Estes (AGC 12) - Naval Cruise Book

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Front Row lL to Rl: T. E. Green, W...l. Brant, J.R. Smith, R.W. Bird, M.P O'malley, A. R. Yeargan, R.A. Cordova, .l.F. Ruyle. Center Row: WOfl W. J. PACE, W Kitzman, J.O. McPhearson .l.A. Taylor, D.A. Ashby C. E. Crawford, M Delagado, R. L. McClure, R. Ramsey. Back Row: J. L. Crew, .l. E. Hadsell R.A. Wheeler, W.A. Adair, J.W. Eaves, J.D. Roberts, A.B. Vinson, H.L. Sanders D.L. Renken. Alfa division could rightly be called the morale division of Estes since the daily tasks of these men had a great bearing on the welfare and comfort of the crew while we were overseas. The evaporator gang, producing that precious everyday item, fresh water, enabled us to enioy these refreshing evening showers fNavy stylel, and provided the basic substance falong with pepper and onions, of ccursej for preparing those famous Estes soups. These people also saved us from suffering that dread proclamation water hours . The refrigerator gang was much appreciated for keeping our geedunks fresh and sweet, our lettuce crisp for salads, and providing ice for our cold drinks during those hot nights in the Philippines. The boat shop crew had the all important iob of maintaining the engines of our liberty boats, particularly so that all the brown baggers could get home to mamma without delay after our little iaunt across the Pacific. The air conditioning gang prevented the radio and radarmen from going bald as a result of the generated heat of radio tubes, and at a critical moment the boys in the machine shop could be counted on to manufacture whatever part was needed, on the double. Their duties also included maintenance of the laundry presser and washers to ensure the smart appearance of the crew at personnel inspection. Finally we should mention the after steering gang who successfully maintained the steering gear enabling us 'O make good our ETA-TSD on schedule.

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Front Row lL to Rl: J.C. Pelletier, R.D. Bradley, W. K. Fontaine, C. W Milligan, WO D.T. Blake L.C. WISE, R.P. Osborn C. E. Wilson, E. L. Scott F.H. Denton. Back Row: B. Smythe, C.W. Bingham M.L. Siracki, N.F. Vieane G.G. Robbins, B.L. Spoor J. H. Smith, C. L. Hawk D. L. Freeman, W. M Johnson, K.A. Ward, T.D Franken. Efficiency and Service . This is the motto of the Echo division. Keeping true to this motto was a day and night job and involved hundreds of hours of hard work. They assured faithful operation of the gyro compass, that our navigation lights alvvays shone brightly through the night, and that the ventilation systems and fans did their jobs. At the end of a long, hectic day there was always the movie to look forward to-and good ones they were! And to make sure the word got around they kept all our internal communications humming in tip-top shcpe. While they worked hard aboard, they enioyed themselves on the beach too. They combined with Mike division to throw a fine party at the Club Alliance in Yokosuka. They formed a good basketkall team, and of course managed to do a lot of independent Hfunhunting , too.