Isle Royale (AD 29) - Naval Cruise Book

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Our fearless leaders Mr. Ruth wants to see me. S ' 2 blond blue Dear Abby, I have a problem Let ' s see, par 3 on the Sth . II hat do you mean we ' ve been extended ? Lcjt turn here then .25° to the right

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oim ic yiiovs Standing: L. to R.: Golden SM-3. Rinear SM-3. Knighton RD-2. Shipkowski SM-1, Ens Cook. LT Ruth. LTJG Mickey. Crevar RMC, May RM-2. Cox SM-2. Lilienthal RD-3. Kelly RM-3, Appicelli RM-3. Sitting: Hattendorf CYNSN, Turner RDSN, Necas RMSN, Keown SMSN. Brown CYNSN Beagle RDSN. Brassfield RMSN. Cooper SN. Lopez SN. Above the Officer ' s Country, and below the sometimes blue sky, lies the eyes, ears, and voice of ISLE ROYALE, none other than the Operations Department. Under the astute leadership and guiding hands of LT Ruth, OPS Officer, LT Smith, Asst. OPS Officer, LTJG Hickey, Comm Officer and Ens Cook, Asst. Comm Officer (and sometime golfer), ISLE ROYALE is never (?) without contact with our brethren on the beach. whether it be a radar Ghost that we will not run into, or a schedule change trom radio, Ops is always there. The seeing eye component of ISLE ROYALE is led by Knighton, RD 2, one of the oldest men in the Navy. With his tremendous crew of 3, Lilienthal, RD 3, Turner, RDSN and Beagle (the dog) RDSN, any and all contacts are plotted, ranged and anything else that might be necessary for the well being of the ship. The versatility of ISLE ROYALE ' s Radar gang is well known in the fleet. During our brief sojourn at Chu-Lai for instance, the Radar gang had to plot a course and maintain contact throughout the night for an LST whose radar was on the blink. During the LST ' s all night steaming, it was ISLE ROYALE ' s guiding hand who told her when to turn and when not to. For this, they earned a deserved ' Well Done ' . The Voice of Command , as Radio Central is known, handled volumes of traffic, that previously would have been considered impossible. But with the influx of new men, modern processing equipment and the willingness of all hands, the obstacle-, ere overcome. During the month of January 1967, the RM ' s under the direction of G. Crevar, RMC, handled, processed and wrote up 2,oco messages an all time high for ISLE ROYALE. Making this possible were the men of the ISLE ROYALE Radio gang. May (the old man) RM 2, Kelly (the Silv erton streak) RM 3, Brown (future brown bagger) CYNSN, Cooper (the Jersey kid) SN, Hattendorf (double A fuel) CYNSN, Necas (the farmer) RMSN, and last but not least, Brasfield (Pepsi) RMSN. Their devcticn (?) to duty was of the highest standards, for men who didn ' t want to do it, but did it anyway. A little side item ol interest is that during each of the months that ISLE ROYALE is deployed, the radio gang handles and screens enough traffic ich month to make .1 ' tack six leet high. Above Radio Central, where the sometimes blue is, rampages the Signal Gang. With Shipskowski, SM 1, leading the pack, visual traffic is handle with competence and ease. Whether it be by Mashing light, semaphore or Mag hoist, you can .ilwa s depend on them, sometimes. Trying to keep up with the leader ol the pack is Cox (the Stones) SM 2, Golden I salty dog) SM j, Rinear (just grea-i the foot doc) SM ), Lopcr (ho d.i s!) SN, ami Kcowan (regular Navv) SMSN. This is a motley crew, but a crew that knows their jobs. Whether it be pulling into unknown harbors, making special terminations, or handling visual traffic all night long, they did and will keep doing it. For this group of men make- up the Operatii as Depaitment of the ISLE ROYALE.

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