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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We are quiTe sure ThaT all The divisions rely on us To Take care of Their disposals. And if we musT say so ourselves. we Think we do a preTTy good job oT iT. Besides This responsiloiliTy, we also have The CapTain's Gig. which you all know looks 4.0 aT all Times. ln acldiTion To This we have The loesT looking and Tiring 40 millimeTer baT'Tery, which has broughT many complimenTary remarks To The COLUMBUS. Yes sir, The poFT side is The side. And as you look up Trorn The porT side, you agaih see a space ThaT The ship can well be proud of - This is The O3 and O5 levels. As you go down To The'ship's sTore you come again To The SixTh Division. This is one oT our hardesT spaces To keep looking 4.0 because There's so much Traffic ThaT goes Through here, and inTo our Two o'l'her passageways ouTside The Crew's Lounge and The posT oTFice, which even now looks preTTy good considering The TraTFic. Our division consisTs oT one good launch of sailors. We have a comedian by The name OT Gerald lYuk Yukl CHICK, and none oTher Tor The line oT bull Than Leo ARCHER. And iT you ever wanT The hoT scoop, see ALBERT The AlNav Kid, ln lover's field, you'll Tind Don Juans such as Gum Shoe MOR'l'ENSON.and lasT l3uT noT leasT Don MILLER. All This comes under ,The greaT supervision oT LTJG. Rol:aerT E. BRICKATES, ENS. Wallace P. BEHNKE, l-l. COOPER, GMI and J. D. McQUEEN BM2. From all This we Think The SixTh does iTs share aboard The U.S.S. COLUMBUS. . 1 y JL A f:,,f ,SXK U7 .. 4 fi , K f-' R57 s'es c -1. TM a 7 ex - T . 7+ fx f! ,, KNOCK OFF SHlP S WORK 664