Harry Yarnell (CG 17) - Naval Cruise Book

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Deck l)i isi(tii In todays highly special- ized, modern Navy much at- tention is gi en to the electron- ic wizard and state-of-the-art technology — and rightly so. However the heart and soul o( seagoing men throughout history has been their ability of these mariners to exercise sound and precise seamanship skills. These time-honored traditions of linehandling. mooring, anchoring, knot- tying, boat-handling and ship control are carried out today b the Boatswain V1al ,s and deck seaman of OD, or Deck. division. Additionally, OD is responsible for painting ■ preserving USS H. RR V. RNELL — and keeping her looking ship shape and fit to fight. The hours are sometimes long — and the bm.i ROY A SEALY work difficult — but the men B l. nhal m SNYDER ,-p. , A u ■ . .u BM3 JAMES E. TAYLOR ot Deck are proud heirs to the g william E.L UPTON legacy of their predecessors in keeping one of the Navy ' s old- est traditions alive. SR DIRK D. WILSON SN STEVEN P. WRIGHT BM2 DANIEL MONROE SN OCKER

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OD Division -£k y » LT GEORGE K. ROSS I TKi Kl 1 I ' 1() C ENS DON 1 I) IIOI S INC EM T BROWN s MARTY L BRYANT s BRhNT A. CHAPMAN H i: LARR K DAVIS JR BM3 LEONARD C EGB ERT SN JOHN H FOLTS BM3 SIDNE R FRANKLIN SN DAVi L HARMON BM3 RAYMOND L NEN SN RK H RD MINNJCK H i:s W l 1 ' I I) MITCHELL s Bll L ' R. MLRRAY SN JOHN W NLLL JR S A OSBLRN SA BRIAN J. PANTLE JR sn william a phares s folntain w ragland jr. um; colrtland j rawson sa steven d. rolnds sa simon sam 61

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OC Division ( oniiiiunicatidii l)i isi(iii Our link, lo the oul.Mdc, Radioman keep us in touch with other ships in the battle group and with command and con- trol centers throughout the world. They do it in various ways too. Radio frequencies (UHF, VHF), teletype, satellite. etc. Asa llag- ship. communications from Yarnell becomes even more impor- tant to her. as we send the orders and the tasking for other units. Radio central processes more information in a day underway than the coiiipiilcrs of some large businesses. On the personnel side. R.M ' s live b three mottos: 1. Old ra- diomen do not die. They simply fade out . 2. We in Radio Cen- tral do it With more frequency . 3. If there ' s a Freak out there, we ' ll find her. This is why RM ' s are rarely seen outside of Radio Central and the rest of the crew think they live behind bars. Every division has it ' s characters and the most notable in this division arc: RM2 Charles The .Mad Rus.sian Restoff. RM2 Johnny Texas Rattler Latham. R.Ml John The .Mam- ba Burroughs, and RV13 Patrick Madness Walker. HNS JOHN (1. WOLF R K S l) ID C. BK() 1 1) y W y U«1 K y CH.ARl.ES C HLDSON R 13 Wll 1 I AM R HLGHES R l DAR L JOHNSON RM.I RHCARDOC KIERSLV RM3 KLRT KLVKENDALL rmi brlce j lamb rmsn keith moore r 1 ' mich aei a parker rm ' w ii i i m potter rm: c hari.es j. restoff RMI JUAN A. V. SQL■EZ RMSR PATRICK D WALKER rm: dale EASTWOOD RM3 JOE INGRAM -A % 63