Columbus (CA 74) - Naval Cruise Book

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S2 7he S-2 Division oT The Supply DeparTmenT is a large and imporTanT parT oT The Ship's organizaTion. Under The guidance oT LCDR J. E. Raynes and assisTed by Cl-lPCl.K N. O. Nelson, The S-2 men perform The Task of keeping up The morale of The ship. The Division consisTs OT l38 men and is divided inTo Three secTions as Tollows. The Ship Service men, beTTer known To shipmaTes as RackeTeers, underTake The Task'oT running The service acTiviTies, The never ending job oT washing cloThes, and cuTTing hair. The eTl:icienT operaTion oT The cobbler shop, Tailor shop and soda TounTain, provide all The comTorTs oT home. The cooks, who willingly provide us wiTh chow, play a very imporTanT parT in keeping up The high morale on The COLUMBUS. The long hours and cheerTul aTTiTude They have while going abouT Their iob, insure us a wholesome and palaTable raTion. -- And also leT's noT TorgeT The sTewards who prepare and serve food Tor The wardroom and WarranT OTFicer's messes. PUT crediT where iT is due, Tor These men are noTed Tor Tine Tood and service. They know Their iob and do iT well. i DespiTe The TacT ThaT our iob aT Times seemed never ending and liTTle appreciaTed, iT's been a very pleasanT cruise. fi y , . 1 l Zoo ,ig . X l Tri- ' S . E 'Li ya 4,3525 'VM No'r Mmuuo soup. r-'M usqwwcv Tl-IE Po-r. .TBM

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, 1, e.s,nw.mw1,:5:?l King l 3 Since Time began morTal man has been searching Tor a way To look inTo The TuTure. Trying To Tind The answer To whaT lies ahead oT him. Probably The ones To come closesT To This goal are The Radarmen. WiTh Their crysTal ball in The Torm oT a radar scope They reach ouT over The horizon, scanning The sea and slcy Tor signs of enemy Torces, land and weaTher TormaTions. ln Toul weaTher They acT as The eyes of Their ship, inTorming The command oT The proximiTy oT oTher vessels or obsTacles which mighT endanger her. The measuremenT oT a good radar gang is in how well iT TuncTions as a Team in The collecTion, evaluaTion, and disseminaTion oT This inTormaTion Trom The radar scopes To The bridge. The responsibiliTy Tor The insTrucTion and Training oT This Team lies wiTh The Tive division oTTicers, LT. Tozzoli, LT. Komorowslci, LTig Davies, LTig Allen, and Ens. l-lall. Ample prooT oT Their eTForTs may be Tound in The TacT ThaT The U.S.S. COLUMBUS' C.l.C. Team received The highesT grades in The lasT compeTiTion Tor Cruiser Divisions, ATlanTic l:leeT. ln addiTion To The Radarmen The King Division conTains The seven ship's phoTographers. Their iob requires ThaT They be on The spoT and ready aT all Times in porT and aT sea To record various TuncTions oT The ship as well as all emergencies or unusual occurances. T They do Their own developing, prinTing and enlarging aboard ship and some excellenT examples oT Their worlc may be seen in This log. , ff ' A fry , KW ,T ,M g f ., ! ! Wilma me manner v il 7 ,. , - mf ffiivf 2 - f V , L14 ,V ,,. y,4' 5 I , 0 25 ' .QW --... ,P ' df 'f lf, - ,giif-:Af ,v,,,,,....gF-e-