Everglades (AD 24) - Naval Cruise Book

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GHAPLAIN LGDR H. T. Lewis EVERGLADES is indeed fortunate to have a chaplain- of the caliber of Chaplain Lewis. The Navy recognizes the need for a sailor, whether in or out of his homeport, to have spiritual guidance, and it is to this mission the Chaplain Corps is dedicated. Chaplain Lewis, in addition. to conducting weekly Protestant services and arranging for a priest to conduct weekly Roman Catholic services, acts as a counselor to the crew. He assists the crew by offering guidance to all who may seek it. In addition to these time-consuming functions, Chaplain Lewis also acted as Tour Coordinator in the Med. Through many hours of planning and work, he was able to arrange a great number and variety of tours for the crew, and, in this way, he helped to make the cruise much more memorable for all. The tours that he arranged to places such as Rome, Pisa, Florence, Amalfi, Pompei, Capri, and many others will give us many memories to look 'back upon in the years to come.

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Dur1ng the Med1terranean Crulse Blg Mama was fortunate to have Commander Thomas F N1edbala as her Executwe Offlcer Commander N1edbala had just completed a tour of duty 1n Naples and h1s knowledge of the local customs attract1ons recrea t1onal fac1l1t1es and other act1v1t1es made the cru1se much more worthwhlle and enjoyable for the 'GLADES sa1lors Commander N1edbala was born on 18 July 1930 ID Buffalo New York He rece1ved h1s Bachelor's Degree from Pr1nceton Un1vers1ty 1n 1952 and was comrmssloned as an Enslgn as a graduate of the Regular NROTC program Upon rece1v1ng hls comm1ss1on Commander N1edbala was ass1gned for duty to USS MACON QCA 1325 where he served f1rst as Second D1V1S1OH Off1cer and then as Maln Battery Off1cer He has also served EXECUTIVE OFFICER Commander Thomas F. Niedbala as Ch1ef E ng1nee r 1n USS WACCAMAW QAO 1095 and 1n USS HARRY E YARNELL as Nucleus Crew Ch1ef Englneer Commander N1edbala next attended the Spanlsh Naval War College 1n Madr1d Spa1n where he l1ved w1th h1s fam1ly for approxlmately one year He was awarded the Spanlsh Naval Cross of Mer1t Second Class at graduatlon ceremonles 1n Madr1d 1n 1965 In 1965 Commander N1edbala was ass1gned to the Staff of Commander Strlklng and Support Forces Southern Europe The NATO plannmg staff of the Slxth Fleet and was stat1oned ln Naples wlth h1s farn1ly unt1l June 1968 Commander N1edbala re ported aboard EVERGLADES 15 July 1968 shortly before sa1l1ng for the Med1ter ranean and assumed dutles as Executlve Offlcer 3 - , . I I ' F 1 s ' x Q 1 . ' 5 , , . 5 , O , l 7 , ' , , Q ' - 9 9 1 I ' . 1 I 9 . .

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REPAIR OFFICER ASSISTANT LGDR R Hayter Jr REPAIR OFFICER Repa1r 1S the name of the game and kudos prove that the 'GLADES 1S a w1nner B1g Mama's Repalr Department f1XBd lt SUBITO and fast too S1ncethe'GLADES' pr1mary m1ss1on IS f1x1ng the Repalr Department 1S really her mam battery her pr1me weapon 1n the Navy's overall role Led by the stalwart team of Hayter and Molntyre, formerly of Hayter, Mo- Intyre, and Jocko, the Repa1r Department worked and worked and worked . . . Day LT J E Mclntyre and mght they f1xed everyone's whatcha macalllts fand wagons tooj The countless whos1whats1ts left over there have left our temporar1ly European fr1ends of the S1xth Fleet wlth the def1n1te feehng that B1g Mama was here ' LCDR Hayter Wlth 1S motto, 1 mb every mounta1n', proved that lt Juld be done. From stop- watches to bo1lers, the Repa1r Department exhlblted a Can Do attitude and d1d. u 7 u ' n n I . . , . - - 9 I -' , . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . ' v ' V 9 . . W v C1 . 1 . V