George Elliott (AP 105) - Naval Cruise Book

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R DIVISION l understond you ore to be with the C ond R gong. Well thot is o fine division ond o mighty fine bunch. This division does repoir ond con- struction work on the ship. When l soy con- struction l om referring to the ossembly line they use for moking boxes. Yep, they ore mostly officers' boxes. Some wont them fur lined, some cedor lined, some wont them with on outomotic switch so thot when they open the box o light comes on inside showing them their souvenirs in o glorious flood of yellow, green ond red lights. Yes sir, there ore Kendrick ond Petty moking o box now. l think this box is for Mr. Tobor, our supply officer, who is o very conservo- tive mon. E Now we will go over ond I will introduce you to the Corpenters' Mote gong-both of them. This good looking chop is Bill Kendricks who hos more nomes thon he hos hoir on his heod. Some of them ore Stubby, Moose, Chips, Nose, Foce, etc. Yes, he is quite o fellow. Quite o lodies' mon, too. Kendrick is olso A-l ot cook- ing-just osk onyone from R Division. Thot tired, sleepy looking fellow sitting down over there is Lee Pettey who hoils from the solt flots of Utoh. l-le hod more solt on him when he come in the Novy thon oll the fleet combined. Now l will toke you to the Shipfitters' Shop ond show you oround. Their job is to repoir or con- struct onything pertoining to metol, keep the droinoge system open ond sympothize with oll officers who wont o heod or o droin unstopped. The shipfitters ore on ingenious bunch, doing X, Q

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W ' .fz everything from the heaviest construction to re- pairing watches. The shipfitter in charge of these fellows is Paul Baker, SF lfc. l-le is probably the best known man on the ship. lt is nothing to hear his name called over the P. A. system about 20 times a day. The only thing bad about Baker is he is the one who gives the gang reveille and turns them to. Oh, ohl l-lere comes Weiss, SF Zfc, all covered with grease and corruption. lt looks like he has been fixing the sanitary system. That is some- thing about Weiss-he never lets any job stop him. l-le just digs in and comes out with about Z0 intricate parts too many and a pipe wrench and hammer missing. They are probably in the machine somewhere but who cares, it vvorks. We have covered first about all of the Car- penters' Mates and S. F. except Woods. l-le is the wavy haired lad who handles the baggage room. This baggage room is a combination of tools, screws, bolts, any kind of hardware, can- dies, cigarettes, wash room articles, hangout, artist studio, library and scuttlebutt center. So you can see Woods has quite a job on his hands trying his best to help everybody and hand out information. Now we will shove off from the S. F. and C. M. and go up where two of our men hang out and spend their sleepless hours-up to the Boatswain locker. These men are our sailmaker and painter. Tom Commander Fender is the king of the sailmakers. Tom can make anything from a peanut bag to a record size balloon. Our painter is Earl Allen. There are other names of his, but it wouIdn't be proper to say them now. Al has quite a knack for mixing paint. I-le mixed all the paint that appears on the old Fox , Well, Feather Brain, we have just about sailed over the whole division now. We now have only two men left, but they are very important men. To be exact, they are the M.A.A.'s force. Now on the outside or in civilian life they would be called policemen, cops, dicks, sheriffs, marshals and what not. But here they hold the dis- tinguished title of Master at Arms.