Higbee (DDR 806) - Naval Cruise Book

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First Row-Gunn, Ens Conlon, Higby, FTC, Rutherford. Second Row-Newman, Blevins, Gorton, Sarvaunt, Grasel, Hein. Third Row-Frey, Garmire, Potter, Neubarth, Kurtzo, Robinson, Knipple, Timmsen. FCX DIVISION Besides priding itself on keeping the ship's Fire Control gear and Sonar gear in top shape, Fox Division, which consists of Fire Controlmen and Sonarmen, has a few onlys which no other division on the ship can boast of. They're the only division on the ship which sleeps right under the Galley's Steam Line. They're the only division which have, in their IC and Sonar rooms, air cooled offices. They're the only division to possess two solid hours of Joni James records. They're the only division which owns their own paint sprayer. Lastly, they're the only division on the ship which can conduct most of their business with their fingers through the handle of a coffee cup on the mess decks. Headed by Ltjg Conlon and Chief Killer Higby, this division plays a major role whether the ship has an air, surface, or underwater contact. With Peter Gunn, Cookiesan Rutherford, and Knute Knipple manning the Directors 5 Rembrandt Kurtzo, Tiny Timmsen manning the Sonar scopes and Short-timer Bob, your favorite disc jockey spinning music to stand watch by, his division is ready and wait- ing for any emergency that may develop. When an emergency does pop up, Cookiesan is usually on hand with his standard solution, the onliest thing I can see to do ...... ? HAPPY SONARMEN

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'- l l i w F I l I I lt I l ll l .1 il l l .1- 'W First Row-Ltjg Windsor, Dayley, Allard, Ross, Snider, Mortimeyer. Second Row-Irigoyen, Pyatt, Erickson, Salmon, Watts, Hurtienne, Paden. Third Row-Jackson, Krogh, Reed, Horn, Lewis, Wilt, Martin, Massey, Fuselier. Under the able direction of Ltjg Windsor, we have another group of Boatswain's and Gfunner's Mates aboard ship who make morning muster under the heading of Second Division The Gunners, under the watchful eye of Mortimeyer, GM2, are kept busy cleaning, painting and repairing the ship's three inch mounts. When not busy on the mounts, Mort's crew of Ross, Lewis, Stelmach, Wilt and Snider are usually to be found taking care of the two forward magazines or below decks clean- ing out the handling rooms or the grease locker. lt's lake Anchors Allard and his crew of Bo's- wains that you have to watch. Allard, and his chief assistant Dayley, can be found most any- time in the Second Division Coffee Lounge plotting new ways to keep the Snipes off the main bock or where they should install the swimming pool. 2ND DIVISION OFFICE Allard and his crew has charge of the whole after exterior part of the ship in addition to the living compartment, after head, after Ol deck, motor Whale boat, plane guard and towing details. Besides, says lake, we're the only division on the ship that has Feets Fuselier, Shark Horn, and a table in our compartment. Any mention of the First and Second Divisions wouldn't be complete unless we made mention of the man who is in overall charge of both deck divisions. The man who tucks us in at night and rolls us out in the morning, keeps us on our toes, and despite the loss of his faithful horse Thunder , still manages to get around the ship pretty Well-Chief Boatswain Red Ryder Smith. ZZZZZZZ

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First Row-Strass, RDC, Pratt, Tucker, Abercrombie, Beck, Broussard, Matthews, Haffle, Ens Garrison Second Row-Guthrie, Kuxhausen, McMurray, Mason, Choate, Thompson, Jones. Third Row-Towner, Kenney, Jernigan, Wells, Youngblood, Prather, Lockwood, Montgomery CDI DIVISICN Skunk Alpha bearing 154 degrees, range 12 miles, is a rather foreign phrase to most sail- ors, but a routine report that sets all kinds of Wheels in motion in CIC CCombat lnformation Centerb. CIC, for the un-informed, is that dark little room just aft of the Captain's Cabin on the Cl deck with all the unfamiliar status boards, radar scopes, radio voice circuits and what seems to always be a Wave of mass confusion. lt is the nerve center of the ship. Under the competent eyes of Ltjg Clause, recently relieved by Ens Garrison, and Chief Strass, its Radarmen and ET's keep the Bridge Well informed on any Radar or ECM contact that is picked up. To the Radarmen fall the important job of Radar Navigation when We are entering port. They must be ever alert for rocks, shoals, land- marks and anything else of value to the Bridge. To the ET's falls the job of keeping every piece of Radar and Communication gear on the ship in Working order. This is a 24 hour-a-day job and could involve anything from clearing up a slightly distorted voice on a radio circuit or changing a tube, to a compound complex radar breakdown. How they manage to find one little break in a maze of wires, fuses, capacitors and resistors is a question even they can't answer at times DRT PLOTTERS