Isle Royale (AD 29) - Naval Cruise Book

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OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT Front row: Winters. RM2; Ormond. RD3; Waldo, SMI; Brault, RM3 ; Klose, SMC; Crevar, RMC ; LTJG Hickey, LT Ruth. Second row: Brown, CYNSN; Rail, RMS, COX, SN; Kelly RMSN; May; RM2 ; Marion, RMS. Top row : Keays, RD2 ; Felker, RMS, and Isbell, RMS. OPERATIONS and NAVIGATION NAVIGATION DEPARTMENT ENS Donnelly; Robrecht, SN; Alsup, QMS; Jarvis, QMl and Wiggins, SA. Twenty five officers and men comprise ISLE ROYALE ' s Operations and Navigation Departments. Lt. ]. Ruth guides the Operations Department, which is made up of eleven Radiomen, five Signalmen and three Radarmen, under the leadership of LTJG T. J. Hickey, Division Officer. Ens. Donnelly heads the four Quartermasters, who compose the Navigation Department. Chief Radioman G. Crevar directs the Communications Gang in their never ending job of maintaining constant electrical communica- tion. This is accomplished by three crack radio supervisors, who use any means available (paper clips, scotch tape, cardboard boxes) to keep the Radio Shack running smoothly. During this WESTP AC cruise the traffic volume multiplied 30 times. An average of 7{o messages requiring write-up and routing passed through Radio each month. In addition, ISLE ROYALE acted as a relay for those Seventh Fleet ships that happened to be in our area, and desired pass traffic c qu cklv effic Rad iently to the major Commstas. type. Radiotelegraph and Radiotele- j with such effectiveness? Perhaps the dc- shipsthat have nested alongside ISLE ROYALE of the Services provided by the Radio Gang, enced, well trained RM ' s with skill in tuning What has kept the phone circuits runnir stroyer sailors from the and availed themselves would say it took cxper frequencies, deciphering garbles, detecting weak signals, peaki transmitters to get out above the standard. Actually the best ex- planation for their performance, although a well kept secret, is the Radio Gang ' s confidential collection of Playboy Playmates . Let us turn our attention to those five undaunting ISLE ROYALE signalmen. Under the direct supervision of Chief Signalman Klose, who also cracks the whip as Ops. Div. Leading Chief, these hardy sailors have maintained a constant visual guard. Neither snow, nor rain, nor blistering heat have interrupted their blinking lights. They too, have assisted the Seventh Fleet ships in acting as relay for nu- merous messages. The Signalmen have been very fortunate in that ISLE ROYALE always seems to be berthed in the middle of all the action. Radarman Second Class P. Keays, supervises the whole Radar Gang, (consisting of two men), whose primary function is acting as the eyes of the ship while underway. At times it almost seemed nec- essary to buy them a seeing eye dog , but crossing fingers always did the job. Inport they are responsible for maintaining the 580 charts needed for their work, which are constantly being correted. Also, they maintain an up-to-date Seventhflt operating schedule. Ens. Donnelly leads the Navigation Department after having relieved Lt. Solomon, who usually can be found puttering around the ship functioning as First Lieutenant. Quartermaster First Class ]. C. Jarvis directs the Chart House and assists the navigator in plotting ISLE ROYALE ' s course. It is not an uncommon occurrence, on an eve of getting underway, to find Mr. Donnelly and Jarvis beating their collective heads together, trying to figure out how to get us where we are going. Meanwhile, the remainder of the Navigation ' s Department can usually be found, Brasso in hand , shining around the Wheel House keeping it in 4.0 condition. Operations and Navigations Departments serve as the eyes and ears of ISLE ROYALE and function as the directing nerve center of AD- 39 in her cruise throughout the Pacific Ocean, and has only one thing lacking A Brain Surgeon

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Captain Kubel lays on the first stroke at Thomas Pinpin School in Abucay, Philippines Outstanding whitehat honors went to Deck ' s Rudy J. Carley BM3 Grand opening of the Royale Room You landed on Just Shipped Over. Col- lect Bonus.

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But we always lock it during coffee breaks KiFFC on the ai Liberty !! what ' s that ? '