Fechteler (DDR 870) - Naval Cruise Book

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FIRST DIVISION Mr. Schaff t i fHm. k f i J-H Li- 1 i Standing: Feidner, Monroe, Hamel, Stroud, Lemie, Self, Slater, Broolcman, Miller, Anderson, Gillaspie, Beckham, Sober, Kayser, Owens, Julian, Dixon, Martin, Askey, Bryant. Kneeling: Wilson, Lee, Waller, Glisson, Graham, Tyree, Goble, Breeden, Klein, Byrd, Lime, Felix, Hernandez, Bush, Johnson, Crisp, Bolton. No. I DIVISION We ' re pretty crowded up here in the FIRST DIVISION. We have duck dealers, parrot peddlers, and monkey managers. There are also Texans and musicians, and there is rarely a moment after knock off ship ' s work when a fiddle, guitar or banjo can ' t be heard. Our evenings are spent letter-writing, cardplaying, and movie going. Our days are spent sweeping down the decks, draining water from the boatswains locker, firing the guns and doing everything else that is expected of real sailors.

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SECOND DIVISION Kneeling: LeDoux, Day, Douglas. First Row: Ramos, Paulson, Boyd, Flager, Soberg, Parks, Ruby, Ruzicka, Land, Caple, Campbell. Second Row: Hendricks, Chapman, Price, Davis, Polin, Kreps, McCoy, Stigile, Routh, Garrett, Coppedge. Third Row: Waters, Stewart, Furrh, Gartin, Sicke, Podany, Craven, Rowley, Rudd, Blanton. Fourth Row: Fones, Brown. The second division consists of the 3 50 battery and depth charge gunners mates, the boatswains mates, and their seamen. We have the responsibility of maintaining the entire after part of the ship which includes the fueling stations, highlines, boat and three inch batteries. Our deck force led by Smiling Doug has always been the best in seamanship, cleanliness while the three inch battery led by Day has often been referred to by the Commodore as the main battery of the ship.