Iowa (BB 61) - Naval Cruise Book

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1 1' IJ But somebod has to hold this end! too! Mr. John J. McDonough Member Board of Regents University System gf Georgia c'l'l'l0fl ill, H79 Wllf9l 5 fine! Rear Admiral Clark I.. Green Under the guidance of Rear Admiral Green, the Nautital Order of High- line Wayfarersu tame into existence. 'I he foundation and history of highline travel reaches far into the dim past. Aboard IOWA, however, the first attempt was made to capture and solidify this phenemona of the ages. It is whispered among ancient seafaring people that the beginning of highline transfer carrie with the dawn of creation. They tell the quaint story of some subhuman species swinging hand over hand for paw over paw as the case may bel through the steaming jungles and across prehis- toric rivers. Archeologists seem to substantiate this theory and have evidence such as several knotted fossils found by the banks of the Tigres and Eu- phrates rivers still entangled in vines. Since that time we have innumerable instances ol' travel by highline. It is rtunored that Noah as the flood was reaching the tops of the trees was forced to highline at least two species of monkeys and tockatoo in a bosun's chair formed from bamboo and banana leaves. Thence to 400 BC and the Carthagenians. Their use of the corvus ta rope device by which they lashed to the Roman ships and Sent over their warriorsj was instrumental in the development of modern highline methods. The courage and daring of men throughout the ages has been tested on the pretarious highliue. From Og the ape man with his vine between two trees to a university president on the highline supported hy two groups of 5WCZlliI1g middies, we have the glorious history of the highline wayfarers, Intermingled with the formation of the Nautical Order of I-lighline Wav- larers is however an eternal question: Who is the Phantom lrlighliner? Well . . . Just this once. Mr. Robert E. Summers Dean of Admissions and Admissions and Records University of Minnesota The Phantom highliner rides again

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pu- ' Now bear a hand! The Admiral shows 'em how. The main objective of our Y.l.l'. tontingeut was observation and evalu- ation of shipboard lile. We saw them everywhere, from the bt1ll sessions to the higltline , and we worked and lived under their survcilance. lVe lound that it is not a mist ol iutellettual detachment which surrounds the dictionary of alert intelligence and xixid personal interest. As we listened to Dr. A. Roy Olpin and his views on the importance of the individual in society, or as we shot the breeze with Dr. Nlatomber on detkg we began to realize that the direction ol' this personal interest was toward each one of us. llnlortunately, many ol' us didn't have the opportunity ol' meeting the X'.l.l'.'s personally bttt those of tts who did profited by the touvetszttion and association. lfrom the X'.l.l'.'s standpoint the cruise was one ol exploration and ex- perienre. They found themselves an integral part ol shipboard life. We had university presidents, deans, department heads, regents, newspaper edi- tors and publishers. All of these men were working and playing, doing and seeing, searching and finding aboard USS IOYVA this summer. On the lighter side we saw many ol' our V.l.l'.'s elevated into the ranks of the chosen few as they were initiated into the 5 JV' .1 1 mer 0 lfwffllif M!'f4FEf',r li-1 S FJ .. 1 ' - 1 1 r. . I v ' ' - K . . ,f -1 , ' . 4 fi ' 1 I ,-' MUTICA J f n W- X j-,rp ill' I Q 1 ' Q - t 'A M 3 . ' at ,. fi ft - A ,Q T N , i n t 1 l t , . A u : Wg- , - 1 : 1 at : 1 ' I - - I H ' I 2 ' tt , Z u 1 A ' . ' F I u I , ,, 1 1 .Z .rx fk.f 1 - i V N- . J fV 'x 4.11 . Q. f r , -, 1 I' I I g I 4 '. 1 I' n 1 A ' ' I 1 u . 1 .a 0 ' ' ' '

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TUV!! 'A gear must be roperly stowed an lock A press for Capfaurs Inspection. If ain'l much, but if's all mine! I v .l .i,v.A. I Hs Iwi NON mt SHIP 'S if A21 ff m , n,,,- TAKIHG UW SPRAY ro 0 fx H ,Ki ,-:teen Nfl' L--2 sv A e ln .lusf call me nails! HJUST A TW-' 7:4 PLEASE .lnbzsJ:LU.n- F Request permission fo some aboard' iff-U 1 O the ofhcers and the enlisted men, it was just another cruise. But to the midship- men, the third-classmen in particular, it was the beginning of an experience entirely different from the usual college routine. The first-classmen realized it was their last practical training before becoming naval officers. All day long an endless stream of middies came aboard, each getting his bunk assignment, his compartment ntnnber, his division, and many other first day details. Over 300 CZUUC aboard the Grey Ghost , were checked in, and shown their quarters by waiting enlisted men. By 1800 most of them were squared away and were waiting in the first of many chow lines for the evening meal. 'laps sounded at 2200 and lights went out in the sleeping compartments. Many of the middies had been borne liast on a giant wave of studs and the notes of the bugle came as a sort of anti-climax since almost everyone had already turned in. Early the next morning, division ofhcers began the task of getting their men organized. Watch, Quarter, and Station bills were posted to show them where they would help maintain the spotless condition of the ship, an accomplishment achieved and held in high esteem by the crew. 'Io the tune of a four on and eight off schedule, the midshipmcn learned the mystic joys of 24-hour-a-day living. In order to teach the 800 middies all the aspects of shipboard life, they were split up iI1lO three phases, Engineering, Operations-Navigation, and Gunnery. The phases were to bc shifted approximately every two weeks. In the engineering spaces, ship's company was kept busy answering questions and conducting instructions conterning the maintenance and operation of the propulsion units. After a few Standing by with unde.