Endicott (DMS 35) - Naval Cruise Book

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- .. First row, left to right: Stal, D. E., Merrill, T. E., Linneman, C. A., Brixius, M. , Jacobson, B. E., Hensley, H. F. .Middle row: Foster, R..J..g Cooper, C. J., Linne, W. fp.: C., Palomo, M., Gunter, L. l., Rezac, E. P., Nickels, V. H. Back row: Crownover, Wi W. C., Allen, D. D., Forrnanek, W. F., Coqueugniot, H. J.

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, i i i Front row, left to right: 'Wil- Iiams, J. E., Alba, L., Gonda, O. Back row: Rice, E. L., Grant, E. A Left to right: Szarad, L. A., Gassner, H. V., Neel, W. I., Davis, J. B., Schruder, L. J

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xvw- 'W-H raft' ei 1 5 If . Ty., ,ee , W j A 2 .Lama 01: Sean When the turbines they are turning, Then it really is a treat, A ' A Just- to see those buckets rolling, With their God-damned superheat. Oh, Superheat, Superheat, lots more heat with Superheat. Hotter, longer-lasting too, that theheat with BTU-UU. These vigorous verses, written and declaimed by LT. P. V. WESTIN, were the beginning of a Drama War between the Supply Division andthe Engineering Division on the ENDICOTT. One Sunday afternoon, after five days of hard practice, the Supply Department had perfected a play entitled Life Among the Basement Dwellers, or An Interpretation of A Day Among the Engineers in a DMS Fireroom. This shook the 215 crew-members of the mighty ship. Written and directed by the Supply Officer, LT. P. V. WESTIN, it was meant to undermine the traditions of the Engineering Section. The cast was as follows: F ' CHIEF ENGINEER JOHNSON, SK3 BILGEIBUNNY ..... ,--KUPCHlCK, SN CLERK- ....,.......... RODOLPH, PNSN . Ganz ..........,........ . .... DAVIS, YN3 SANDAGE ..,.............. BAKER, DK3 FLOYD .................... Mtlhllck, SKSN 7 The story as about a new recruit lBlLGEBUN.NYl just reporting on lqoard ffor the duty and the old-,timers instructing him how to carry out the dailywylfiautine of a Snipe. First, the Clerk instructed him how to tell the Decka es just how much the Engineering Department was undermanned. Then Sandage briefed him on how to be an efficient Boat Engineer. Floyd explaiqled how to make black smoke on the stacks, and on both stacks, if you were first class. Last, but not least, the Clerk turned him over to the Engil?iee'ring Department's Social Chairman, Gaylord Goetz, Bookmaker First dl,ee?f'whe explelheel how le hehelle himself eh the heeeh ehel Military Cburtesies. Included were instructions that if dress kimono was declared uniform of the day, it was with hashmarks and crow. Perhaps the highlight of the play was when the Chief Engineer entered and explained that he was in supreme command of this tremendous organi- zation and that he was available night and day in the lower rack of state- room IO2. This part was played to perfection by,JOHNSON, and laughter shook the beams.