Harry Yarnell (CG 17) - Naval Cruise Book

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Boat Ahoy! A ship ' s boats ' are used in various important ways, including ready life- boat situations for search and rescue, routine personnel transfer, and last but not least, liberty boats which shuttle crew members back and forth to the beach when the ship is anchored out. Well-trained and highly-professional boat coxswains and crews form deck di- vision are tasked with the maintenance, upkeep, cleanliness and painting and preservation of the Captain ' s Gig. the Utility Boat, and Motor Whale Boat, as well as their safe and efficient opera- tion. Whether it ' s getting a shipmate to shore for liberty, supporting the ship ' s mission by quick transfer of personnel, or rescuing a crewmember from danger, the ship ' s boats are always ready to an- swer the call. Necessity is called the mother of invention. Here are a number of new CG-17 inventions: the paint punt, the paint gig, and the incredible painting U- Boal. As you can see If it floats, it also paints was the theme which allowed more than Boatswainmates to add a lit- tle color to the hull. % -u. th. '

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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

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