the grateful people of the City of Columbia, South Carolina, to her name- sake, the gallant Cruiser, the USS COLUMBIA, whose glorious record has brought new lustre to a proud name. This compliment to our ship was printed on the program for USS COLUMBIA Day, Charleston, S. C., 2 June 194-6. The good people of Columbia, S. C., while lauding the record of the living, did not forget our departed heroes. As a token of their re- forty-four rnembrance, the citizens of Columbia presented a wreath of magnolia leaves and Howers, fit- tingly decorated with a patriotic ribbon, which they requested to be placed upon the broad waters of the Atlantic. This ceremony was conducted on the fore- castle of the Gem,' at 1500 on 5 June 1946. Father Thomas H. Bodie, the ship's chaplain, opened the ceremony by conducting the stu- dent oflicers in the singing of the Navy Hymn, Eternal Father Strong to Save, and then he delivered a brief address. After a few appro- priate words, Captain B. B. Adell, USN, placed the wreath on the waters. The guard of honor Hred three volleys in concluding the ceremony. The significance of this and similar events held aboard the USS COLUMBIA, should make us all realize that death is not the end, and death is not to remain a sorrowful memory. The man who has a true spiritual perspective will readily grasp the note of expectancy in the following poem by Samuel Johnson: Catch, then, oh catch the transient hour: Improve each moment as it flies! Life's a short summer, man a flower 3 He dies-alas! How soon he dies. . ...Ln Up from the depths of the deep south, from Charleston, the Queen-City of Magnolia Land, the mighty cruiser COLUMBIA fstill panting from its 32-knot speed runj came steaming through the narrows to the Empire City of the New World. Coming to Pier 51 on the port side of Manhattan Island, the COLUMBIA slid into its berth and scarce had the strains of the bugle call announcing liberty died away and the third repeater hoisted when down the brows came a rushing stream of officers and men eager to sample the strange and exotic de- lights of the mysterious city called New York. We once again had come from the sweet drawl of the southern y'all to the melodic youse- all of the north. As a liberty town New York will long be re- membered as the spot where the Port watch section of student officers, rising to the occasion in a spirit of outstanding gallantry took only one in four, that their less fortunate brethren the Starboard watch might have as much time as possible for liberty and recreation by which to recover from the horrors of the past. Those of us who were fortunate enough to ind a native New Yorker to brief us on the intricacies of the city's layout and hence did not lose ourselves in the maze of subways, made our way immediately to the center of town and the Great White Way. For those who had never been to the big city before, sightseeing was in order-such spots as - The Bowery, Greenwich Village, Rocke- feller Center and the Empire State Observatory Roof, echoed with the joyous shouts of our happy comrades. Those cosmopolites among us who knew of city life from past experiences, could be found in any of the many malt- shops along the avenues sipping the various beverages served by proficient waiters expecting a large remuneration, or else discoursing on world affairs with intellectual young ladies whom we are told, frequent such spots. Those of us interested in the drama and the arts had the chance of a lifetime by receiving the opportunity of seeing the current successes of Broadway. Harvey,,' Born Yesterday and the musicals- Oklahoma, Carousel, Billion forty-fiie fort y-six Dollar Baby, etc. were visited by many of the officers and men of the COLUMBIA, not to mention such spots as the Aquarium fwith Les Brownj, the 400 and Benny Goodman, or the centers of art and culture in Greenwich Village where we could relax to the soft, sweet music we all love so well. Tickets to the ball games were also made available whereby we were accorded the rare privilege of seeing the Yankees in action. Of course, no visit to the City would be com- plete without a pilgrimage to the grandaddy of all amusement parks-Coney Island. General visiting by civilians was allowed on board ship as in Charleston. Those in the duty and standby sections not occupied elsewhere or getting permission from the OOD for rather frequent phone calls were only too happy to entertain and guide the visitors about the 4:56 59 One of the most wonderful of the innovations of this modern world was generally agreed to be-the subway system of New York. Through the IRT and the BMT we were carried to our destination within the very minimum of time. After several embarkings and debarkings, bark- ings at by conductors, and just plain growlings by the crowds pushing us in one side.and out the other, we became experts in the field of sub- wayology. We found that we could shove and squeeze and hold open the closing doors with our bare hands along with the most hardened of the natives. While at first some of us were slightly disap- pointed that we didn't have more time to spend in New York, in the end most of us found that the number of days of liberty equaled the amount of cash on hand to spend per day. As our home slid from her berth into the Hudson and set sail once again for the open sea, we stood at quarters and as we watched the majestic Statue of Liberty fade into the dis- tance, all of us bowed our heads with the com- mon thought that- You could give the whole damned city back to the Indians-but don't, ,cause we'll be back some day! Out of the mist and fog on the 12th day of June, three ships of CRUDIV 14 sailed into the beautiful sunbathed harbor of Halifax. It was sunbathed because the Gods which controlled such things knew that Shaky Jake and the starboard watch section would be on liberty that afternoon. The welcome given us by the Haligonians was in reality one of the finest that could be imagined. The motto of the Nova Scotians seemed to be that nothing was too good for the ofhcers and men of the U. S. Navy,', and they immediately set out to prove their sincerity by doing everything possible for us. The facili- ties of the army, the navy, and the RCAF bases were put at our disposal, and their habi- tants gave us the warmest of greetings. The first evening ashore was highlighted by one dance at the gymnasium of HMCS Stadacona for all officers, and one at Dalhousie for the enlisted men. Hundreds of very charm- ing and personable young ladies were at these affairs to entertain us. It was at these parties that we learned of that wonderful combination of l8Wy beer and ham sandwiches. The second evening ashore, after a round of cocktail parties for the officers, brought forth another dance at Dalhousie University, this time for the officers. The third evening of liberty was spent by many not on the beach but back aboard the ship, recuperating from the previous two nights. 1 We were also fortunate in that HMCS Warrior was tied up in the harbor during our stay. This afforded us the chance to visit a Canadian ship, which opportunity was used to its fullest extent by some eager beavers, intent upon furthering their knowledge of U. S.- Canadian Naval Relations, and interested in the Canadian Navy's experiment of making various fruit juices available to the oflicers' guests anytime, day or night. To sightseers and sports enthusiasts also Hali- fax offered no mean attractions: the Public Gardens and the old Citadel for a look at old Halifax, and bowling, tennis, fishing, sailing, badminton, and swimming courtesy HMCS Stadacona facilities. Future Byron Nelson's spent happy-though costly and sometimes wet -hours hunting errant golf balls in the forests of the Ashburn Country Club, and hoping that the last slice hadn't hit the Captain, who was also playing there. For the eager ones who wanted to make sure they literally stood their watches that night, saddle horses were available. In the realm of baseball, the Columbia nine took the Warrior team-just barely, that is- after being rained out once. And to make the activity library complete, those who contem- plated that most popular pastime of all, namely, eating a good steak ashore, were met with that wonderful Canadian innovation, Meatless Friday. At first we actually were quite amazed at the very generous hospitality of these people but the motive for their actions finally came out when a Flight Leftenant was approached through the medium of slightly alcoholic bever- N l fi 6 ti Q A Ol u V7 - A M H ,, i ' ' ill lzlllalll BUT OF COURSH I APPRESHIRTE' 1 TH-s CANADIAN Hoe.vHPa1-Au'rv! ages. It seemed that what with the advent of the Atomic Bomb and the Russian scare, the Haligonians didn't know quite what to expect when the COLUMBIA, the CLEVELAND, and the MONTPELIER with the DENVER trailing behind, came into the relatively quiet port. A shrewd plan which enlisted the aid of the entire populace was evolved by means of which the Haligonians proceeded to make the procuring of liquid refreshments and amiable companions a very easy matter. By inducing us to imbibe of strange potions, they thought that they would keep us unfit for manning our vessels, and thus the menace of the COLUM- BIA, the CLEVELAND, and the MONT- PELIER with the DENVER trailing behind, was dissipated-and we do mean dissipated! Although there were several things that may have puzzled us, such as the delightful relation- ship between the Canadian and American dollar which made it seem as though they were giving us money when we made a purchase, we all agree that the city of Halifax outdid itself in generosity and goodwill. The kindness with which the Nova Scotians treated us is something we will not forget for a very long time. It was indeed with regret that we hoisted our glasses for the last toast, and then in turn were hoisted aboard our ship, and off of this soil for good. 1 -m4nm..k. Reluctantly preparing to leave the hospitality of Halifax and the slightly alcoholic atmosphere of the Warrior wardroom and the RCAF Offi- cers' Mess, we watched the third repeater leave the yardarm, and heard the orders for engine tests. Still burping from our morning beans, we stood at quarters and saw the John L. Sulli- van sidle up to us like a fat water beetle to a stick, and critically followed Pat as he directed casting off the lines from the fantail. Then away from the pier, free of the tug's blunt bow, past the harbor forts and lighthouses-next stop Quebec, and as the sun rose over the fog banks of the Atlantic, we, in our own fogged up way, bid adieu to the wonderful land of Nova Scotia. As usual, CRUDIV 14- was in no hurry to reach the next port, so there were four leisurely days spent following the jagged line of the navigator's chart: northward along Nova Scotia, where we passed the Queen Mary,', with her three huge stacks like hitching posts on the hori- zon's gateway, by Cape Breton Island, where we crowded the lifelines to watch whales blow- ing and splashing off our starboard beam, along Prince Edward Island and north around Mag- dalen Island, where the steep shores and high plateaus made us think we were in a sea of sand and gazing at Nevada buttesg south by Newfoundland, cursing the wind which made us wear foul weather jackets rather than bask under the bright northern sun Without a shirt on, past green Anticosti Island and into the eighty mile wide mouth of the St. Lawrence River, creeping slowly down to the southwest by Cap Chat, and Father's Point, where we picked up our pilot, beyond the river towns of Rimouski, Tadoussac, Baie St. Paul, and finally to the Plains of Abraham-Quebec, we are here! Arriving on the afternoon of the 18th, we were met with our usual convoy of tugs, and escorted to our Wolfe Cove berth. No sooner had the gangplank been brought up and the rat guards put on the lines than about 700 officers and enlisted men-starboard section, that is--were crowding the quarterdeck waiting to spend some of those Canadian shekels im- ported from Halifax, and longing to polish up wx is s 'F f ,git A viwlfx as 4 QV mf ,Q l T' , l 6 K, l ,V aqui J! 3 ., J Lx .li p C 0 X. -. l fx ' 2' v A-A--A l , -5 FX -A ,fx X A A If . A f - l -fs or 4 ,N A fa Knock of? HHS l20'2 g5b Cl'C'lIE'T 5qH0qjfmA nag, qef HNJQVWGL1- on that high school French with some seductive little mademosielle from Quebec. It soon became obvious that this was going to be like no other spot we had seen. With the citizens babbling their sibulant French, it was like being in another nation, and yet it seemed to epitomize the whole tour: the antiquity of Charleston, the greenery of Bermudan or Maine countryside, the Hne stores and restaurants of New York, the neighborliness of Nova Scotia. The lust for local scenery had many men wear- ing their shoeleather thin as they tramped about town seeing such famous spots as the Chateau Frontenac where Roosevelt and Churchill held one of their historic meetings, the Church of Notre Dame des Victories, the Ramparts, with its old muzzle-loading canon standing guard ,,, Q over the city and menacing our ships, the Hrst Navy pilgrimage to Sainte Anne de Beaupreg Montmorency Falls, higher than Niagara, Dia- mond Cape and the Citadel, all these made Qqebec a fairy city for their wanderings, and for those who could find pretty feminine guides -and word has it that this was not impossible- it was even more enjoyable. iffy But with more of the generosity and for- sight already seen in Canada, there was much more available for us than roaming aimlessly about: dances, where we learned at least the very pertinent bits of French, and were relieved to find that the young ladies divined that we wanted to dance when we approached with something gleaned from our pocket dictionary which probably meant, I love you passion- ately, will you marry me? We are happy to state that there have been no breach of promise suits. Not all things were changed in the French language, however 3 cab drivers knew what dol- lar meant, and Scotch and gingeralen was still Scotch and gingeralefl Also arranged were a picnic at Lake St. Joseph, baseball games at the municipal stadium, and the pilgrimage to Boswell's Brewery and that delightful feeling of being surrounded by more beer than you could possibly drink. A further item of acute interest to USN transferees was the fact that civilian clothing was somewhat cheaper and more plentiful than in the States, and more than one eager Ensign was soon with arms loaded with slacks, sport coats, and tan-and- white oxfords-in preparation for the next twenty years in the Navy, no doubt. But as always in port, tempus fugits. Had it not been for the fact that we were leaving Quebec for home, either through a leave or discharge, we would have been sorry to go. As it was, when we Hnally pulled out into the river on the 24th, it was with gratitude to the people of this beautiful city, and particularly to the oilicers and men of the Canadian Armed Forces, who had made our stay so comfortable and helped us see the town. The next few days were spent in the limbo of boredom, waiting to reach port, passing through the dayis routine, listening to the squawk boxes blaring, with automatic reactions and mechan- ical reflexesg only the mind geared up, and that far ahead, in Philadelphia . . . but all comes to those who wait, and we waited, and we came to Philly. As we walked off the quarterdeck of the COLUMBIA for that last time that day in the latter part of June, could it be that there were a few fond memories with us?-Of the Ber- muda beaches, the Hoods down in B-3l2L, the companionship in travails that came as the squad cursed as they 'heaved to and triced up' to scrub the deck, the fun at the Charleston dance, cranking in a five mil correction at Casco Bay so that we would actually hit the target, the derisive chuckles we had at Navy efficiency, the watches, the fantail sun club, the beans for breakfast, the Class Z movies, the laundry with its little machine that tore buttons off the shirts and fired them through the socks . . . Could be, could be. it -l 1 y N g 2 1 1 Va 1 i , l fifty-one i' -K 'K -K -K -K -K fifty-two ir 'k ir -K ir 'k nl' 421 ememzm We stop to pay tribute to two departed com- rades, both of whom were killed in the Zine of duty during this Training Cruiser. WILLIAM LEON WOODRUFF, Ensign, USNR one of the oiiicers in training aboard the Colum- bia, and GEORGE GERDWOOD CLARK, JR., Ensign USNR, one of 'the Columbia's ship,s company 4 4 4 4 4 , , + , L gy. in I 'H .aw , , av' '4 Ewa , pe- Ss-e Q I m L warg Mfrvf'Q' ,waz ,Li ful ,Qxf A A H rf rg 6. 5, a k bs! g V- W A f., N mx 4 f , x V 1 W lf, ffm-1. Father Larry z M ac Herb Andy Aubrey Beezel Rag Condor S pots Dzek Larry Hoyt Ha Tuck Tzsh Bo Pete um Steve M ac ShE7ZH B1 z cgi!!! 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