John McCain (DL 3) - Naval Cruise Book

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FRONT ROW: JOHNSON, SHELTON, LOUIS, HARRIS, MELTON, HERTLEIN, RUGGLES, STRAIT. SECOND ROW: CHIEF VAUGHAN, STOCK, UNGER, JOHNSTON, GALLAGHER, DRISGULA, GOYETTE, CHRISTENSEN, MR ISHIKAWA. THIRD ROW: AHLBERG, SHAW, TAYLOR, DARVEAU, DOUGHTY, FRANZEN, MC GINNIS, MR LEWIS. eccwcl Denman Shortly after getting underway from Pearl Harbor, Second Divisionls previously spacious living quarters were invaded by aliens- namely snipes, boatswain mates, RDS, ETS, and even a few from S Division. These were the culprits that started the comP1Cfe1Y Un' founded rumor that our division consisted of a bunch of animals. We roared in reply-and shot down a high-speed drone in 21 CtYPiCaD gunnery exercise. Credit for this feat went to,LTJG Moreland in Director 51 with his sterling crew of Unger, FTG2, Darveau, FTG3, and McGinnis, FTGSN. In Mount 31, Johnson, GMG1, growled commands to Christensen, GMG3, and Johnston, SN. And next morning on Director 51 and on Mount 31, there appeared, for the entire lleet to admire, a mystic flaming banana, courtesy of Ru les FTGSN- Sg , Second division personnel commanded the attention of their shipmates a few weeks later at the Gunnery Department personnel in- spection. Other divisions wore whites or blues-we wore both. Gun Boss LT Hart had devised our uniforms-dress blue jumpers with white trousers. Shaw, GMG2, laconically commented, Even you guys wouldn't wear that on the beach. The day before Thanksgiving some sailors may have become apprehensive when the ship proceeded within a good-swimmer's reach Of a white-sand ictur - t- d ' ' ' ' , p Ve pos car beach in South Viet Nam. But instead of swim call the animals had a turke shoot. Mounts 51 and 52: , Y under the expert guidance of gun captains Shelton, GMG2, and Stock, GMG2, provided on-target fire. Their crews included Doughty, d Louis, SN. Keeping the guns on target was Chief Binjo Ditch Vaughafls Gallagher, FTG2, Franzen, FTQSN, and Harris, FTGSN. Fife Control Ofhcer LTJG Ishikawa supervised the action in plot. In CIC Ord GMG3, Hertlein, GMG3, Melton, GMG3, Collins, SN, an smoothly functioning forward plot team consisting of Drisgula, FTG2, . . ' d nance Officer LTJG Lewis, assisted by Goyctte, FTG3f Supple plot with the latest information regarding target position, ship positon, and spots. As always, coordination was the KSY- N0 Sooner would the guns fire when the word would come down from combat, Plot shoot,', followed by Big Ed Hart's booming, f'Batteries releasedf Heading north in the Sea of Japan in December can be cold and rough. It was! While the ETS worked on their radars, Ahlbergt FTG3, and Taylor, FIGSN, provided surface search services from after plot. I Upon arrival in Sasebo, Un d ger eserted us for his wife and college. Eye for an Eyel' Strait, GMG1, was loyal enough to Spend Christmas and New Years with us before leaving. Their departures were somewhat alleviated by two new arrivals. Shaw joined Us from Polaris Missile Testing Facility and Card, SN, transferr d f ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' , . ' nden- e rom First Division. First Division? Maybe thats where those animal te cies came from. 'ea' 'mn 'T' S ,x ,av , fp 5 it H!