Isherwood (DD 520) - Naval Cruise Book

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THIRD DIVISION ' :i -.. FIRST ROW. Leil lo Right: Ftcsl, Ellridge, Carllcn, Lalhiqee, Leland, Ve!, ; :i, SECOND ROW: Hise, Aims, Denurais, LTJG Frankfcrl, Chief Collins. Orqill. Bradley THIRD ROW: i iumloe, Smilh, Gunn, lensen. Renner, Dawscn, Ernesle Third Division is more or less made up of all the homeless small groups that are found on any ship. Composed of Sonar- men, Torpedomen, and Fire Controlmen, they represent three separate phases of ship- board activity. They still man- age to stick together when it counts, however, and a new man is always happy to get in the division. Led by the Abso- lutely unshakable Mr. Frank- fort, calmness seems to be the keynote of the group. Things may be breaking down right and left, we may have to shoot torpedoes tomorrow, but ' as long as no one gets excited we ' ll be all right. ' The strange thing about all this is that ev- erything usually does come out all right in the end. No one can ever say that any of them have an easy job, and they always do it well. SOHAB CONTACT....

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SECOND DIVISION FRONT ROW, Leii lo Right: :. :ii, Hernandez, Swain, Shephard, Wells, John- son, Jasmski, Beajiey, ' vVuuunis, SiiuiU-i. SECOND ROW: Davis, McCann, Bournes, Gannon, Dubose, LTJG Keenan, GMC Jungnilsch, Carter, Bernard, Juba, Oualle, Reidelbach, Lemaster. REAR: Snow, Bailey, Anderson, Hyslop, Aliano, Hawlhorne, Lyons, Boiler, Rhodes. The Second Division is about a half and half mix- ture of deck-force and Gunner ' s Mates, but that doesn ' t stop each group from having a spirit all their own. Any morning about six A.M. the red-headed throat can be heard calling his gang up on deck. Shortly thereafter the curtain of first-class quarters is drawn back, and out steps Dad Carter. (Not to be confused with Pop Moss) By the time Squirrel and his gang hit the deck, another day is well underway. The Gunner ' s Mates, far above all this, more or less sit around and phil- osophize. At least it looks that way, until inspection time comes around, and they turn up with the best looking mounts you ' d ever want to see. Now that we are back it looks like a motorcycle club might spring up back there. Led by Mr. Keenan, Second Di- vision is a pretty sharp bunch of men. IT ' S GOOO OAD ' , BUT CEpLftCt MT a,si

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N ' DIVISION All that Hashing lights you see isn ' t the big city, it ' s just the signal gong talking to another ship. One of the nice things about being a O M is that no one is ever exactly sure what you ' re doing. The safety of the ship very often depends upon what is being sent out, and the job is of very great importance. Of course the fastest method of Communication, and one which has not yet been isolated, is how ' the word ' gets down to the mess hall at the same time that it is coming in over the blinker. Even in port the boys are busy, what with Cowan rushing off for consulta- tions with his broker. Miner laying around his pool, and Goldfeder in search of new deals. But they are a good bunch of men, and they do their job welL- FRONT ROW, Left to Right: Ccwan, Deluney, Parnsh. Gcldledder, Hess. REAR ROW: Miner, Mullen, Holien, LTIG OXeary, McClmlcck, CMC, LTIG Smith. Guild, Pisani. But You Said BOX the Compass