Columbus (CA 74) - Naval Cruise Book

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P P PRAISE THE LORD AND P-P-PASS THE AMMUNlTlON T JU. T T5 veil i I . 7he TighTing FourTh Division, Third largesT division in The Gunnery DeparTmenT, is under The very capable lead- ership OT LT. W. J. Bennis and Ensign R. W. Arn. The division is responsible Tor The mainTenance and operaTion OT The Torward Tive inch baTTery. You will Tind mounTs SI. 52 and 53 welded inTo a highly eTTecTive TighTing Team under The guidance oT A. J. SabloaTini GMC. This baTTery has Two very deTermined characTerisTics - iTs eTTiciency and readiness. You will Tind upon inspecTion ThaT The mounTs are 4.0 in appearance, and while in acTion There is apparenT The harmony beTween gun and crew necessary To make The 5 38 The Torrnidable weapon ThaT iT is. 'The deck hands under The supervision oT C. C. Locke BMl and L. G. Willingham BM2, have numerous iobs. The main deck Trom Trames 53 To 74 on The porT side is up To par under The waTchTul eye oT R. McDaniel BM3. When passing Through The cormparTmenT occupied by The TourTh, you will Tind D. R. Sever BM3 making cerTain ThaT iT is kepT orderly and neaT. The O-I level porT side Trom Trame 53 To 74 is kepT in order by leading seaman SnuTTy Boyle and his crew. As Tor Admirals CounTry. iT is a well esTablished TradiTion ThaT Tor The Tops in mainTenance iT can be TrusTed To no oTher division Than The FourTh. When going down any oT The six passage ways which The FourTh diligenTly cares Tor, while going on liberTy in eiTher No. 4 moTor launch or No. 2 moTor whale boaT. The man in whiTes need noT worry: spick and span is The moTTo mainTained in all spaces. When coming inTo porT you will Tind The porT accommodaTion ladder being rigged by Willingham's boys. nl VL I Q p up' ,- I K Q i - f ' ' . -IN, 'iqf ' X--Tl l 'Z' iii' , L-11,35-.N '-Sf' Wg ,, fa , 0 X A fff -Ai . i 3- f f ff-fi - ss W - 4 -il? Q . , is wa

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