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CLE No effort Was spared to create confidence among the submarine crew that the tender would do for them everything possible to put their boat in first-class shape and to make them comfortable and free from worry during their rehaiblitation period. A tenders reputation among the submarine men was apt to depend more On the promptness with which the mail was delivered, the manner in which cigarettes and cigars were ra- tioned and the general attitude of the ships crew toward submarine men than on the quantity and qual- ity of work performed. Many a submarine crew who had not gotten all the work done just the way they asked for it went on patrol perfectly happy because they knew that the tender had gladly done the best it could with the facilities and material at hand. This does not mean that inferior work was palmed off on the submarines, rather, mutual understanding of each others' problems and a mutual confidence in each others' abilities led to improved coordination of effort and improved morale-vital factors in a game which involves so much mental strain as wartime submarin- ing. , ln the EURYALES work emphasis is placed on coordination of effort rather than individual perform- ance. The very nature of the work requires the utmost of cooperation from all departments of the tender. An outstanding tender is a fine example of good old Amer- ican teamwork. lt was this teamwork which character- ized the efforts of the EURYALE throughout her service and which earned for her an enviable reputation as a submarine tender. A list of officers and crew credited with outstanding performance of duty would include at one time or another every officer and man in the crew Such was the nature of the work which occupied CD4 195 6L0 the talents of the EURYALES crew at Milne Bay, New Guinea, lvlanus in the Admiralties and Perth. Western Australia, betw en February, l944, and April, l945.s At Perth on 20 lgicember, 1944, Commander tnow Cap- tainl Ralph R. Gurley, U. S. Navy, of 4l7 E. Washington Blvd., Grove City, Pennsylvania, relieved Captain Guthrie as commanding officer. From April to August, l945, the EURYALE served submarines at Pearl Harbor. ln the midst of this heavy schedule of submarine repair work the EURYALE found the time, energy and talentt while at Perth in December, 1944, to set up and equip an enormous play ground and stage a Christmas party' for 60,000 Australian children. This party, carried outl. under the energetic supervision of the Executive Officer In i of the ship, Commander lohn L. DeTar, U. S. Navy, of 20A Wynnewood Park Apts., Wynnewood Penns 1 l . y - vania, was a huge success and contributed greatly to the cementing of relations between the Australians and the Americans. t l In all the EURYALE performed l32 refits of subma- rines in the course of her l8 months of war servicef ln spite of all of the activity which this work entailed 4 the ship also found time to develop an excellent soft ball team under the leadership of Lieutenant Andy F. Iensen. U. S. Navy, of 905 West Third St., Long Beach, California, a very fine orchestra and a good brass band under the leadership of Lieutenant Richard W. Norton, USNR, of 2811 Linwood Road, Cincinnati, Ohio, and an outstanding basketball team, organized and coached by Lieutenant tjgi Lance Flanagan, USNR, of l2l F. No. Oak St., Santa Paula, California, who also played on the team. Occasionally local talent was or- ganized into a Happy Hour. This was most successfully accomplished by Lieutenant Commander Robert W. Hunt, CMCD, USNR, of 23 So. First St., Duquesne, Penn- sylvania, who had a Bob Hope delivery. t ti t t t t N 2 . :N A AN f' T 'Vg J F '7Ly,9y 7.62: C V. . 54