Isle Royale (AD 29) - Naval Cruise Book

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THE MENAGERIE The Weapons Department is made up of three separate breeds. The Twidgits, The Squirrels, and the Animals. ,All the groups are difficult to observe in their natural habitat. The T idgits hold forth in their cave in the superstructure. They are seldom seen outside hv dav. The Sc|uirrels remain deep in the dark recesses below the Torpedo flats. They seldom see the liaht but have been known to respond to shrill whistles, especially mess gear and pay call. The An imals are usually found on the Torpedo flats although thev have been observed in nearly all parts of the ship and even on the cans alongside. They may best be observed through the screened viewport, centerline, in the Mess Decks. .■ fter dark, all three breeds lose their fear of man to various degrees. The Animals may be easilv observed in their nocturnal environment. They are often .seen, championed by the Three Bears, Sam, Joe and Big EV, scurrying from bar to bar trailing broad streams of N. T., Pesos or Yen. The Squirrels are generally a daylight breed, although they do venture out after dark, sometimes with results. The Twidgits are either erv quiet, or verv sneakv ; no one ever sees them. The normal routine of the Squirrels is almost totally obscured. They are seldom seen durinu workina hours except for an occasional foray through the Mess Decks with i large grav box. Since so little is known of their communal life, it has been impossible to determine ifthey hibernate or not. The . nimals, due to the astute observation of the duty butter cutter, have a well documented life pattern. It can be stated factually that they do hibernate. It is done on a daily, rather than annual, basis. The Animals appear to eject both large and small diabolical mechanisms from their burrow at frequent, but unpredictable intervals. The best times to view these phenomena are from 0600 to 0800 ; 1130 to 1330 and 1600 to full dark. These periods have been found to correspond ro ughlv to their feeding times. Very little is known about their activities below ground, but from the noises and ac- tivity on the second platform, something constructive must be happening. The life cycle of the Twidgit is badly clouded by his isolation at the extreme after end of the Boat Deck. They may occasionally be seen disporting themselves about the large flat area abaft their cave, but are seldom observed in combat or daily endeavor. It has been said that their main object- ive seems to be learning to converse with the strange birds that share their cave. Thev mav occa- sionaly be observed in hibernation, but appear to have no distinct time or place for it. Twigits or Squirrels or Animals, all the creatures of the Weapons Kingdom appear friendly, like beavers, and play like otters, bear them not, but PLEASE, DO NOT FEED !!! Whether The ork txecutives The Staff

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THE AXIMALS ASSEMBLED Front row: LTJG Quinney ; Bancroft. TMC ; Iversen, TM2; Burns, W. E., SN; Steel, TMl ; Schmidt, TMl; Angelle, TM2; Brown, TM3 ; Romine, SN; Mines. GMG3; Bacorn, TMC. Second row: Preuss, TMSN; Wolf, TMSA ; Kater, TMSA ; McKitrick, TMSN; Brooks, TMSN ; Freese, TMSN; Comstock, GMG3 ; Harmon, GMG3; Kain, TMC. Third row: McCann, TM2; Jordon, TMl; Ness, TMl; Gert, TMSN; Easterling, TM2; Burns, C.B., TSNM. WEAPONS DEPT On the job training A lesson in wood hunting

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' Tlie Squirrels - ENS Mellendorf Bayne ' s GMT3 Thomas GMTl Thureson GMT3 Smith GMT3 Hollingsworth GMT3 Gibbs GMT3 Pippin GMTC my work is 80 secret ...I don ' t even know what I ' m doing! The GMT ' s hit new heights