Daly (DD 519) - Naval Cruise Book

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AND THE CREW

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THE EXEC. LCDR A. Major, USN SEE THE EXEC ... On a small ship the Executive Officer is God personified. Not only does he hold office as Navigator, directing the ship ' s course, evading navigational hazards, on hand with all the information - ready to sat- isfy the Captain ' s queries, instruct the Officer of the Deck, or delve with the quartermaster into an endless series of charts logs, or toy with compasses, sextants and stadimeters, , , These are the tasks of just the Navigator, a Destroyer Executive Officer is much more than a Naviga- tor. He is the Captain ' s right hand man, as- sistant policy-maker on board ship, Personnel Manager, head department head, and even Chaplain - without portfolio . . .Synchronizing the various departments into one smooth run- ning unit, instigating endless monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual reports to each and every department in the Navy ' s complex admin- istrative pattern, investigating the circumstances of the mast reports, supervising the ship ' s of- fice, routing the mail, drafting hundreds of mes- sages - in general going about the tedious de- tailed job of seeing that his ship is on the ball. That this ship is on the ball, we owe to the tireless effort of Art Major. Performing a rugged, thankless job with the type of ability and genius that has made DALY one of the Navy ' s finest fighting units. Admiration from all, off- icers and men to our Exec - no ship will ever have better.

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Lt. F.E. Powsrs Gunnery Officer Ltjg H.L. Walters Operations Officer V, Ltjg H.M. Pollak Engineer Officer Ltjg J. A. Taylor Supply Officer - f ' 2 ' : Ltjg R.E. Mack CIC Officer Ltjg D.P. Wefer ASW Officer I A } Ltjg D.C. Heckman Main Propulsion Assistant Ltjg G.C. Sinclair Electronics Officer Ens. A.J. Perry Damage Control Assis tant