Fechteler (DDR 870) - Naval Cruise Book

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!■% R DIVISION Mr. Cabot i Top Row: MacLeod, Morelli, Tuttobene, Burk, Bergum, Barrett, Salard, Howard, Clements. Middle Row: Yowell, Hammock, Olbert, Dacus, Cartrette, Brown, McAdams, Kern, Hollaway. First Row: Meyers, Cox, Todd, Frazier, Beran, Misegades, Peters, Coleman, Breaux, White. Omnes Gallia in tres partes divisa est. Caesar ' s statement of the division of Gaul into three parts fits the R division to a tee. It is almost impossible to speak of this division as one because of the many diversified jobs carried out by these three groups of highly skilled men. The bulb snatchers and IC boys make up one third of this triumverate. Most of these men at the outset of the cruise were inexperienced, but by the time Newport was in sight, a saltier bunch of electricians could not be found. I don ' t know of a single port that these boys missed seeing. Let me just say that they were not stay at homes . Their most notable performance was the purchase of the furnishings and hardware in a hotel at Kyoto, Japan. This was rest and recreation?!! The auxilliary gang, under Chief Haynes was probably the biggest bunch of bum dope ar- tists on the Fechteler. If the ship had gone everywhere these enginemen and machinists pre- dicted, our cruise would have taken us a hundred and fifty thousand miles and two years. The third group is the shipfitters, pipefitters, damage controlmen and metalsmiths. This group kept the heads functioning. Armed with plumbers friends, these men could be found at any time of the day or night plunging at a head or drain. They tell me that this is learning a trade! 10

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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.

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f Beran 1 t Misegades Cartrette, Breaux, Olbert, Burk, Frazier Yowell, Morelli, Hammock, Salard, MacLeod BarreH, Todd White, Howard, McAdams, Clements