Gridley (CG 21) - Naval Cruise Book

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QM This is the abbreviation for a Navy Quartermaster. The safety of ships at sea depends to a great extend on skillful navigation, the vigilance maintained by lookouts and the proficiency with which signals are exchanged with other ships and the shore. The Quartermaster performs or assists in the performance of all these duties and more. L19 Q . 105, WM' Qpggg Rfgelksoh, 0.691 A1NDER.ClM2 BICKFORD. QM3 tx vfmrv, Bottom nm' om You-0. C1943 Jusncf. OMB BURNETT- GNU IILLINGH-N! g, it lm All M W I II , F J V l nw ffm JO3 O'CALLAGHAN' JO This is the abbreviation for a Nav . , Y Journalist. Our Journalist keeps the Navy community and the general public informed about what's gpm U g g on in the Navy. This is accomplished by fhe preparation of the ship's 'GRlDLEYGRAM, news briefs, pamphlets, news releases, Dh0109f9Dh5 and fadI'0 and television broadcast materials.

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from the Commanding Dfficer... 21 December 1976 Our return to San Diego on 21 December marked the termination of another highly successful WESTPAC deployment for the USS GRIDLEY and her crew. For many of us this constituted the second such deployment within a period of two years. This cruise book has been compiled to provide a tangible means of recalling old friends and faces, as well as the events which occurred, and the places that we visited during the past six months. On behalf of all GRIDLBY crewmembers, I would like to express our appreciation to the editorial staff and photographers who expended so much of their personal time and effort to produce this book. During the deployment we participated in several Seventh Fleet exercises and we served as a member of the MIDHAY Task Group CTG 77.41 throughout the Korean Augmentation operation in September - October l976. The number one goal of our Fleet Comnander is readiness - and I was particularly proud of GRIDLEY's ability to respond immediately when called upon during the Korean crisis. We paid port visits to Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Hong Kong and the Philippines, and also stopped briefly in Guam and Hawaii during this cruise. Wherever we went, the men of GRIDLEY served as goodwill ambassadors for our nation and the Navy through their conduct and the hospitality which they displayed. The sh1p's success in fulfilling its mission on a deployment such as this is dependent upon a team effort. Each department is inter related with all of the others: each individual makes his personal contribution toward the departmental result. Every member of the GRIDLEY crew, whatever your future occupation, may look back upon this period with pride and know that you served your country well. That's what this book is all about. C. W. STREI I Captain, U. S. Navy Commanding Officer .y .,

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HM3 WILLIAMS 5 LT T.A. POWERS. NIT. USNR HMC GUEST I in-Q . -, ' , J . rl' 11 .f' 1 .F ,AK 0 'o Q i' - . a '.1V' we-I llrt P, 'N'-+r-1 M HM The Navy Hospital Corpsmen perform duties as assistants in the prevention and treatment of disease and injuries and in the administration of medical departments afloat, they perform first aid, assist in the ff8f'SD0rtation of the sick and injured and assist with DhvStC8l 918f'7'f'6f'0f'5' QWG f7U'5'n9 Cafe V0 DHYIGNIS including the administration of medicines. iUf8D0f6' and mafftfafn ff'-90 C3f f9C0'd5f 855'-ff ff? U78 d maintenance of approved sanitary standards and must be prepared to assist in the prevention an ical casualties Senior Hospital Corpsmen perform all the duties treatment of nuclear, biological and chem ' i ofthe medical department, within the limitations of their pfOfeSSf0f18f COWDBYENCB On Small ShlDS YO Whlfh no medical officer is attached.