Isle Royale (AD 29) - Naval Cruise Book

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Our protectors 11 ' - D ' The top three Subic, P. 1. You take mine. I ' ll take yours. OK!

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W-2 IH VISION ASIIOr L. w . Cibbs GMT 3, F. A. Finerfrock GMT 2, L. R. Johnson GMT 1, LTJG W. H. Mellendorf, E. M. Dobson GMT 1, D. L. Porter GMT 2. R. D. Smith GMT 3. ACT : I SCENE : I LOCATION: MESS DECKS, USS ISLE ROYALE (AD-29) Hey Sam , voiced Seamen Jones. You ever hear the one about the.... TWEEEEEEET ! ! ! ! Now all hands stand clear of the messdecks. The smoking lamp is out on all weather decks and on the messdecks while handling ammunition. Sound Familier? Ever happen to you? Chances are it has and we ' re the ones responsible. Called shipwise, W-2 Division and locally, The squirrels , we reign supreme during the few times we are called upon to perform our talent. Beginning with I TJG Mellendorf (Mr. M), our nest encludes, Johnson (JOHNNY) GMTi, Dobson (DOBBER-DO) GMT., Finerfrock (DINO) GMT2, Porter (DON) GMT2, Smith (SNUEEY) GMT3, nd Gibbs (GIBBO) GMT3. hew aboard know us bv the above names, however. Normallv, we ' re referred reverently b the Ships Company as follows: That character had the $ % ' ) % nerve to order me off the mess deck. or Those two $ % ' ) % ' s carrying 4c ' s say, CLEAR OFF! , that ' s just what I ' m going to do buddy. Little liked, but well known, happens to be one of our axioms. Well, Fellow crew members, you have advantage, in that our Happenings never last to long. So stav calm and be patient. Once our, long, strange looking object has either come or one and our hatch has been closed, you ' ll have your mess deck hack again, Result ! ! ! ! ACT: II SCENE: II I (K ' ATION: SAM1 MISS DECK AREA So, as I was saving Sam , voiced Seamen Jones. Before I was so rudely interrupted that is. IT ' S II II MS UP FRONT THAI ( OUNTS I

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v-:t mvisiox Front Row (L-R): Leonard Sutton, LTJG Lang, James Osborn and Carl Catterson. Back How: Robert Dav, llen Cox and Jack Allen. DRONE ANTI-SUBMARINE HELICOPTER ! Get out! Can ' t you see this place is RESTRICTED? Are you cleared for RID ICULOUS? Oh well, if so, come on in. The DASH area is better known to all hands as the Hanger . It is made up of two shops : the Tec ' s shop (Avionics shop) and the A F and Engine shop, where the Mec ' s work. Anyway, they like to think we work so we 20 ahead and let them do so. In the A F and Engine shop a variety of jobs are done, which are too numerous to list . So, we will just say that the Mec ' s work on the engine and air frame of the DASH bird. The primary purpose of the Avionics shop, which usually has three AT ' s or ET ' s, (at least one of which is normal, we hope) is the maintenance of the drones in our custody and the repair of the shipboard DASH electronics systems. What do you mean FURNITURE STORE ? ? ? Tighten the what ' s it IU e ' i e birdie 1 ukc it . 11 a .